Kristy Wallace
 Wallace with the Indiana Fever in 2024 | |
| No. 3 – Indiana Fever | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| League | WNBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 3 January 1996 Loganholme, Queensland, Australia |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 157 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 career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2013 | Brisbane Spartans |
| 2014 | BA Centre of Excellence |
| 2018–2020 | Canberra Capitals |
| 2021 | Melbourne Tigers |
| 2021–2022 | Southside Flyers |
| 2022 | Atlanta Dream |
| 2022–2024 | Melbourne Boomers |
| 2023–present | Indiana Fever |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
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
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
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]
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
| 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
Regular season
Stats current through end of 2024 regular season
| 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
| 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
| 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
Youth Level
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
- ^ "Kristy Wallace Bio - Baylor Official Athletic Site". baylorbears.com.
- ^ "Kristy Wallace". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ UC CAPITALS SIGN KRISTY WALLACE FOR 2 YEARS
- ^ KRISTY WALLACE JOINS THE FLYERS
- ^ 2021/22 SIXTH WOMAN OF THE YEAR
- ^ "Fever Acquire Guard in Trade with Atlanta Dream". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Australian teams for Paris 2024 Olympics announced". Basketball Australia. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Kristy Wallace WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Kristy WALLACE". archive.fiba.com.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball Reference
- Baylor Lady Bears bio
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