Katrina Colleton

Katrina Colleton
Personal information
Born (1971-03-17) March 17, 1971 (age 53)
Tampa, Florida
NationalityAmerican
Career information
High schoolEast Bay (Gibsonton, Florida)
CollegeMaryland (1989–1993)
WNBA draft1997: 3rd round, 19th overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks
PositionGuard / forward
Career history
1997–1998Los Angeles Sparks
2000–2001Miami Sol
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Katrina Colleton (born March 17, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player who played 4 season in the WNBA. She played two seasons for the Los Angeles Sparks (1997 and 1998) then after sitting out the entire 1999 season, played two seasons for the Miami Sol (2000 and 2001).[1]

WNBA Career

Colleton was selected with the 19th overall pick by the Sparks in the 1997 WNBA Draft. Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997 in a 57 - 67 loss to the New York Liberty where she recorded 2 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals.[2] Colleton played her first two seasons with the Sparks but had a dip in productivity in her second year. From her rookie year to her sophomore year, her per game averages went from 21.9 minutes to 19.2 minutes, 4.9 points to 2.7 points and 2.1 rebounds to 1.7 rebounds.

After sitting out the entire 1999 season, Colleton would sign with the Miami Sol and instantly become one of the team's best players (even being nicknamed Tree by her teammates due to her long arms). She increased her productivity from her sophomore slump, averaging 8.3 points and 2 rebounds in 27.3 minutes per game. She would also be 2nd in points scored in the season for Sol players, along with 2nd in minutes played and 2nd in field goals made. Unfortunately, the team would finish the season 13 - 19 and not make the playoffs.

The next season (2001) ended up being Colleton's final season in the WNBA. She only played 14 games and averaged 8.6 minutes, 1.9 points and 0.5 rebounds. This time around, the Sol would make the playoffs after finishing 20 - 12 but would be eliminated in the first round by the Liberty in 3 games (2 - 1). Game 3 of that first round series was Colleton's final game of her career. That game was played on August 21, 2001, the Sol lost 61 - 72, and Colleton only recorded 2 points and 1 rebound.[3]

Before the 2002 season started, Colleton was traded to the Portland Fire along with her teammate Marla Brumfield in exchange for Vanessa Nygaard on May 22, 2002. However, Colleton would immediately get waived by Portland two days later on May 24. Brumfield herself would be waived by Portland on June 6 and completely missed the 2002 season, meaning that neither her or Colleton ever played for Portland.[4]

Colleton ended her WNBA career with 104 games played with career averages of 4.9 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists.

Career statistics

Legend
  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

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1997 Los Angeles 28 14 21.9 43.7 36.0 56.7 2.1 1.6 1.3 0.3 1.3 4.9
1998 Los Angeles 30 14 19.2 30.3 26.3 83.3 1.7 1.6 0.6 0.4 1.0 2.7
1999 Did not play (waived)
2000 Miami 32 32 27.3 35.2 23.8 75.7 2.0 1.6 0.8 0.2 2.0 8.3
2001 Miami 14 0 8.6 25.6 0.0 60.0 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.9
Career 4 years, 2 teams 104 60 21.0 35.5 28.8 71.1 1.7 1.4 0.8 0.3 1.3 4.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2001 Miami 2 0 1.5 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Career 1 year, 1 team 2 0 1.5 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1989–90 Maryland 22 - - 48.9 0.0 50.0 1.9 0.8 0.2 0.1 - 2.4
1990–91 Maryland 26 - - 52.3 0.0 52.4 3.0 0.2 0.7 0.1 - 6.8
1991–92 Maryland 31 - - 50.9 0.0 77.6 3.1 1.7 0.7 0.2 - 6.8
1992–93 Maryland 30 - - 49.2 28.6 77.4 4.3 3.9 1.3 0.3 - 13.1
Career 109 - - 50.3 26.7 70.1 3.1 1.8 0.8 0.2 - 7.6
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[5]

References

  1. ^ "WNBA.com: Katrina Colleton Player Info". 2016-03-04. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  2. ^ "New York Liberty at Los Angeles Sparks, June 21, 1997". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  3. ^ "Miami Sol at New York Liberty, August 21, 2001". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  4. ^ "Portland Fire Acquires Brumfield". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  5. ^ "Katrina Colleton College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.


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