Kristy Wallace

Kristy Wallace (born 3 January 1996) is an Australian basketball player for the Southside Flyers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears.

Kristy Wallace
Wallace in February 2019
No. 5 – Southside Flyers
PositionGuard
LeagueWNBL
Personal information
Born (1996-01-03) 3 January 1996
Loganholme, Queensland
NationalityAustralian
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
High schoolJohn Paul College
(Brisbane, Queensland)
CollegeBaylor (2014–2018)
WNBA draft2018 / Round: 2 / Pick: 16th overall
Selected by the Atlanta Dream
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2013Brisbane Capitals
2014BA Centre of Excellence
2018–2020Canberra Capitals
2021Melbourne Tigers
2021–presentSouthside Flyers
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Australia
Women's basketball
FIBA Asia Cup
2021 Jordan
Summer Universiade
2017 TaiwanTeam
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
2015 RussiaTeam
FIBA Under-18 Oceania Championship
2014 FijiTeam

College

Wallace played four seasons of college basketball in the United States for the Baylor Lady Bears.[1] She earned Big 12 All-Freshman Team in 2015 and Big 12 All-Defensive Team and First-team All-Big 12 in 2018.[2]

Baylor 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
2014-15 Baylor 33 258 40.8% 37.1% 65.7% 2.5 2.2 1.1 0.2 7.8
2015-16 Baylor 37 299 39.7% 38.6% 76.5% 3.3 2.4 1.3 0.5 8.1
2016-17 Baylor 37 282 42.7% 38.9% 68.9% 3.9 5.6 1.3 0.4 7.6
2017-18 Baylor 29 373 50.2% 38.4% 79.7% 5.0 5.3 1.0 0.6 12.9
Career 136 1212 43.5% 38.3% 73.6% 3.6 3.9 1.2 0.4 8.9

Professional

Wallace was picked in the second round of the 2018 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream. She later signed a two-year deal with the Canberra Capitals.[4] A knee injury in her second game with Canberra in late 2018 saw her not play again until 2021 in the NBL1 South with the Melbourne Tigers.[5] She joined the Southside Flyers for the 2021–22 WNBL season and won the WNBL Sixth Woman of the Year Award.[6]

National team

Youth Level

Wallace made her international debut for the Gems at the 2014 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship in Fiji.[7] Wallace would then go on to represent the Gems at the Under-19 World Championship in Russia the following year, where they finished in third place and took home the bronze medal.

References
  1. "Kristy Wallace Bio - Baylor Official Athletic Site". baylorbears.com.
  2. "Kristy Wallace". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. UC CAPITALS SIGN KRISTY WALLACE FOR 2 YEARS
  5. KRISTY WALLACE JOINS THE FLYERS
  6. 2021/22 SIXTH WOMAN OF THE YEAR
  7. "Kristy WALLACE". archive.fiba.com.
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