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| Born | May 7, 1979 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Perry Meridian (Indianapolis, Indiana) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Purdue (1997–2001) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2001: 1st round, 10th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Orlando Miracle | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2001–2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2001–2007 | Orlando Miracle / Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Ano Liosia Basketball | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | S.U. Glyfada Esperides Kyklos | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Lietuvos telekomas / TEO Vilnius | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Ros Casares Valencia | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Ros Casares Valencia | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Nadezhda Orenburg | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013[1] | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
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Kathryn Elizabeth Douglas (born May 7, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. Her primary position was shooting guard, her secondary was small forward. She was known league-wide as one of the most prominent two-way players for her long-range shooting and high scoring abilities on offense as well as her defensive abilities.
In the WNBA, she has been a multiple time WNBA All-Star and has been a selection to both the All-WNBA Team and WNBA All-Defensive First Team. She won WNBA Championship with the Indiana Fever in 2012. In 2023, she was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.[2]
College years
After attending Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis, Douglas attended Purdue University and graduated in 2001 as a communications major. She helped lead Purdue to an NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship in 1999 and was a two-time Kodak All-America in 2000 and 2001, as well as being named to the 1999 and 2001 NCAA Women's Final Four All-Tournament Team. She shared Big Ten Conference Player of the Year honors in 2000 with Helen Darling, and in 2001 was the unanimous Big Ten Player of the Year and winner of the Silver Basketball from the Chicago Tribune. Douglas also received the 2001 Big Ten Conference Suzy Favor Award, which is given to the conference's female athlete of the year across all sports. Douglas played at Purdue for head coach Carolyn Peck.
Purdue statistics
Source[3]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-98 | Purdue | 33 | 285 | 44.9% | 25.0% | 75.4% | 4.3 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 8.6 |
| 1998-99 | Purdue | 35 | 493 | 46.5% | 34.9% | 81.8% | 6.2 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 14.1 |
| 1999-00 | Purdue | 30 | 613 | 42.5% | 32.4% | 82.8% | 6.5 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 20.4 |
| 2000-01 | Purdue | 37 | 574 | 44.7% | 35.8% | 77.6% | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 15.5 |
| Career | Purdue | 135 | 1965 | 44.5% | 34.3% | 79.8% | 5.4 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 14.6 |
USA Basketball
Douglas played on the team presenting the US at the 1999 World University Games held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The team had a 4–2 record and earned the silver medal. Douglas was the leading scorer on the USA team with 17.6 points per game.[4]
WNBA career
Douglas was selected the 10th overall pick by the Orlando Miracle in the 2001 WNBA draft. She remained with the franchise even when the Miracle relocated to Uncasville, Connecticut, and was renamed the Connecticut Sun prior to the 2003 season. Before becoming an all-star in the league, Douglas earned some WNBA Finals experience early in her career while the Connecticut Sun were championship contenders in both the 2004 and 2005 seasons. The Sun made it to the finals in both seasons but would lose both times to the Seattle Storm and Sacramento Monarchs respectively. Following the 2005 WNBA season, Douglas had a breakout year in 2006, averaging 16.4 ppg and being voted as a WNBA all-star for the first time. Douglas was named to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team and received the Most Valuable Player award in the 2006 WNBA All-Star Game.
In 2007, Douglas ranked 5th in the league in steals (65), 7th in scoring (577), and 12th in assists (125). Douglas was again selected for the WNBA All-Defensive First Team.
