BY THE NUMBERS
Kelsey Mitchell is one of the most prolific scorer’s in the history of college basketball, and following her Big 10 Tournament game Friday, she ranks third on the NCAA’s Division I career scoring list with 3,308 points. She trails the top spot on the list, occupied by current Aces’ guard Kelsey Plum, by 219 points. The Buckeyes have advanced to the Sweet 16 in each of the last two seasons, and heading into March Madness, Ohio State is ranked 13th in the nation by the Associated Press, and 14th in the USA Today/WBCA poll.
CAREER COLLEGIATE STATISTICS | |||||||||||||||||||
G-GS | Min-MPG | FG-FGA | FG% | 3G-3GA | 3G% | FT-FTA | FT% | OR | DR | REB | RPG | PF-DQ | A | TO | B | S | Pts | PPG | |
2014-15 | 35-35 | 1298-37.1 | 282-680 | .415 | 127-336 | .378 | 182-218 | .835 | 18 | 128 | 146 | 4.2 | 112-3 | 146 | 142 | 6 | 59 | 873 | 24.9 |
2015-16 | 34-34 | 1244-36.6 | 284-628 | .452 | 126-317 | .397 | 195-229 | .852 | 18 | 90 | 108 | 3.2 | 93-0 | 114 | 107 | 8 | 58 | 889 | 26.1 |
2016-17 | 35-35 | 1196-34.2 | 266-609 | .437 | 115-312 | .369 | 144-178 | .818 | 12 | 85 | 97 | 2.8 | 82-1 | 137 | 84 | 6 | 43 | 791 | 22.6 |
2017-18 | 31-31 | 1107-35.7 | 256-557 | .460 | 113-279 | .405 | 130-154 | .844 | 17 | 81 | 98 | 3.2 | 71-1 | 128 | 71 | 1 | 48 | 755 | 24.4 |
Totals | 135-135 | 4845-35.9 | 1088-2474 | .440 | 481-1244 | .387 | 651-777 | .838 | 65 | 384 | 449 | 3.3 | 358-5 | 525 | 404 | 21 | 208 | 3308 | 24.5 |
HONORS | ||
xxxx | Naismith Award Finalist | 2016 |
Wooden Award National Ballot | 2017, 2016, 2015 | |
Dawn Staley and Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist | 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 | |
National Freshman of the Year | 2015 (USBWA, ESPNW) | |
All-America First Team | 2017 (WBCA, USBWA) | |
2016 (WBCA, USBWA, AP, ESPNW) | ||
2015 (USBWA) | ||
All-America Second Team | 2017 (AP, ESPNW) | |
2015 (AP, ESPNW) | ||
All-America Honorable Mention | 2015 (WBCA) | |
Big 10 Player of the Year | 2018, 2017, 2015 | |
All-Big 10 First Team | 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 |
ACES SCOUTING REPORT
“Kelsey Mitchell is a natural scorer with a potent combination of strength, quickness, and body control. She excels at getting into the lane, and making plays for herself and others, and is a terrific ball-handler.”
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
“She is the hardest worker I’ve ever been around. She is absolutely relentless about improving her game.”
~ Kevin McGuff, Ohio State Head Coach
“I talked to her after the game, and told her that I hope I never have to play you in a game ever again as long as I possibly live.”
~ Holly Warwick, Tennessee Head Coach
“She’s impossible to guard. There’s no shot that she can’t make, won’t take. She gets a head of steam up, forget it. You’re not going to stop her.”
~ Geno Auriemma, UConn Head Coach
“We were not going to be able to stop Kelsey Mitchell man-to-man.”
~ Suzy Merchant, Michigan State Head Coach