Kristy Wallace

Kristy Wallace

Wallace with the Indiana Fever in 2024
Personal information
Born	(1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 (age 29) Loganholme, Queensland, Australia
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
Position	Guard
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
2023–2024	Indiana Fever
Career highlights and awards
WNBL Sixth Woman of the Year (2022) First-team All-Big 12 (2018) Big 12 All-Defensive Team (2018) Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2015)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's basketball Representing   Australia Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team World Cup 2022 Australia FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Jordan Summer Universiade 2017 Taiwan Team FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2015 Russia Team FIBA Under-18 Oceania Championship 2014 Fiji Team

Kristy Wallace (born 3 January 1996) is an Australian basketball player who last played for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA. She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears.

College career

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

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]

Wallace in February 2019

On 13 January 2023, Wallace was traded from the Atlanta Dream to the Indiana Fever. ^[6]

Wallace was a member of the Australia Women's national basketball team (Opals) at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. ^[7] The Opals won the bronze medal, winning over Belgium. ^[8]

Career statistics

Legend

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

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 regular season

WNBA regular season statistics ^[9]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
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

WNBA playoff statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
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

NCAA statistics ^[10]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
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

Youth Level

Wallace made her international debut for the Gems at the 2014 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship in Fiji. ^[11] 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

1. "Kristy Wallace Bio - Baylor Official Athletic Site". baylorbears.com.
2. "Kristy Wallace" . australiabasket.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
3. UC CAPITALS SIGN KRISTY WALLACE FOR 2 YEARS
4. KRISTY WALLACE JOINS THE FLYERS
5. 2021/22 SIXTH WOMAN OF THE YEAR
6. "Fever Acquire Guard in Trade with Atlanta Dream". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
7. "Australian teams for Paris 2024 Olympics announced". Basketball Australia. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
8. Hendricks, Maggie (11 August 2024). "Paris 2024 women's basketball: Australia beat Belgium in thriller to land bronze medal". Olympics.com. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
9. "Kristy Wallace WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
10. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
11. "Kristy WALLACE". archive.fiba.com.

External links

• Career statistics from WNBA.com    and  Basketball Reference  
• Baylor Lady Bears bio