2008 Fever Player Bio Pages (pdf)
A two-time WNBA All-Star, two-time All-WNBA selection and a three-time member of the WNBA’s All-Defensive Team, Katie Douglas begins her first season in her hometown of Indianapolis…she is a member of the U.S. National Team and a hopeful member of the U.S. Olympic Team this summer in Beijing, China…Douglas is a well-rounded guard who can pass, shoot, defend and handle the ball…she is capable of playing both guard spots…one of the premier defenders in the league, she joins new teammates Tully Bevilaqua and Tamika Catchings – all three of which have finished among the WNBA’s top five in steals for the past two seasons…her lanky build makes her a tough matchup for opposing guards…she is adept at stepping into passing lanes for steals…she ranks 17th in WNBA history with 342 steals…she also is an outside shooting threat who holds the Connecticut single-season franchise record for made 3-pointers (73).
PRO - WNBA
2007: Douglas put together an MVP-caliber season while set a Connecticut Sun franchise scoring record (17 ppg) for the second straight season…she posted career-high averages in points, rebounds (4.6) and assists (3.7), and ranked among WNBA leaders in steals (5th), scoring (9th) and assists (12th)…she scored a team-record 577 points, making 207 field goals, the second-best single-season total in team history…her 68 3-point field goals were also the second-highest total in team history…Douglas shattered her previous season high for assists with 125, and set new season highs for total rebounds (158), defensive rebounds (109), offensive rebounds (49) and total minutes (1,133)…she scored a career-high 30 points at Indiana (6/22)…twice she made a career-high 11 made field goals, and she tied her career high with five 3-pointers at Los Angeles, 7/7…she had a career-high 11 made free throws against Indiana, 6/29, and a career-high eight assists at San Antonio, 5/23…Douglas achieved significant career milestones with 2,500 points (8/4 vs. Indiana) and 500 assists (7/20 vs. Seattle), and reached double-figure scoring in 28 games…she scored at least 20 points in 12 games, the most ever in one season by a Sun player…she led the Sun in scoring 15 times, and in assists 11 times…appearing in her second All-Star Game, she earned First Team All-WNBA honors, and was on the All-Defensive First Team for a third straight year. 2006: Douglas emerged as Connecticut’s go-to player during a breakout season…she led the Sun in scoring 14 times while setting franchise records for made 3-pointers (73) and scoring average (16.4 ppg)…she scored in double figures in 17 straight games, the longest streak ever by a Sun player, and had 29 double-figure scoring games overall…she finished seventh in the league in scoring average and scored her 2,000th career point in a win at Indiana (8/9)…her then-career high 525 points was the third-best single-season total in franchise history…she matched her former career-high for points in a game twice, scoring 28 at Minnesota (5/23) and Washington (7/25)…she posted new career bests for made free throws (94) and free throw attempts (112), and a new career-high in steals, 62, was the fourth-best total in team history…Douglas was named MVP of the WNBA All Star game, and became the first player in franchise history to be named to the All-WNBA First Team…she was named to the 2006 WNBA All-Defensive Team…she finished third in MVP voting, second in Defensive Player of the Year voting and third in Most Improved Player voting…she sat out the last two games of the season.
2005: Douglas established a new career high in assists (94) for the fourth straight season…she was fourth on the team in scoring (11.0 ppg.), third in rebounding (130), second in assists and steals…she scored in double figures 20 times…she finished 11th in the league in steals per game (1.50) and was named to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team…Douglas missed the game at Phoenix, 6/25, because of illness.
2004: Douglas started all 34 games and set new personal highs in numerous categories, including points (364), assists (90), steals (50), defensive rebounds (99), assist average (2.6) and steals per game (1.47)…she had a career-high seven assists against Los Angeles, 5/27…and tied a career-high with six 3-pointers against Houston, 5/25…she reached double figures in scoring 18 times, and surpassed 1,000 points and 400 rebounds in her career.
2003: Douglas averaged 12.0 points and 3.8 rebounds while playing in 28 games…she made 11-of-15 field goals and scored a season-high 28 points at Washington, 8/23…she averaged 19.6 points during the three-game win streak to end the regular season, making 58.8 percent of her shots from the field in that span…she made 6-of-9 3-pointers against Indiana, 6/26, including one with one second remaining in regulation to send the game into overtime…she was second in the league in steals-per-turnover ratio (1.11 pg) and seventh in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.00).
2002: She started 30 of 32 games while averaging 8.5 points per contest…Douglas ranked fourth in the WNBA in free throw percentage (.866) and tied for fourth in the league in steals per turnover ratio (1.17)...she played a then career-high 40 minutes and notched the first double-double of her career by scoring 15 points and grabbing a season-high 12 rebounds at Indiana, 8/7...she netted a season-high 19 points vs. Phoenix, 7/6...she grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds in her first career start at Miami, 6/4.