On February 19, 2008, the Connecticut Sun traded Douglas to her hometown team, the Indiana Fever for Tamika Whitmore and the Fever's first round pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft, she would play alongside superstar small forward Tamika Catchings.[5] She would have a solid season in her first year with the team by averaging 15.6 ppg, but unexpectedly struggled in the playoffs, averaging only 7.3 ppg. The Fever had gotten eliminated in the first round 2-1 by the Detroit Shock. In the 2009 season, Douglas would have the best season of her career, she had back-to-back 30+ point games, becoming the first player in franchise history to do so.[6] She also scored a career high and franchise record, 34 points in a regular season game win against the Washington Mystics and averaged a career-high 17.6 ppg. Douglas would be voted into the 2009 WNBA All-Star Game. The Fever would make it to the finals that year, but lost 3–2 to the Phoenix Mercury. A few seasons later, Douglas would win her first WNBA Championship with the Indiana Fever in 2012 as they had beat the Minnesota Lynx 3–1. It was her fourth career WNBA Finals appearance, although she was sidelined for the series after sustaining an ankle injury during the Eastern Conference Finals.[7] With a few seconds left in the final game of the series at home and the Fever with a comfortable lead, Douglas was subbed in while the crowd was giving a standing ovation.[8] En route to her first championship, Douglas had another great year during the 2012 season, averaging 16.5 ppg. In a regular season game win against the Atlanta Dream, Douglas scored 29 points along with a franchise-record 7 three-pointers.[9]
Douglas wouldn't see much playing time in the 2013 season, missing a huge bulk of the season due to a lower back injury and playing a total of only 4 games. The injury would also cause her to miss the playoffs.[10][11] This season would be Douglas's last season with the Fever as she became an unrestricted free agent.
On March 24, 2014, Douglas returned to the Connecticut Sun in free agency, signing a 2-year deal with a third-year option.[12][13][14] She had another productive season averaging 13.1 ppg and was voted into the WNBA all-star game for the fifth time in her career. Despite her stats, the Sun finished last place in the Eastern Conference.
On May 1, 2015, Douglas announced her retirement after 14 seasons in the WNBA.[15]
Among the WNBA all-time leaders, Douglas ranks 16th in regular season scoring, 6th in regular season 3-pointers made, 5th in regular season steals, 10th in playoff scoring, 4th in playoff 3-pointers made and 4th in playoff steals.[16][17][18][19][20][21]
WNBA career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| † | Denotes seasons in which Douglas won a WNBA championship |
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Orlando | 22 | 0 | 20.0 | .362 | .316 | .723 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.00 | 7.0 |
| 2002 | Orlando | 32 | 30 | 25.9 | .449 | .367 | .866 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.31 | 8.5 |
| 2003 | Connecticut | 28 | 27 | 30.1 | .438 | .382 | .721 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.00 | 12.0 |
| 2004 | Connecticut | 34 | 34 | 32.9 | .389 | .346 | .792 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.53 | 10.7 |
| 2005 | Connecticut | 32 | 32 | 31.2 | .413 | .282 | .774 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.69 | 11.0 |
| 2006 | Connecticut | 32 | 32 | 31.3 | .443 | .422 | .839 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2.28 | 16.4 |
| 2007 | Connecticut | 34 | 34 | 33.3 | .428 | .338 | .779 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 2.79 | 17.0 |
| 2008 | Indiana | 33 | 33 | 34.4 | .371 | .324 | .799 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 3.03 | 15.6 |
| 2009 | Indiana | 31 | 31 | 32.4 | .410 | .349 | .861 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2.42 | 17.6 |
| 2010 | Indiana | 34 | 34 | 29.8 | .449 | .391 | .831 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.97 | 13.7 |
| 2011 | Indiana | 32 | 32 | 29.4 | .465 | .440 | .671 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.03 | 13.9 |
| 2012† | Indiana | 32 | 32 | 30.9 | .413 | .423 | .844 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.66 | 16.5 |
| 2013 | Indiana | 4 | 4 | 35.8 | .389 | .259 | 1.000 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2.75 | 15.0 |
| 2014 | Connecticut | 32 | 32 | 32.5 | .358 | .356 | .848 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.22 | 13.1 |
| Career | 14 years, 3 teams | 412 | 387 | 30.7 | .415 | .367 | .805 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.05 | 13.5 |