PERSONAL: DOB 24/07/1981, Height: 176cm
POSITION: Guard
JUNIOR ASSOCIATION: Norwood Flames (SA)
FIRST PLAYED WNBL: 1997
WNBL CLUBS: AIS 1997-99; Canberra 1999-04; Sydney 2005/06 - 2008, Logan 2008/09 - Current
INTERNATIONAL GAMES: 61 games (26 Junior), (35 Senior), Junior World Championships 1997 (Silver)
INTERESTING FACTS: Kristen gets an annual knee surgery.
WNBL CAREER NOTES: In the 2009/10 season, Kristen was voted Logan Thunder's Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive year. She averaged 12.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.2 steals per game. In the 2008/09 season four-time WNBL champion Kristen was named Logan Thunder's Most Valuable Player after captaining the team to finish 8th in their first season in the league. Kristen averaged 9.9 points, 6.6 rebounds and4.5 assists last season. Originally an AIS player, Kristen averaged 8.6 points and 3.6 assists for the 2006/07 season. She is a former WNBA player with the Phoenix Mercury. In the 2003/04 season, she was named a WNBL Ambassador and was a member of the WNBL All-Star Five. She has led the WNBL in assists in the following years: 1998, 1998/99, 1999/00 and 2002/03. In the 2002/03 season, she averaged a career-high 5.4 assists per game (114 all up). The first of her four WNBL titles came in the 1998/99 season before successive titles with Canberra in the 1999/00 and 2000/01 seasons, and her fourth in 2002/03.
GENERAL BASKETBALL CAREER NOTES: Kristen was selected 13th pick in the 2001 WNBA draft by Phoenix and played with the Mercury in 2001/02 - at the same time becoming the youngest player to play in the league. She represented SA U16, U18 and U-20 at the National Junior Championships. In 1997 she attended the junior camp. She currently plays for North West Tasmania Thunder in the SEABL Competition. In 2005 she played in the NWBL with the Dallas Fury. In 1996 she won a silver medal Junior World Championships.
PERSONAL INFORMATION: Kristen has one sister. She enjoys the water in any shape or form, surf, body boarding, pools, wake boarding, jet skiing and baths.
WNBL CHAMPIONSHIPS: (4) AIS 1998/99, Canberra 1999/00, 2000/01, 2002/03 |
