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| No. 44 – Washington Mystics | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | WNBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 10, 1995 Fullerton, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American / British |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California) |
| College | Stanford (2013–2017) |
| WNBA draft | 2017: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2017–present |
| Career history | |
| 2017–2018 | Pallacanestro Vigarano |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2018–2019 | BC Castors Braine |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2019 | Dallas Wings |
| 2019–2022 | CB Avenida |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2021 | Seattle Storm |
| 2022 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 2022–23 | Townsville Fire |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2023-present | London Lions |
| 2024–present | Washington Mystics |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Karlie Anne Samuelson (born May 10, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for London Lions of the Women's British Basketball League. In college, Samuelson played for Stanford University. Her sisters are Bonnie and Katie Lou Samuelson.[1]
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Career
High School/College
An Orange County native, Samuelson is the second of three daughters of two former athletes, her father having played basketball in both Cal State Fullerton and England, where he met her mother, a former netball player who reached the England national team.[2] During her high school years, Samuelson played at Huntington Beach's Edison and Mater Dei High School, in Santa Ana before heading off to play in college at Stanford University alongside older sister Bonnie. Samuelson played from 2013 to 2017, while also graduating in human biology. Samuelson, who excelled as a three-point shooter, qualified twice for the NCAA final Four, in her freshman year of 2013, and later as a senior in 2017, where she had been a Regional All-Tournament Team before losing the semifinal with a sprained ankle.[3][4]
Professional career
She went undrafted in the 2017 WNBA draft,[5] and joined the Los Angeles Sparks for the 2017 season and played 3 pre-season games, but a fractured left foot suffered during training camp made the team waive her. Samuelson then joined Pallacanestro Vigarano in Italy's Serie A1 for her first professional season.[6] Samuelson left in January, having played 13 games for Vigarano,[7] alleging personal reasons.[8] Afterwards, she became an assistant coach for the Vanguard Lions, while pursuing a master's degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University Irvine,[9] and also re-signed with the Los Angeles Sparks for the 2018 WNBA season where she made the final roster. Samuelson made her WNBA debut on the 20th of May against the Minnesota Lynx scoring 3 points in 13 minutes of playing time, and ultimately appeared in 20 games of the 2018 season and 2 playoff games, averaging 4.2 minutes per game. While Samuelson left after four games due to the return of starter Jantel Lavender, the Sparks eventually brought her back for the rest of the season in June.[10] Following the Sparks' elimination in the playoffs, Samuelson signed to play in BC Castors Braine of Belgium during the offseason.[11] In Belgium, she averaged 16 points per game in the national league, and 9.7 in the Euroleague. After being waived during the Sparks training camp,[12] Samuelson joined them late in the 2019 WNBA season, following her performance in the EuroBasket Women 2019.[13] In August 2019, she joined the Dallas Wings.[14] Samuelson also signed to play in Spain for Perfumerías Avenida.[15] In 2020, Samuelson was renewed by the Wings, which also signed younger sister Katie Lou Samuelson,[16] but wound up waived before the season begun.[17] Katie and Karlie still wound up playing together for Avenida by the end of the year.[18] Karlie signed again with the Sparks in 2021.[19] After being released in August,[20] she rejoined Katie in the Seattle Storm.[21] In May 2022, the Phoenix Mercury signed Samuelson to a hardship contract.[22] The following month, she signed with Australian team Townsville Fire.[23]
Samuelson signed with the London Lions ahead of the 2023-24 season.[24] During the 2023–24 EuroCup Women, Samuelson was chosen as the tournament's top player for February 2024 by leading the Lions in their quarterfinals victory over Melikgazi Kayseri scoring 44 points and shooting almost 63 percent in both games.[25] The Lions would then reach the tournament final against Beşiktaş JK.[26]
Samuelson also appeared as herself in an episode of kids show Ryan's Mystery Playdate.
