Kristy Wallace
No. 3 – Indiana Fever | |
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Position | Guard |
League | WNBA |
Personal information | |
Born | Loganholme, Queensland, Australia | 3 January 1996
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Listed weight | 157 lb (71 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | John Paul College (Brisbane, Queensland) |
College | Baylor (2014–2018) |
WNBA draft | 2018: 2nd round, 16th overall pick |
Selected by the Atlanta Dream | |
Playing career | 2012–present |
Career history | |
2012–2013 | Brisbane Spartans |
2014 | BA Centre of Excellence |
2018–2020 | Canberra Capitals |
2021 | Melbourne Tigers |
2021–2022 | Southside Flyers |
2022 | Atlanta Dream |
2022–2024 | Melbourne Boomers |
2023–present | Indiana Fever |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Kristy Wallace (born 3 January 1996) is an Australian basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA. She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears.
College career
[edit]Wallace played four seasons of college basketball in the United States for the Baylor Lady Bears.[1] She earned Big 12 All-Freshman Team in 2015 and Big 12 All-Defensive Team and First-team All-Big 12 in 2018.[2]
Professional career
[edit]Wallace was picked in the second round of the 2018 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream. She later signed a two-year deal with the Canberra Capitals.[3] A knee injury in her second game with Canberra in late 2018 saw her not play again until 2021 in the NBL1 South with the Melbourne Tigers.[4] She joined the Southside Flyers for the 2021–22 WNBL season and won the WNBL Sixth Woman of the Year Award.[5]
On 13 January 2023, Wallace was traded from the Atlanta Dream to the Indiana Fever.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]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 |
WNBA
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Stats current through end of 2024 regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2018 | Did not appear in WNBA | ||||||||||||
2019 | Did not play (knee injury) | ||||||||||||
2020 | |||||||||||||
2021 | Did not appear in WNBA | ||||||||||||
2022 | Atlanta | 29 | 18 | 20.8 | .407 | .368 | .786 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 6.6 |
2023 | Indiana | 37 | 9 | 19.7 | .401 | .435 | .750 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 6.6 |
2024 | Indiana | 26 | 15 | 17.2 | .402 | .293 | .667 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
Career | 3 years, 2 teams | 92 | 42 | 19.3 | .403 | .374 | .750 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 6.1 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2024 | Indiana | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Career | 1 year, 1 team | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
College
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2014–15 | Baylor | 33 | 6 | 22.5 | .408 | .371 | .657 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 7.8 |
2015–16 | Baylor | 37 | 20 | 27.4 | .397 | .386 | .765 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 8.1 |
2016–17 | Baylor | 37 | 37 | 28.2 | .427 | .389 | .689 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 7.6 |
2017–18 | Baylor | 29 | 29 | 30.1 | .502 | .384 | .797 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 12.9 |
Career | 136 | 92 | 27.0 | .435 | .383 | .736 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 8.9 |
National team
[edit]Youth Level
[edit]Wallace made her international debut for the Gems at the 2014 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship in Fiji.[9] Wallace would then go on to represent the Gems at the Under-19 World Championship in Russia the following year, where they finished in third place and took home the bronze medal.
References
[edit]- ^ "Kristy Wallace Bio - Baylor Official Athletic Site". baylorbears.com.
- ^ "Kristy Wallace". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ UC CAPITALS SIGN KRISTY WALLACE FOR 2 YEARS
- ^ KRISTY WALLACE JOINS THE FLYERS
- ^ 2021/22 SIXTH WOMAN OF THE YEAR
- ^ "Fever Acquire Guard in Trade with Atlanta Dream". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Kristy Wallace WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Kristy WALLACE". archive.fiba.com.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball Reference
- Baylor Lady Bears bio
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Atlanta Dream draft picks
- Atlanta Dream players
- Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Australian women's basketball players
- Baylor Bears women's basketball players
- Guards (basketball)
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia
- Indiana Fever players
- Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- People educated at John Paul College (Brisbane)
- Sportswomen from Queensland
- Southside Flyers players
- Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players for Australia
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in basketball