Kelsey Plum

 Kelsey Christine Plum (born August 24 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was the winner of an WNBA title in 2022, when she earned her first All-WNBA First Team selection and was named the WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) in her first WNBA All-Star Game. She won the gold medal in women's 3-on-3 basketball in the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was a student at La Jolla Country Day School in San Diego. Plum played college basketball at the University of Washington. Plum scored a career high of 57 points during Senior Night. She hit 19 of the 27 shots she took to beat the NCAA Division I women’s basketball record for scoring 3,397 points. Plum beat the NCAA record of 1,080 points in one season on March 20th in 2017. [3] She was chosen out of UW as the first overall selection in the 2017 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Stars. She was named the WNBA Sixth Player of the Year. Plum is the daughter of Katie and Jim Plum.Her mother was an accomplished volleyball player for the University of California, Davis. Her father was awarded All-American distinction while playing high school football in La Mesa, California, and then went to play baseball and football collegiately at San Diego State. Plum is the elder of two sisters. She also has a younger brother. Her sisters all followed their mother's footsteps and played volleyball. Her elder sister Kaitlyn played for UC Davis, while Lauren played for the University of Oregon and for USA Volleyball's Junior National Team. Her younger brother Daniel played football for UC Davis. Kelsey played volleyball for a time, excelling in the USA Volleyball junior system, but when it came time to go to high school, she chose La Jolla Country Day School instead of Poway High School, where her sisters were enrolled at the time, and Plum chose basketball over volleyball.La Jolla Country Day School was the place where Candice Wiggins was a student during her high school years.During the course of her high school time, Plum scored a total of 2,247 points, averaging 19.9 points per game. Plum scored 677 rebounds and was a part of 381 baskets. She also scored 370 steals. The team's record was 103-22 during her four seasons. The result was four section titles and the CIF Division IV state title. Plum was also a player in AAU basketball with San Diego Sol. Plum was selected to the 2013 WBCA High School Coaches All-America Team. Plum was a participant in the 2013 WBCA High School All-America Game. She hit seven of eight field goals, scoring 14 points. This enabled her to play in the 2013 McDonald's All-American Girls Game. She was also named Ms. Basketball in CalHiSports. This award is given to the most outstanding female basketball players in high school in California. Previous winners have included Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Courtney Paris, Candice Wiggins and Diana Taurasi.