Kate Starbird

Kate Starbird (born Catherine Evelyn Starbird on July 30, 1975 in West Point, New York) is a former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Kate has also been a dominant force for the Seattle Gaels women's gaelic football team the last several years, and is managing the team this year.

At Stanford University, the 6'2" Starbird held the all-time Cardinal career scoring record with 2,215 points until January 312008 when Candice Wiggins broke the record. In 1997, she was awarded the women's Naismith College Player of the Year award. After college, she joined the ABL's Seattle Reign.

She has played in the WNBA since 1999, after being drafted by the Sacramento Monarchs, who selected her 26th overall in the 3rd round of the 1999 WNBA Draft). She was then picked up by the Miami Sol in the 1999 expansion draft, then traded to the Utah Starzz for Elena Baranova and a second-round pick. She was then traded by the Starzz to the Seattle Storm for Semeka Randall in 2002. She missed the 2003 season, then joined the Fever in 2004. She chose to sit out the 2005 season to spend time with her family [http://www.wnba.com/fever/news/Starbird_Steps_Away_from_WNBA.html] . At the time of the announcement, Starbird stated she planned to return to Indiana basketball for the 2006 season.

Currently, Starbird is the manager of the Seattle Gaels' women's gaelic football team. She was inducted to the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame on November 2 2007.

Kate attended Lakes High School in Lakewood, Washington.

External links

* [http://womensfootball.seattlegaels.com/ Seattle Gaels Women's Gaelic Football Team ]
* [http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/kate_starbird/ WNBA player file]
* [http://katestarbird.tripod.com/ Fan page]
* [http://members.tripod.com/crabcake/starbird.html Fan page]
* [http://members.tripod.com/starbird_fan/birdspage.html Fan page]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/examiner/article.cgi?year=1996&month=03&day=22&article=SPORTS2814.dtl March 22, 1996 "San Francisco Examiner" article on Starbird's family and career at Stanford]