Kayla McBride

Kayla McBride
No. 21 – Las Vegas Aces
Position Shooting guard
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1992-06-25) June 25, 1992
Erie, Pennsylvania
Nationality American
Listed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight 174 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school Villa Maria Academy
(Erie, Pennsylvania)
College Notre Dame (2010–2014)
WNBA draft 2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the San Antonio Stars
Playing career 2014–present
Career history
2014–present San Antonio Stars / Las Vegas Aces
2014–2015 Uniqa Sopron
2015–2016 Nadezhda Orenburg
2016–2017 Yakin Dogu
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals
Representing  United States
U18 and U19
2010 U18 Colorado SpringsTeam Competition

Kayla McBride (born June 25, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted 3rd overall by the San Antonio Stars in the 2014 WNBA draft. McBride played shooting guard for Notre Dame, where she led the Fighting Irish to four consecutive Final Fours and three NCAA championship appearances.

Early life

McBride is the daughter of LaMont and LuAnn McBride. McBride has one younger brother Aaron and two younger sisters Karlee and Jayden. Her sister Karlee plays basketball for Indiana University.[1]

High school career

McBride attended Villa Maria Academy in Erie, Pennsylvania. McBride was a three-year starter and four-year letterwinner at Villa Maria under head coach Scott Dibble, helping Victors to combined record of 106–15 (.876) with two Pennsylvania Class AA state titles (2009, 2010) and a state runner-up finish (2007) in her prep career. In her freshman year in 2006–07, served as top reserve ("sixth man") on Class AA state runner-up squad that went 27–5; she averaged 6.7 ppg., 4.3 rpg., 1.6 spg. and 1.3 apg. with a .740 free throw percentage that season and earned Swin Cash award as Western Pennsylvania's Freshman of the Year in 2007. As a sophomore in 2007–08, sparked top-ranked team in Pennsylvania to 24–5 record while averaging 13.0 ppg., 6.8 rpg., 4.5 apg., 3.1 spg. and shooting .730 from foul line. During her junior uear in 2008–09, helped VMA to 27–3 record and state title, while team rose as high as 15th in ESPN Hoopgurlz East Region rankings during season ... posted team highs of 17.3 ppg., 7.8 rpg. and 4.6 apg., along with 3.1 spg. and .820 free throw percentage. As a senior in 2009–10, led Villa Maria to a 28–2 record and its second consecutive state championship ... averaged 20.5 ppg., 11.8 rpg. and 5.6 spg., including 29 points and 11 rebounds in Class AA state final against York Catholic. She was named the District 10 Player of the Year and Pennsylvania Class AA Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010. McBride was the Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year in 2010. McBride owns school records (boys or girls) in career points (1,727), rebounds (931), assists (474), steals (420) and blocked shots (191).[2]

College career

Freshman season (2010–2011)

McBride went to the University of Notre Dame to play basketball. As a freshman, she had to sit out half of the season because of academic issues. She watched from the sidelines as her team lost to Texas A&M in the 2011 NCAA Championship. That season she appeared in 19 games, starting in 4. McBride averaged 8.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, and shot .557 from the field, the third highest on her team. They ended the season with a 31–8 record.

Sophomore season (2011–2012)

Her sophomore season she appeared in all 39 games, and started in 36 of those 39 games. In her sophomore year she ranked fourth on the team with a .496 field goal percentage, fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 11.6 points per game, and won the Big East regular-season free throw percentage crown, with a free throw percentage of .919. The Fighting Irish again appeared in the championship, and again, they lost, but this time to Baylor. During that game McBride scored 11 points.

Junior season (2012–2013)

Again, she played all 37 games, and started in 36 games. McBride averaged 15.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game. She led the league in free throw percentage, and almost tied ninth in the country but was two made foul shots shy of the minimum to qualify for the national ranking. Her field goal percentage was .453 that season, her lowest yet. Notre Dame went to the Final Four for the third time in a row, but they lost to UConn.

Senior season (2013–2014)

McBride started in all 38 games. She averaged career highs of 17.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game. The Fighting Irish went undefeated, until during the championship game against Connecticut, who was also undefeated because both teams were in a different conference (with Notre Dame in the ACC conference), it was the first time the two teams had met that season. It was McBride's last chance to win a college championship. But Notre Dame lost in the second half, with the final score being 79–58. McBride contributed 21 points and 5 rebounds to her last game as a collegiate athlete.[2]

Notre Dame statistics

Source[3]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 Notre Dame 19 165 55.7 23.5 86.2 3.3 1.5 0.9 0.2 8.7
2011–12 Notre Dame 39 452 49.6 38.0 87.2 4.6 1.7 1.5 0.1 11.6
2012–13 Notre Dame 37 590 45.3 31.7 90.0 4.6 2.4 1.5 0.2 15.9
2013–14 Notre Dame 38 669 46.5 36.6 88.0 5.3 3.8 1.3 0.2 17.6
Career Notre Dame 133 1876 47.5 34.5 88.2 4.6 2.5 1.4 0.2 14.1