International career
Like her sister Bonnie, Samuelson chose to play internationally for the Great Britain women's national basketball team, using her mother's nationality. She debuted for the team in February 2018, playing two games in the EuroBasket Women 2019 qualification.[27] In November, Samuelson helped the British team win the final two games, granting them a spot in EuroBasket Women 2019.[28] During the European tournament, Samuelson averaged 11.1 points, 4.4 assists and 2.9 rebounds as the British team finished in fourth place.[29] She also played the Olympic Qualifying Tournament, missing the Olympic qualifying spot while averaging 10.3 points, 4.3 assists and 2 rebounds.[30]
Statistics
College
Source[31]
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | Stanford | 32 | 163 | .404 | .348 | .907 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 5.1 |
| 2014-15 | Stanford | 29 | 185 | .430 | .398 | .483 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6.4 |
| 2015-16 | Stanford | 35 | 344 | .455 | .473 | .909 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 9.8 |
| 2016-17 | Stanford | 38 | 472 | .482 | .485 | .864 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.4 |
| Career | 134 | 1164 | .454 | .443 | .833 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 8.7 |
WNBA
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Los Angeles | 20 | 0 | 4.2 | .389 | .313 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | Los Angeles | 3 | 0 | 12.0 | .143 | .167 | .000 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | Dallas | 4 | 0 | 12.0 | .286 | .333 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | Los Angeles | 11 | 3 | 15.8 | .382 | .478 | .714 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | Seattle | 3 | 0 | 10.7 | .300 | .125 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 2022 | Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | .333 | .333 | .000 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | Los Angeles | 34 | 23 | 26.1 | .463 | .426 | .941 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 7.7 |
| Career | 5 years, 4 teams | 76 | 26 | 16.7 | .426 | .395 | .917 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.5 |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 1 year, 1 team | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Notes
- ^ "Karlie Samuelson". WNBA. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ FitzGerald, Tom (23 March 2017). "For the Samuelson family, it's a Sweet 16 sister act". SFGATE.
- ^ Smith, Michelle (31 March 2017). "Karlie Samuelson, Stanford's senior class' run comes to an end". ESPN. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "Karlie Samuelson". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA.
- ^ "Karlie Samuelson - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA". 7 July 2018. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Play On". Stanford University Athletics.
- ^ "Lega Basket Femminile". www.legabasketfemminile.it.
- ^ "A1 UFFICIALE - Samuelson lascia Vigarano". 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Karlie Samuelson 2017-18 Women's Basketball - Vanguard University". www.vanguardlions.com.
- ^ "Sparks Sign Karlie Samuelson". Los Angeles Sparks.
- ^ "Karlie Samuelson Signs with Castors Braine for 2018-19". 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Sparks waive Ashley Walker, Karlie Samuelson, trim season-opening roster to 12". 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Sparks sign Karlie Samuelson to seven-day contract". 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Wings Sign Karlie Samuelson". Dallas Wings.
- ^ "KARLIE SAMUELSON, la "francotiradora" para AVENIDA - Perfumerias Avenida Baloncesto Salamanca".
- ^ Putterman, Alex (14 February 2020). "Swapping UConn players: Katie Lou Samuelson traded to Dallas Wings, in exchange for Azura Stevens". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Wings Trade Anigwe, Waive Karlie Samuelson". Dallas Wings.
- ^ "Katie Lou Samuelson sigue el camino de su hermana mayor y ficha por Perfumerías Avenida".
- ^ Sparks Sign Kristine Anigwe & Karlie Samuelson
- ^ Sparks Terminate Hardship Contracts of Bria Holmes and Karlie Samuelson
- ^ ‘It’s definitely crazy’: Sisters Katie Lou and Karlie Samuelson get midseason reunion on Storm roster
- ^ "Phoenix Mercury". Twitter. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ FIRE SIGN INTERNATIONAL TALENT: KARLIE SAMUELSON
- ^ Karlie Samuelson joins Lions roster for 23/24
- ^ London star Samuelson seals February MVP award
- ^ Chasing perfection: Will London complete an undefeated season?
- ^ "SAMUELSON ADDED TO GB MIX | MVP247.com - THE UK'S HOME OF BASKETBALL". 1 February 2018.
- ^ "GB women qualify for EuroBasket finals". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Karlie SAMUELSON at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019".
- ^ "FIBA.basketball".
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
This page was last edited on 14 April 2024, at 01:06