WNBA A to Z:
S is for Smith, Katie: Reunited this year at Seattle with Coach Brian Agler (who has coached Katie in Minnesota and Columbus of the ABL), Katie Smith is one of the best basketball players of all time, male or female. Consider:
- At 37 years old, she’s still playing full time and has been playing pro ball for 15 years, starting with the Columbus Quest of the American Basketball League, the predecessor to the WNBA. She’s played over 13,000 minutes of basketball in the WNBA alone.
- Three time Olympics Gold Medal Champion (2000, 2004, 2008)
- Seven time WNBA All-Star, named to the WNBA All-Decade Team
- Two time ABL Champion (there were only two before the league folded)
- Two time WNBA Champion
- Career scoring average of 14.9 PPG, closing in on 6000 points career
- Named the Ohio State Female Athlete of the Century in 2002
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