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K. B. Sharp
Personal information
Born (1981-04-18) April 18, 1981 (age 43)
Columbus, Ohio
NationalityAmerican / French
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight149 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High schoolBexley (Bexley, Ohio)
CollegeCincinnati (1999–2003)
WNBA draft2003: 2nd round, 26th overall pick
Selected by the New York Liberty
Playing career2003–2009
PositionShooting guard
Career history
2003–2004New York Liberty
2006–2007Indiana Fever
2008–2009Chicago Sky
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Kristen Brooke "K. B." Sharp (born April 18, 1981) is a professional women's basketball player, playing in the WNBA and overseas.

Early years

She was born in Columbus, Ohio., Sharp attended Bexley High School, in Bexley, Ohio, where she was named both an all-state (Ohio) in her senior year and an Honorable Mention All-American by the newspaper USA Today.

University of Cincinnati

She attended the University of Cincinnati and majored in Criminal Justice.

From 2002 to 2003, she marked her best collegiate season, scoring a performance of 13.6 ppg, while also averaging 5.7 rpg and 5.9 apg. She made the All-Conference USA First Team and was team captain (2001–02) of the All-Conference USA Third Team. She earned the title of UC's Most Outstanding Player, the team's Ball of Courage and Insane Chain awards.

She had 205 assists, breaking her own school record of 170 set as a sophomore, as well as played 1,214 minutes, breaking her own school record of 1,207.

She earned a spot on the Bearcat Invitational All-Tournament team after averaging 11.5 ppg and 6.0 apg in the two games. From 2000 to 2001, she was named UC's most outstanding player, averaging 8.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg, team-best of 5.3 apg and 1.5 spg. She was called to the All-Conference USA tournament team after averaging 11.8 ppg and 6.8 apg during the four contests in the 1999-00 season. She finished fifth on the team in scoring, averaging 5.6 points a game.

Cincinnati statistics

Sharp's statistics:

Legend
  GP Games 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
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1999-00 Cincinnati 31 174 43.4 30.1 64.5 1.9 2.1 1.0 0.1 5.6
2000–01 Cincinnati 32 266 41.6 29.7 63.9 3.6 5.3 1.5 0.2 8.3
2001–02 Cincinnati 32 301 40.9 31.2 80.5 4.4 6.4 1.5 0.3 9.4
2002–03 Cincinnati 31 423 41.2 24.1 82.0 5.7 5.9 1.2 0.2 13.6
Career Cincinnati 126 1164 41.6 28.4 75.8 3.9 4.9 1.3 0.2 9.2

WNBA career

Sharp was chosen in the second round (26th overall) in the 2003 WNBA draft by the New York Liberty.

She saw action in 30 games in her rookie campaign. She scored a career high, 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting on June 7 against the Indiana Fever and was selected to the WNBA Select team which competed internationally.

In 2004, Sharp played 30 games for the Liberty, but she played fewer overall minutes than she did in the previous season.

In May 2005, prior to the start of the following WNBA season, she was waived by the Liberty.

In February 2006, she signed a free agent contract with the Indiana Fever.

She then played for the Chicago Sky.

WNBA Career statistics

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2003 New York 30 0 13.3 39.4 29.2 79.5 1.1 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.9 3.1
2004 New York 30 0 8.0 24.3 0.0 91.7 0.7 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.7 1.0
2006 Indiana 23 0 6.7 22.9 20.0 100.0 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.0
2007 Indiana 34 0 13.4 41.2 28.6 72.4 0.9 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.8 3.2
2008 Chicago 34 6 17.6 44.4 32.1 65.5 1.3 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.9 3.2
2009 Chicago 27 0 12.0 40.4 35.3 94.7 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.9 2.6
Career 6 years, 2 teams 178 6 12.2 38.2 26.6 78.6 0.9 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.7 2.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2004 New York 5 0 4.0 40.0 100.0 50.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.0 1.0
2007 Indiana 6 0 7.7 10.0 0.0 83.3 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 1.2
Career 2 years, 2 teams 11 0 6.0 20.0 25.0 83.3 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.2 1.1

Overseas career

  • 2003–04 she played in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she helped lead the team to the EuroCup Championship.
  • 2004–05 she played 10 games for Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv, where she averaged 14.9 ppg (.603 field goals), 3.8 rpg and 3.5 apg
  • 2005–06 she played for Raanana Herzeliya in the Israel's First Division
  • 2006–09 she played for Aix-en-Provence in France.

References

  1. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  2. "WNBA.com: K. B. Sharp Playerfile". Archived from the original on September 30, 2008.
  3. "WNBA.com: Offseason 2008–09: Overseas Roster". www.wnba.com. Retrieved September 16, 2017.

External links

2003 WNBA draft
First round
Second round
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