Kelly Schumacher

Infobox WNBA Player
name = Kelly Schumacher

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caption =
position = Center / Forward
team = Detroit Shock
number = 11
height_ft = 6
height_in = 5
weight_lb = 183
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1977|10|14
birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio
college = Connecticut
draft = 1st round, 14th pick overall
draft_year = 2001
draft_team = Indiana Fever
career_start = 2001
career_end =
former_teams = Indiana Fever New York Liberty Phoenix Mercury
awards =

Kelly Schumacher (born October 14, 1977 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA for the Detroit Shock.

After her junior season at the University of Connecticut, she competed with USA Basketball as a member of the gold medal-winning Jones Cup Team that compiled a 4-0 record in Taipei. In her professional career she plays in Spanish League in Arranz Burgos, Perfumerías Avenida and now in UB F.C.Barcelona

Awards/achievements

*She as appeared in more games, 159, than any player in Fever history.
*Fever's starting power forward in first 14 games of 2005.
*Second all-time in career blocked shots for the Fever.
*Played a career-high 39 minutes during an overtime game played at Radio City Music Hall in New York, September 16, 2004.
*Pro career highs of 22 points and nine rebounds in an 81-57 win over San Antonio, July 23, 2003.
*Finished her career at Connecticut ranked third all-time in career blocked shots with 181.
*Set NCAA Women's Final Four record with nine blocked shots as Connecticut defeated Tennessee for the 2000 national championship.
*Played a career-high 39 minutes during an overtime game played at Radio City Music Hall in New York, September 16, 2004.
*Pro career highs of 22 points and nine rebounds in an 81-57 win over San Antonio, July 23, 2003.
*She is the Indiana Fever's career leader in blocked shots
*She has appeared in more games than any other player in Indiana Fever history
*She recorded 717 points during her collegiate career at the University of Connecticut, and was ranked third in all-time blocked shots
*She has been voted MVP in basketball, volleyball and soccer
*She was a member of gold medal-winning 2000 USA Jones Cup team
*She was a member of the CCAA national championship team 1996,1997
*She is ranked sixteenth in the WNBA, with 0.8 blocks per game
*She had won the Spanish female league and the cup of queen with "Perfumerias Avenida de Salamanca" [2005-2006]
*On February 23, 2006, she was traded to the New York Liberty
*Before the 2007 season, she was traded again to the Phoenix Mercury

Bio

*Nickname is "Schuey"
*Plays the violin
*Lists her favorite on-court moment as winning the 2000 NCAA National Championship
*Born in Cincinnati, Ohio but raised in Canada
*Was a communications science major at the University of Connecticut

External links

* [http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/kelly_schumacher/?nav=page WNBA Player Profile]
* [http://www.ndaadunk.com/can_women_dunk/snow_wont_dunk_on_me.htm/?nav=page Snow 'won't dunk on me']
* [http://www.thevarsity.ca/media/paper285/news/2001/09/04/Sports/Canadian.Schumacher.Joins.The.Big.Leagues-88570.shtml/?nav=page Canadian Schumacher joins the big leagues]
* [http://www.wnba.com/liberty/news/SchumacherSign.html New York Liberty press release on obtaining Schumacher]
* [http://www.perfumeriasavenidabaloncesto.com/equipos1.asp?cod=1 Kelly in Perfumerias Avenida de Salamanca]
* [http://www.wnba.com/shock/news/schumacher_080726_2.html Shock signs Schumacher]