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Kelly Mazzante
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Height: 6'0" (1.83 m)
Position: Shooting Guard/Small Forward (2-3)
College: Penn State '04
Date of Birth: February 2, 1982
Nationality: Italian /American









International Career:

2009-10: MIZO Pecs - Hungary:
Euroleague: 13 games: 8.1ppg, 2.1rpg, FGP: 41.8%, 3PT: 38.6%
Hungarian league: 13 games: 10.2ppg, 3.1rpg, FGP: 41.1%, 3PT: 39.5%


2008 - 2009: MIZO Pecs - Hungary:

Led team to the Hungarian League Cup with 12.3 ppg and 3.4 rpg as well to the Euroleague Final Eight.  Averaged 8.1 points, 2.4 assists, 1.7 steals and 3.6 rebounds in EuroLeague competition.   Accrued a 60% accuracy on shooting in EuroLeague competition connecting on 30/50 of her attempts. Top game was against Nadezhda where she tallied 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals.


2007 - 2008: Spartak Moscow - Russia

Competed in EuroLeague and in the Russian League.


2006 - 2007: Kosice - Slovakia:
Played in 9 EuroLeague games averaging 16.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.0 apg, and 2.2 spg.

2005 - 2006: Kosice - Slovakia:
Played in 10 EuroLeague games averaging 10.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.1 apg, and 2.0 spg.

Member of the 2002 USA World Championship for Young Women Qualifying Team that won a gold medal.


WNBA Career:

2010: NY Liberty

2007 - 2009: Phoenix Mercury

2004 - 2006: Charlotte Sting

 

Selected by Charlotte in the second round (18th overall) of the 2004 WNBA Draft on April 17, 2004... Selected by the Mercury (fifth overall) in the 2007 Charlotte dispersal draft on Jan 8, 2007.

 

2009 Season:

She played in 31 games averaging 3.4 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. She contributed in Phoenix winning the 2009 WNBA championship

2008 WNBA Season:

• Played in 34 games including 2 starts

• Averaged 5.8 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 1.1 apg,

• Recorded her WNBA career high five made 3-point field goals against Houston.

 

2007 WNBA Season:

• Appeared in all 34 games including the WNBA Finals.  Phoenix was the WNBA Champion.

• One of only five Mercury players to appear in every game this season

• Phoenix’s highest-scoring reserve at 5.4 points per game, added 1.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 14.4 minutes

• Shot 34.2 percent from three-point range (26th-WNBA)

• Averaged 9.0 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists in three starts of the season

 

2006 WNBA Season:

• Played in all 34 games for the Sting for the second time in her three-year career (no starts)

• Enjoyed her best statistical season, averaging 8.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists (all career bests)

• Nailed a career-best 64 three-point field goals (3rd-WNBA) on 167 attempts (3rd-WNBA)

• Connected on a personal-best 38.3 percent of three-pointers (11th-WNBA)

• Scored a career-high 18 points at US Airways Center vs. the Mercury on August 3, 2006

 

2005 WNBA Season:

• Appeared in 27 games (two starts, the only two starts of her career) as a second-year reserve with the Sting

• Averaged 2.4 points and 1.1 rebounds in 8.4 minutes

• First career start came August 12, 2005

• Missed four games with right knee tendinitis

 

2004 WNBA Season:

• Saw action in all 34 games as a rookie with the Sting

• Recorded double figures in scoring in two games

• Led the team in scoring with a then-career-high 15-point effort June 3 at Connecticut

 

College Career:

• All-time leading scorer in Big Ten Conference history (male or female) with 2,919 points

• Point total is ninth all-time in NCAA history

• Averaged 21.9 points and 4.2 rebounds in four-year career

• Awarded prestigious NCAA VIII award for 2004 honoring eight student athletes from all sports for their athletic and

academic achievements

as well as leadership and community service

• AP All-American First Team (2004, 2003)

• Three-time Kodak All-American (2004, 2003, 2002)

• First player in Penn State history to be a three-time Kodak All-American

• Two-time Big Ten Player of the Year (2004, 2003)

• Holds the Penn State single-season scoring record set in 2002 (872)

• All-Big Ten First Team in each of her four seasons

• Led Big Ten in scoring in each of her first three seasons

• 2004 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year for women’s basketball

 

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