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Kristy Wallace

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Kristy Wallace
Wallace with the Indiana Fever in 2024
No. 3 – Indiana Fever
PositionGuard
LeagueWNBA
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 schoolJohn Paul College
(Brisbane, Queensland)
CollegeBaylor (2014–2018)
WNBA draft2018: 2nd round, 16th overall pick
Selected by the Atlanta Dream
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2013Brisbane Spartans
2014BA Centre of Excellence
2018–2020Canberra Capitals
2021Melbourne Tigers
2021–2022Southside Flyers
2022Atlanta Dream
2022–2024Melbourne Boomers
2023–presentIndiana Fever
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Australia
FIBA Asia Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Jordan
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taiwan Team
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Russia Team
FIBA Under-18 Oceania Championship
Gold medal – first place 2014 Fiji Team

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

College career

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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

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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

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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

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Regular season

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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

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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

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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

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Youth Level

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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

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  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.
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