Kelsey Bone
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| No. 45 – Phoenix Mercury | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
December 31, 1991 Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Dulles (Sugar Land, Texas) | ||||||||||||
| College |
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| WNBA draft | 2013 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the New York Liberty | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | New York Liberty | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||
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Kelsey Renée Bone (born December 31, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
USA Basketball
Bone was selected to play in the USA Women's Youth Development Festival. Eligible players are female basketball players who are in their sophomore or junior in high school. The 2007 event took place at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO.[1]
Bone was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event was held in July 2008, when the USA team defeated host Argentina to win the championship.[2] Bone helped the team win all five games, starting all five games and scoring over ten points per game.[3]
Bone continued on to the USA Women's U19 team which represented the USA in the 2009 U19 World's Championship, held in Bangkok, Thailand in July and August 2009.[4] Although the USA team lost the opening game to Spain, they went on to win their next seven games to earn a rematch against Spain in the finals, and won the game 81–71 to earn the gold medal.[5] Bone started all nine games and was the team's second highest scorer, with 12.3 points per game.
References
- ↑ "SA WOMEN'S YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FESTIVAL -- 2007". USA Basketball. Retrieved 10 Oct 2013.
- ↑ "USA Women's U18 National Team Rolls Through FIBA Americas Championship Undefeated With 81-37 Victory Over Host Argentina". USA Basketball. July 27, 2008. Retrieved 10 Oct 2013.
- ↑ "United States". USA Basketball. July 27, 2008. Retrieved 10 Oct 2013.
- ↑ "U19 World's Championship for women Thailand". FIBA. Retrieved 10 Oct 2013.
- ↑ "USA U19 Women Golden With 87-71 Victory Over Spain". USA Basketball. August 2, 2009. Retrieved 10 Oct 2013.