Katie Douglas (basketball)

Kathryn Elizabeth Douglas, born on 7 May 1979, is an American former professional basketball player whose primary position was shooting guard and whose secondary position was small forward. She was known across the league as one of its most prominent two-way players, noted for long-range shooting and high scoring on offense and for her defense. After graduating from Purdue University in 2001, where she helped win the 1999 NCAA Division I championship, she was taken tenth overall by the Orlando Miracle in the 2001 WNBA draft. The franchise became the Connecticut Sun, and she later played for her hometown Indiana Fever, with whom she won the WNBA championship in 2012. She was a multiple-time WNBA All-Star, a selection to the All-WNBA Team and the All-Defensive First Team, and the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 All-Star Game. She retired in 2015 after 14 WNBA seasons, and in 2023 she was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.