Kelsey Plum

Kelsey Plum
	Plum with the Las Vegas Aces in 2019
No. 10 – Las Vegas Aces
Position	Point guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	August 24, 1994 (age 30); Poway, California, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight	145 lb (66 kg)
Career information
High school	La Jolla Country Day; (La Jolla, California)
College	Washington (2013–2017)
WNBA draft	2017: 1st round, 1st overall pick
	Selected by the San Antonio Stars
Playing career	2017–present
Coaching career	2020–present
Career history
As player:
2017–present	San Antonio Stars / Las Vegas Aces
2017–2019	Fenerbahçe
2022	Galatasaray
As coach:
2020	Arkansas (graduate assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	2× WNBA champion (2022, 2023); 3× WNBA All-Star (2022–2024); WNBA All-Star Game MVP (2022); WNBA Sixth Player of the Year (2021); All-WNBA First Team (2022); WNBA All-Rookie Team (2017); Commissioner’s Cup champion (2022); WNBA Skills Challenge Champion (2023); Turkish Cup winner (2019); 2× Turkish Super League champion (2018, 2019); Honda Sports Award (2017); John R. Wooden Award (2017); Wade Trophy (2017); Nancy Lieberman Award (2017); Naismith College Player of the Year (2017); USBWA Player of the Year (2017); Dawn Staley Award (2017); AP Player of the Year (2017); First-team All-American – AP (2017); Third-team All-American – AP (2016); 2x All-American – WBCA, USBWA (2016, 2017); Pac-12 Player of the Year (2017); 4x All Pac-12 (2014–2017); Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2014); Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2014); NCAA season scoring leader (2017); WBCA High School All-American (2013); McDonald's All-American (2013);
	Stats at WNBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Women’s basketball
Representing United States
Olympic Games
World Cup
Pan American Games
U19 World Championship
Women's 3x3 basketball
Representing United States
Olympic Games

Kelsey Christine Plum (born August 24, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She won back-to-back WNBA championships in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, she earned her first All-WNBA First Team selection and was named the WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) in her first WNBA All-Star Game. She also won gold medals in 3x3 basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics and in 5x5 basketball in the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2]

She completed her high school education at La Jolla Country Day School in San Diego. Plum attended and played college basketball for the University of Washington. On February 25, 2017, Plum scored a career-high 57 points on senior night — making 19 of the 28 shots she took — to break the NCAA Division I women's basketball all-time scoring record with 3,397 points. On March 20, 2017, Plum broke the NCAA record for points in a single season with 1,080.^[3] She was selected with the first overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Stars. She was named the WNBA Sixth Player of the Year in 2021.

^ DMM, Adam Roberts (July 28, 2021). "Arkansas GA Kelsey Plum wins Olympic gold medal". KHBS. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
^ "Former UW star Kelsey Plum helps US women's hoops to 3-on-3 Olympic gold". king5.com. July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
^ "Kelsey Plum sets NCAA mark for points in a season". ESPN.com. March 21, 2017.

[1] DMM, Adam Roberts (July 28, 2021). "Arkansas GA Kelsey Plum wins Olympic gold medal". KHBS. Retrieved July 29, 2021.

[2] "Former UW star Kelsey Plum helps US women's hoops to 3-on-3 Olympic gold". king5.com. July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.

[3] "Kelsey Plum sets NCAA mark for points in a season". ESPN.com. March 21, 2017.

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