- K. B. Sharp
Infobox WNBA Player
name = K.B. Sharp
team =Chicago Sky
number = 32
position = Guard
height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9
weight_lbs = 149
nationality = USA
birth_date = Birth date and age|1981|4|18|mf=y
birth_place =Columbus, Ohio
college = Cincinnati
draft = 26thoverall
draft_year = 2003
draft_team =New York Liberty
career_start = 2003
career_end =
former_teams =New York Liberty ,Indiana Fever K.B. Sharp (born Kristen Brooke Sharp on
April 18 ,1981 inColumbus, Ohio ) is a professional women'sbasketball player. As of late, Sharp has been playing for a professional league inIsrael .Early years
She attended Bexley High School, in
Bexley, Ohio , where she was named all-state (Ohio ) in her senior year. She was named as Honorable MentionAll-America n by the newspaper "USA Today ".University of Cincinnati
She attended the
University of Cincinnati , and majored inCriminal Justice .(2002-03) Best collegiate season scoring performance, 13.6 ppg, along with averaging 5.7 rpg and 5.9 apg … All-Conference USA First Team … Team Captain (2001-02) All-Conference USA Third Team … Named UC’s Most Outstanding Player and earned the team’s Ball of Courage and Insane Chain awards… Had 205 assists, breaking her own school record of 170 set as a sophomore … Played 1,214 minutes, breaking her own school record of 1,207… Earned a spot on the Bearcat Invitational All-Tournament team after averaging 11.5 ppg and 6.0 apg in the two games… (2000-01) Named UC’s most outstanding player, averaging 8.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg, team-best of 5.3 apg and 1.5 spg … Named to the Conference USA all-tournament team after averaging 11.8 ppg and 6.8 apg during the four contests … (1999-00) Finished fifth on the team in scoring, averaging 5.6 points a game
WNBA career
Sharp was chosen in the second round (26th overall) in the
2003 WNBA Draft by theNew York Liberty .She saw action in 30 games in her rookie campaign. Scored a career high, 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting on June 7th against the
Indiana Fever . She was selected to the WNBA Select team, which competed in international competition.In
2004 , Sharp also played 30 games for the Liberty, but she played less 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.On
February 2006 , she signed afree agent contract with theIndiana Fever .She now plays for the Chicago Sky.
External links
* [http://www.kbsharp.com Official Website]
*WNBA-profile|kb_sharp|K. B. Sharp
* [http://www.wnba.com/liberty/news/harlem_russia_kb_031013.html 2003 WNBA article of Sharp's trip to Samara, Russia][Category:Shooting guards|Sharp, K.B.
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