Kristy Wallace

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Kristy Wallace
Kristy Wallace (1).jpg
Wallace in February 2019
No. 3Indiana Fever
Position Guard
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 (age 28)
Loganholme, Queensland, Australia
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight157 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 career2012–present
Career history
2012–2013 Brisbane Capitals
2014 BA Centre of Excellence
2018–2020 Canberra Capitals
2021 Melbourne Tigers
2021–2022 Southside Flyers
2022 Atlanta Dream
2022–present Melbourne Boomers
2023–present Indiana Fever
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women’s basketball
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Australia
FIBA Asia Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Jordan
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Taiwan Team
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Russia Team
FIBA Under-18 Oceania Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Fiji Team

Kristy Wallace (born 3 January 1996) is an Australian basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA and for the Melbourne Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears.

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College

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]

Baylor statistics

Source [3]

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2014-15Baylor3325840.8%37.1%65.7%2.52.21.10.27.8
2015-16Baylor3729939.7%38.6%76.5%3.32.41.30.58.1
2016-17Baylor3728242.7%38.9%68.9%3.95.61.30.47.6
2017-18Baylor2937350.2%38.4%79.7%5.05.31.00.612.9
Career136121243.5%38.3%73.6%3.63.91.20.48.9

Professional

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. [4] 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. [5] She joined the Southside Flyers for the 2021–22 WNBL season and won the WNBL Sixth Woman of the Year Award. [6]

On 13 January 2023, Wallace was traded from the Atlanta Dream to the Indiana Fever. [7]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2022 Atlanta 291820.8.407.368.7862.32.20.60.21.56.6
2023 Indiana 37919.7.401.435.7502.21.90.60.21.36.6
Career2 years, 2 teams662720.2.404.405.7712.32.00.60.21.46.6

National team

Youth Level

Wallace made her international debut for the Gems at the 2014 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship in Fiji. [8] 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.

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References

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  2. "Kristy Wallace" . australiabasket.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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  5. KRISTY WALLACE JOINS THE FLYERS
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