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'''Kathryn Elizabeth “Katie” Douglas''' (born on [[May 7]], [[1979]] in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]) is a professional [[basketball]] player for the [[Indiana Fever]] in the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]. Her primary position is [[shooting guard]]. Sometimes she plays [[small forward]]. |
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==Basketball career== |
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After attending [[Perry Meridian High School]] in [[Indianapolis]], Douglas attended [[Purdue University]] and graduated in [[2001]] as a [[Communication studies|communications]] major. She helped lead Purdue to a [[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]] [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Women's [[Final Four]] All-Tournament Team. In [[2001]], she received a number of awards including the [[Big Ten Conference]] "Player of the Year" and 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. |
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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. Following the 2005 WNBA season, Douglas was named to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team. In 2006, she was named [[Most Valuable Player]] of the 2006 [[WNBA All-Star Game]]. |
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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. |
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On February 19th, 2008, the Connecticut Sun traded Douglas to the [[Indiana Fever]] for [[Tamika Whitmore]] and the Fever's first round pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft.<ref>http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080218/LOCAL/80218049/-1/RSS</ref> |
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===European career=== |
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* 2003: {{flagicon|Greece}} Ano Liosia Basketball |
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* 2003-2004: {{flagicon|Greece}} S.U. Glyfada Esperides Kyklos |
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* 2004-2007: {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[TEO Vilnius]] |
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==Personal information== |
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Douglas lost both her parents to [[cancer]] – father in 1997 and her mother less than three years later in 2000. She was awarded the first-ever [[Jimmy Valvano|Jim V Foundation]] Comeback of the Year Award in [[2001]] for her perseverance after a string of tragic, personal losses. [http://www.jimmyv.org/rememberingjim/comebackwinner.cfm?storyid=55] |
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One week after the [[2005]] [[WNBA Finals]] loss to the [[Sacramento Monarchs]], Douglas married Vasilis Giapalakis in [[Athens, Greece]]. Giapalakis is a [[sports agent]] who represents male and female basketball players. Douglas, who played for a [[Lithuania|Lithuanian]] basketball team in the WNBA offseason, met Giapalakis when she was playing for a [[Greece|Greek]] club. |
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Recently Douglas has applied to obtain Lithuanian citizenship in order to be able to represent Lithuanian national women basketball team in the coming tournaments. Firstly, she was rejected but after some recent and favourable changes in the legislature, Katie Douglas tried again. However, this time [[Valdas Adamkus]], the current Lithuanian president declined her application again motivating that granting her a citizenship would be anticonstitutional due to strict requirements. |
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==Vital statistics== |
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*Position: [[Basketball#Players_and_positions|Guard]]/[[Basketball#Players_and_positions|Forward]] |
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*Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
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*College: [[Purdue University]] |
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*Team(s): [[Connecticut Sun]], [[Indiana Fever]] |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/katie_douglas/ WNBA Player Profile] |
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*[http://www.jimmyv.org/rememberingjim/comebackwinner.cfm?storyid=55 Purdue Senior Honored at ESPN The Magazine’s College Basketball Awards] |
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*[http://www.wnba.com/sun/news/douglas_chat_transcript_100704.html WNBA chat transcript] |
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*{{YouTube|4eidAg4pW8Y|Katie Douglas All-Star MVP interviews}} |
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*[http://www.wnba.com/fever/news/080219_douglastrade.html Fever Aquires Douglas for Whitmore] |
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[[Category:1979 births|Douglas, Katie]] |
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[[Category:Living people|Douglas, Katie]] |
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[[Category:American basketball players|Douglas, Katie]] |
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[[Category:Shooting guards|Douglas, Katie]] |
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[[Category:Orlando Miracle players|Douglas, Katie]] |
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[[Category:Connecticut Sun players|Douglas, Katie]] |
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[[Category:Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball players|Douglas, Katie]] |
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[[Category:People from Indianapolis, Indiana|Douglas, Katie]] |
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[[Category:Purdue University alumni|Douglas, Katie]] |
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[[fr:Katie Douglas]] |
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