Kelsey Mitchell (basketball)

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Kelsey Mitchell

Mitchell in 2019
No. 0 – Indiana Fever
Position	Point guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1995-11-12) November 12, 1995 Cincinnati, Ohio
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school	Princeton (Sharonville, Ohio)
College	Ohio State (2014–2018)
WNBA draft	2018: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Indiana Fever
Playing career	2018–present
Career history
2018–present	Indiana Fever
2019	Al Ahly
Career highlights and awards
WNBA All-Rookie Team (2018) Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2015) USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2015) 3× Big Ten Player of the Year (2015, 2017, 2018) 4× First-team All-Big Ten (2015–2018) First-team All-American (2016) 3x Second-team All-American (2015, 2017, 2018)

Kelsey Mitchell (born November 12, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Mitchell was the second overall pick in the 2018 WNBA draft. She completed her college career with the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2018. In February 2018, she was named the Big Ten women's basketball player of the year by the conference's coaches. She was a second team All-American in 2015, 2017, and 2018, while notching first team All-American in 2016.

During her senior college season, Mitchell averaged 24.4 points per game on 46.1 percent shooting and 40.3 percent shooting from three. She also managed 4.1 assists per game and 3.2 rebounds per game. She finished the regular season of her final season with the third-most points in NCAA Division I history, and ultimately finished her career with 3,402 points, trailing only Kelsey Plum of Washington.

In 2019, Mitchell played for Egyptian club Al Ahly in the 2019 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup.

Personal

Mitchell is from Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville, Ohio.

WNBA career statistics

Legend

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

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2018	Indiana	34	17	24.4	.346	.335	.804	1.8	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.9	12.7
2019	Indiana	34	20	25.1	.387	.374	.836	1.6	2.6	0.4	0.1	1.7	13.6
2020	Indiana	22	22	32.1	.448	.389	.849	2.2	2.8	0.6	0.1	2.5	17.9
2021	Indiana	32	32	33.1	.431	.335	.882	2.6	2.5	1.1	0.2	2.0	17.8
Career	4 years, 1 team	122	91	28.2	.401	.356	.842	2.0	2.7	0.7	0.1	2.0	15.2

Ohio State statistics

Statistics courtesy NCAA Statistics

Legend

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	PPG
2014–15	Ohio State	35	873	41.5%	37.8%	83.5%	4.2	4.2	1.7	24.9
2015–16	Ohio State	34	889	45.2%	39.7%	85.2%	3.2	3.4	1.7	26.1
2016–17	Ohio State	35	791	43.7%	36.9%	81.8%	2.8	3.9	1.2	22.6
2017–18	Ohio State	35	849	44.8%	40.2%	83.2%	3.2	4.2	1.5	24.3
Career		139	3402	43.8%	38.6%	83.5%	3.3	3.9	1.5	24.5

See also

• List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring leaders
• List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career 3-point scoring leaders

External links

• Ohio State Buckeyes profile
• USA Basketball profile