Kendra Wecker

Kendra Wecker
Personal information
Born	December 16, 1982 (age 41); Marysville, Kansas
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
High school	Marysville (Marysville, Kansas)
College	Kansas State (2001–2005)
WNBA draft	2005: 1st round, 4th overall pick
	Selected by the San Antonio Silver Stars
Position	Forward
Career history
2005–2007	San Antonio Silver Stars
2008	Washington Mystics
Career highlights and awards
	Senior CLASS Award (2005); Big 12 Player of the Year (2005); All-American – USBWA (2003, 2005); First-team All-American – AP (2005); Kodak All-American (2005); 3x First-team All-Big 12 (2003–2005); 2x Third-team All-American – AP (2003, 2004);
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Kendra Renee Wecker (born December 16, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player in the WNBA. She formerly played forward for the San Antonio Silver Stars and Washington Mystics. In the off season, she played in the Spanish league with UB F.C Barcelona.

Early life

When Wecker was 10 years old, she competed in the NFL's Punt, Pass, and Kick competition, and made the finals, playing with males on an equal basis. Wecker attended Marysville High School in Marysville, Kansas. Her team was undefeated state champions in her senior season of 2000–01. Wecker was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2001 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored twelve points.^[1] She also participated in track and field, representing the United States internationally, winning the gold medal at the 2000 NACAC Under-25 Championships in Athletics in the javelin throw.

College career

Wecker graduated from Kansas State University in 2005, where she was named Big 12 Conference Player of the Year in 2005. In 2003, 2004 and 2005 she was named to the All-Big 12 First Team. She was also named to the All-District Second Team in 2004. As a senior, Wecker was named the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award winner, recognizing her as the nation's top senior women's basketball player.

College statistics

Source^[2]

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

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2001-02	Kansas State	34	557	52.9	37.2	85.1	7.8	2.9	1.8	0.6	16.4
2002-03	Kansas State	34	646	46.6	38.6	86.4	8.3	3.7	1.8	0.3	19.0
2003-04	Kansas State	31	521	49.3	42.4	89.4	8.1	2.7	1.9	0.7	16.8
2004-05	Kansas State	29	609	47.6	42.1	85.6	10.1	2.6	1.6	0.7	21.0°
Career	Kansas State	128	2333	48.9	39.8	86.4	8.5	3.0	1.8	0.6	18.2

Professional career

Wecker was drafted 4th overall by the San Antonio Silver Stars in the 1st round of the 2005 WNBA draft. In her first game of her rookie year, she tore her ACL and was out the rest of the season.

On February 19, 2006, during the WNBA offseason, Wecker joined Tony Parker and Steve Kerr in the NBA RadioShack Shooting Stars contest. She helped achieve the NBA Shooting Stars record time of 25.1 seconds.

On May 13, 2008, she was waived by the San Antonio Silver Stars. On June 23, 2008, Wecker was signed by the Washington Mystics. On August 12, 2008, Wecker was waived by the Mystics.

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
2005	San Antonio	1	0	11.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	4.0
2006	San Antonio	34	11	17.0	35.0	33.9	77.8	2.5	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.9	5.6
2007	San Antonio	14	1	5.2	30.0	0.0	66.7	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.1
2008	Washington	9	0	5.3	11.8	14.3	0.0	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.6
Career	4 years, 2 teams	58	12	12.2	33.1	28.6	75.8	1.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.7	3.7

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2007	San Antonio	2	0	2.5	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.5
Career	1 year, 1 teams	2	0	2.5	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.5

Notes

^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 23 Sep 2015.

External links

[WBCA_Box_Scores-1] "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.

[NCAA_Player_stats-2] "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 23 Sep 2015.

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v t e Senior CLASS Award winners – basketball
Men	2001: Battier 2002: Dixon 2003: West 2004: Nelson 2005: Simien 2006: Redick 2007: Tucker 2008: Foster 2009: Hansbrough 2010: Butler 2011: Fredette 2012: Hummel 2013: Hulls 2014: McDermott 2015: Barlow 2016: Valentine 2017: Hart 2018: Carter 2019: Maye 2020: Howard 2021: Garza 2022: Gilyard
Women	2001: No award 2002: Bird 2003: Thomas 2004: Beard 2005: Wecker 2006: Augustus 2007: Bales 2008: Wiggins 2009: Paris 2010: Griffin 2011: Moore 2012: Ogwumike 2013: Delle Donne 2014: Dolson 2015: Logic 2016: Stewart 2017: Wiese 2018: Williams 2019: Gustafson 2020: Ionescu 2021: Davis 2022: Hull

v t e 2005 WNBA draft
First round	Janel McCarville Tan White Sandora Irvin Kendra Wecker Sancho Lyttle Temeka Johnson Kara Braxton Katie Feenstra-Mattera Kristin Haynie Loree Moore Kristen Mann Tanisha Wright Dionnah Jackson
Second round	Shyra Ely Roneeka Hodges Yolanda Paige Jacqueline Batteast Angelina Williams Erica Taylor Nikita Bell Erin Phillips Chelsea Newton Tabitha Pool Jessica Moore Ashley Battle DeeDee Wheeler