Professional career

WNBA

In the 2014 WNBA Draft, McBride was drafted third overall by the San Antonio Stars. She started all 34 games for the Stars in her rookie season, leading the Stars in scoring, averaging 13.0 ppg, which also ranked third among rookies in the WNBA. She was one of three unanimous selections to the WNBA All-Rookie Team and finished third in Rookie of the Year voting. McBride scored in double-figures in 21 games, including two 30-point performances, while recording the most points by a Stars rookie (442) since the team relocated to San Antonio. She set career highs in assists (6) and steals (5), while scoring 15 points at Tulsa (7/17). The Stars achieved a playoff berth and finished third place in the Western Conference but were eliminated by the Minnesota Lynx in a 2-game sweep during the first round. McBride led the Stars in scoring during the postseason (22.5 ppg), while scoring a team-high 20 points in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals and 25 points in Game 2.

In her second season, McBride was voted into the 2015 WNBA All-Star Game, and finished the season, averaging 13.8 ppg, but the Stars didn't make the playoffs this time.

In the 2016 season, McBride would continue to improve, but suffered a right foot injury on July 2 against the Minnesota Lynx. She was ruled out for the remainder of the season and finished with a career-high of 17.1 ppg.[4]

In the 2017 season, McBride would return healthy and play 30 games with 29 starts, averaging 15.4 ppg. On August 1, 2017, McBride scored a career-high 31 points in a 93–81 win over the New York Liberty.[5] The Stars finished with a league worst 8-26 record.

In 2018, the Stars relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada and were renamed the Las Vegas Aces. In March 2018, McBride re-signed with the Aces to a multi-year dealin free agency.[6] In 2018, McBride have the best season of her career thus far. On June 28, 2018, McBride scored a new career-high of 38 points in a 97-91 loss to Dallas Wings.[7] McBride would be an all-star for the second time in her career as she was voted into the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game. By the end of the season, McBride averaged a new career-high in scoring, this performance along with rookie sensation A'ja Wilson would almost lead the Aces back in the playoffs but they fell short finishing 9th place in the league with a 14-20 record.

Overseas

In the 2014–15 off-season, McBride played in Hungary for Uniqa Sopron.[8] In the 2015–16 off-season, McBride played in Russia for Nadezhda Orenburg.[9] As of November 2016, it was confirmed that McBride is playing in Turkey for Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi for the 2016–17 off-season.[10] In 2017, McBride resigned with Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi for the 2017–18 off-season.[11]

WNBA 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 high League leader

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2014 San Antonio 343426.0.406.396.8462.31.70.90.11.213.0
2015 San Antonio 272528.0.382.373.8793.11.61.00.11.613.8
2016 San Antonio 171730.8.367.305.8534.01.91.00.12.017.1
2017 San Antonio 302933.2.381.310.9254.12.61.10.11.915.4
2018 Las Vegas 313132.3.449.393.9173.93.51.00.12.018.2
Career 5 years, 1 team 13913629.9.401.357.8923.42.31.10.11.715.3

Postseason

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2014 San Antonio 2230.2.593.6001.0002.50.51.00.03.522.5
Career 1 year, 1 team 2230.2.593.6001.0002.50.51.00.03.522.5

USA Basketball

McBride was named to the USA Basketball U18 team.[12] The USA team was one of eight teams from North, South and Central America, along with the Caribbean, invited to participate in the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship For Women, held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The top finishing team qualify for the 2011 FIBA U19 Women's World Championship.[13][14] The team was coached by Jennifer Rizzotti. The team won all five games, earning the gold medal for the event, and a place in the 2011 U19 World Championship for women. McBride averaged 8.2 points per games, reaching double-digits in three of the contests. She was third leading on the team with eight steals.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Kayla McBride". USA Basketball. Retrieved 14 Aug 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Kayla McBride Bio :: Notre Dame Women's Basketball :: UND.COM :: The Official Site of Notre Dame Athletics". Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  3. ↑ "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  4. ↑ "McBride Out Remainder of Season With Foot Fracture – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  5. ↑ "Film Room: Stars top Liberty at home, career nights for McBride and Alexander". Summitt Hoops. 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  6. ↑ Las Vegas Aces re-sign Kayla McBride to multi-year deal
  7. ↑ Recaps: The making of Kayla McBride’s 38-point gladiatorial performance
  8. ↑ "Kayla McBride | EuroCup Women (2015) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  9. ↑ "Russian Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings – eurobasket News". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  10. ↑ "WNBA Players Playing Overseas – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  11. ↑ WNBA Players Playing Overseas
  12. ↑ Ronis, Adam (4 June 2010). "Bria Hartley picked for national team". Newsday.com. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  13. ↑ Adamec, Carl (29 June 2010). "Women's basketball: Incoming freshmen help U.S. grab gold". Journal Inquirer. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  14. ↑ "2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship For Women – Just the Facts". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  15. ↑ "Eighth Women's Fiba Americas U18 Championship For Women – 2010". USA Basketball. November 29, 2010. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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