Kelsey Mitchell (basketball)
Kelsey Mitchell is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. 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.Personal
Mitchell is from Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville, Ohio.Statistics courtesy NCAA Statistics
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 |