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Kelly Schumacher (born October 14, 1977) is an American-born Canadian professional basketball player and professional volleyball player. She had been playing in the WNBA for the Detroit Shock, until her release 18 June 2009.[1]

Kelly Schumacher-Raimon

Dallas Wings
Position	Assistant coach
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1977-10-14) October 14, 1977 (age 44) Cincinnati, Ohio
Nationality	American / Canadian
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Pontiac (Shawville, Quebec) John Abbott College (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec)
College	UConn (1997–2001)
WNBA draft	2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14th overall
Selected by the Indiana Fever
Playing career	2001–2009
Coaching career	2018–present
Career history
As player:
2001–2005	Indiana Fever
2006	New York Liberty
2007	Phoenix Mercury
2008–2009	Detroit Shock
As coach:
2018–2020	Las Vegas Aces (assistant)
2020–2021	New York Liberty (assistant)
2021–present	Dallas Wings (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
2× WNBA champion (2007, 2008)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Women’s Basketball Representing  United States Jones Cup 2000 Taipei Team Competition

After her junior season at the University of Connecticut, she competed with USA Basketball as a member of the gold medal-winning Jones Cup Team that compiled a 4-0 record in Taipei.[2] In her professional career she plays in Spanish League in Arranz Burgos, Perfumerías Avenida and now in UB F.C.Barcelona. She is currently playing professional beach volleyball on the AVP Tour.[3]

Awards and achievements

• She has appeared in more games (159) than any player in Fever history.
• Fever's starting power forward in first 14 games of 2005.
• Second all-time in career blocked shots for the Fever.
• Played a career-high 39 minutes during an overtime game played at Radio City Music Hall in New York, September 16, 2004.
• Pro career highs of 22 points and nine rebounds in an 81-57 win over San Antonio, July 23, 2003.
• Finished her career at Connecticut ranked third all-time in career blocked shots with 181.[4]
• Set NCAA Women's Final Four record with nine blocked shots as Connecticut defeated Tennessee for the 2000 national championship.[5]
• Played a career-high 39 minutes during an overtime game played at Radio City Music Hall in New York, September 16, 2004.
• She is the Indiana Fever's career leader in blocked shots
• She has appeared in more games than any other player in Indiana Fever history
• She recorded 717 points during her collegiate career at the University of Connecticut[6]
• She has been voted MVP in basketball, volleyball and soccer
• She was a member of gold medal-winning 2000 USA Jones Cup team
• She was a member of the CCAA national championship team 1996, 1997[7]
• She is ranked sixteenth in the WNBA, with 0.8 blocks per game
• She had won the Spanish female league and the cup of queen with "Perfumerias Avenida de Salamanca" [2005-2006]
• On February 23, 2006, she was traded to the New York Liberty
• Before the 2007 season, she was traded again to the Phoenix Mercury

Biography

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio but raised in Canada She was a communications science major at the University of Connecticut. She plays the violin and lists her favorite on-court moment as winning the 2000 NCAA National Championship. Her nickname is 'Schuey' or 'schu'.

At age 23, Schumacher was selected by the Indiana Fever in the first round (14th overall) of the WNBA draft on April 20, 2001.

USA Basketball

Schumacher was named to the team representing the USA in 2000 at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team started strong with a 32 point win over the host team, the Republic of China National Team. They then beat South Korea easily and faced Japan in the third game. Japan started out strongly, and had an 18 point lead in the first half. The USA then out scored Japan 23–3 to take a small lead at the half. The USA built a ten point lead, but Japan cut it back to three with under a minute to go. Kelly Schumacher grabbed an offensive rebound and scored to bring the lead back to five points and the team held on for the win. Schumacher had 24 points to help the USA team beat Japan 83–80. The final game was against Malaysia, but it wasn't close, with the USA winning 79–24, to secure a 4–0 record for the competition and the gold medal. Schumacher tied Camille Cooper for the team rebounding lead with 7.3 rebounds per game.[8]

Professional career

After playing professional volleyball, Schumacher is returning to basketball, signing with the Spanish professional team Rivas Ecópolis[9]

University of Connecticut Statistics

Kelly Schumacher Statistics[10] at University of Connecticut
Year	G	FG	FGA	PCT	3FG	3FGA	PCT	FT	FTA	PCT	REB	AVG	A	TO	B	S	MIN	PTS	AVG
1997-98	35	70	117	0.598	0	0	0.000	37	70	0.529	103	2.9	19	29	38	11	408	177	5.1
1998-99	31	63	113	0.558	0	0	0.000	46	70	0.657	130	4.2	16	24	37	12	356	172	5.5
1999-00	37	80	144	0.556	0	0	0.000	26	38	0.684	141	3.8	27	27	65	21	577	186	5.0
2000-01	29	75	143	0.524	2	9	0.222	30	39	0.769	126	4.3	28	24	41	11	491	182	6.3
Totals	132	288	517	0.557	2	9	0.222	139	217	0.641	500	3.8	90	104	181	55	1832	717	5.4

Notes

External links

• WNBA Player Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived September 29, 2007)
• Snow 'won't dunk on me' at the Wayback Machine (archived September 29, 2007)
• Canadian Schumacher joins the big leagues at the Wayback Machine (archived September 4, 2007)
• New York Liberty press release on obtaining Schumacher
• Kelly in Perfumerias Avenida de Salamanca
• Shock signs Schumacher
• Kelly Schumacher at the FIVB beach volleyball database
• Kelly Schumacher at the Beach Volleyball Database

На других языках

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- [en] Kelly Schumacher

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[ru] Шумахер, Келли

Келли Шумахер (англ. Kelly Schumacher; по мужу Реймон (англ. Raimon); род. 14 октября 1977 года в Цинциннати, штат Огайо, США) — американская профессиональная баскетболистка, которая выступала в женской национальной баскетбольной ассоциации. Была выбрана на драфте ВНБА 2001 года в первом раунде под общим четырнадцатым номером клубом «Индиана Фивер». Играла на позиции центровой. Первый игрок женской НБА, которая выигрывала первенство ВНБА два года кряду в составе двух разных команд (2007 и 2008), второй стала Ле’ко Уиллингем (2009 и 2010), а третьей — Наташа Ховард (2017 и 2018). В настоящее же время является ассистентом Билла Лэймбира в команде «Лас-Вегас Эйсес».

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