PG/SG Kelsey Mitchell (Big POY, 3x All-American, OSU All-time Leading Scorer, WNBA All-Rookie Team, 3X WNBA All Star, All-WNBA, Indiana Fever)

[Jagdaddy]

I was shocked to find that we didn't already have an alumni thread for Kelsey Mitchell (if she has a dedicated thread elsewhere that a mod should merge this with and move to this forum, by all means please do so).

In addition to the awards listed in the thread title, she also won the Dawn Staley Award for best D1 guard and the WNBA's Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award (Dawn Staley's obviously an all-timer in her own right). Here's the article that I was going to post on what I had assumed would be an already existing thread: https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/i...2025-kelsey-mitchell-indiana-fever-semifinals

 

[Bestbuck36]

Wow, I am shocked as well.

Kelsey is a flat out problem in the WNBA. She gets nowhere near the props she should get but this season with Clark out so much, they have given her a ton of air time. She has outplayed every opponent in the playoffs so far and is absolutely carrying the Fever on her back. With a healthy core next year, and I hope a fresh new contract for her, they will take the league by storm.

Unfortunately I just don't think they have the horses to win this year.

 

[OHSportsFan]

Absolutely balling out for the Fever since Clark went down.

Carrying them on a crazy run right now.

 

[Steve19]

Fun to watch. A real fighter!

 

[OHSportsFan]

Looks like a bad quad injury in the deciding game 5 vs Las Vegas. They brought out a stretcher but she refused.

Was helped off by teammates with no weight on the leg.

An amazing year but another unfortunate injury for Kelsey.

 

[Steve19]

Fever injuries....

 

[Bestbuck36]

Fever injuries....

I was shocked they made it this far really. Put Clark and Cunningham back in there with the way Mitchell was playing and Boston getting another year of experience and they could be really good

 

[Steve19]

It's complete BS the way the league and their high school refs let those players get abused.

 

[OHSportsFan]

Suffered rhabdomyolysis. Scary body reaction for her, I’m sure.

Credit to the training staff taking this seriously and keeping Kelsey safe. Untreated, this can lead to kidney failure.

 

[BB73]

Congrats to Kelsey on being named as First Team All-WNBA.

 

[calibuck]

Deservedly so. Certainly stepped up, and with CC out, she certainly got more looks. Can be disputed, but believe her game has elevated since she lit it up at tOSU. Don't believe she drove as much as she does now, and always amazes that the smallest player on the court goes inside against all the tall timber, and wills the ball into the basket. Love it. Count us among the people that turn on the Fever (and not for rest of the league), mainly for CC, but now for Kelsey. As to the refs, have seen better Jr Hi refs than these buffoons.