2001: Douglas finished her rookie season second among rookies in steals (1.68 spg), seventh in assists (2.2 apg), ninth in points (7.0 ppg) and 14th in rebounding (2.8 rpg).
PLAYOFFS
2007: Douglas averaged 17.3 ppg in three playoff games…she set a WNBA and Sun playoff record with eight steals in Game 1 against Indiana, 8/23…she also set a new league and franchise record with four steals in the first quarter of that game, and tied the WNBA and Sun playoff record of five steals in a half in the first…she set a new Sun playoff record with 12 three-point field goal attempts in that game…Douglast led the Sun with a playoff career-high 27 points in a Game 3 overtime loss at Indiana, 8/27.
2006: Douglas averaged 12.0 ppg…she had 17 points on 7-for-13 shooting in Game 1 at Washington, 8/18, and led the team in scoring with 16 points in a decisive Game 2 win over the Mystics…she sustained a non-displaced hairline fracture in her right foot in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against Washington…she sat out Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against Detroit due to the injury.
2005: Douglas reached double figures in six of eight playoff games including 15 points, seven rebounds and four assists in Game 4 of WNBA Finals at Sacramento…she had 12 points and eight rebounds in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Detroit…she played a postseason career-high 41 minutes in Game 2 of WNBA Finals.
2004: She posted 18 points against Seattle, 10/8, during the WNBA Final, and dished six assists against Washington, 9/29…she had 14 points, four rebounds and four assists in Eastern Conference clincher against New York, 10/3.
2003: Douglas averaged 7.2 points in four games during the 2003 WNBA Eastern Conference Playoffs…she had 13 points, two assists and two rebounds as the Sun eliminated the Sting at Charlotte, 8/30.
PRO - OVERSEAS
2007-08: Playing for Ros Casares Valencia in Spain, she averaged 11.9 ppg and 4.0 rpg in 23 regular season contests…she shot nearly 61 percent from the floor (88-145, .606) and 37 percent (25-68) from 3-pt range.
2004-05 to 2006-07: Douglas spent three winters with TEO Vilnius in Lithuania, where she teamed with Fever forward Ebony Hoffman in 2006-07…she led the FIBA EuroLeague in scoring during the 2005-06 season, and was the league’s leading vote-getter in the inaugural FIBA EuroLeague Women All-Star Game in 2005-06.
2002-03 to 2003-04: She played in Greece for two seasons, competing for Ana Liosia Basketball (2002-03) and S.U. Glyfada Esperides Kyklos (2003-04).
INTERNATIONAL
2007-08: Douglas is hopeful of landing a spot on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team…she aided the 2007-08 USA Basketball Senior National Team to a 4-0 slate during its 2007 Tour of Italy, averaging 8.0 in the two games she competed…she was named to the 2007-08 USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team on March 6, 2007.
1999: Douglas was a member of the 1999 USA World University Games Team that brought home the silver medal with a 4-2 record in Palma de Mallorca, Spain…she started three of five games played and averaged team-highs of 17.7 ppg. and 2.4 apg. to go with 3.8 rpg.
1998: She was a member of the 1998 USA Select Team that posted a 7-1 record in contests against national teams from Spain, Poland and Puerto Rico, averaged 4.1 ppg. and 3.4 rpg.
COLLEGE
Douglas helped Purdue to an NCAA championship as a sophomore in 1999…it was the first NCAA title in Boilermaker history…a three-year starter for the Boilermakers, she was a two-time First Team All-American by Kodak/WBCA and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (2000, 2001)…she was an Associated Press First Team All-American in 2001…Douglas paced Purdue to the national title game twice, winning it in 1999…named the 2001 Big Ten Player of the Year as a senior, she left the West Lafayette campus as the only player in Purdue history to rank in the top 10 in points (fourth with 1,965 points), rebounds (ninth with 727 rebounds), assists (third with 526 assists) and steals (first with 327)…during the 2001 NCAA Tournament, she averaged 19.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 4.5 apg and 3.3 spg...she was named to the 1999 and 2001 NCAA Women’s Final Four All-Tournament Teams...she was awarded the 2001 Silver Basketball Award by the Chicago Tribune for being the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference…she also was the first athlete to receive the Jim Valvano Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2001…a recipient of the 2001 Big Ten Suzy Favor Award, she was also an Academic All-American and Academic All-District selection as junior and senior…she was honored by her school as the recipient of the 2001 Mackey Award, Varsity Walk Award and the Purdue Athlete of the Year (2000 and 2001)…Douglas led Purdue in scoring her senior (15.5 ppg) and junior (20.4 ppg) seasons...she received the 2000 Purdue-Indiana Barn Burner Trophy MVP Award.
