Bri Kulas Explained

Bri Kulas
Position:Forward
Birth Date:2 June 1992
Birth Place:Shawnee Mission, Kansas
Nationality:American
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Highschool:Shawnee Mission North
(Overland Park, Kansas)
College:
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2014
Draft Round:3
Draft Pick:28
Draft Team:San Antonio Stars
Career Start:2014
Highlights:
  • First-team All-SEC (2014)

Brianna Kulas (born June 2, 1992) is an American professional women's basketball player originally drafted with the San Antonio Stars of the WNBA in 2014. In her career, Kulas has played for the Kansas State Wildcats, Johnson County Cavaliers and Missouri Tigers. She was cut after attending training.

Biography

Early life

Kulas was born on June 2, 1992, the daughter of Greg Jordan and Kelly Williams in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.[1] She attended and graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School where she played basketball starting with her freshman year on junior varsity. There she earned a Sporting News honorable-mention All-American honors. Coming off her junior year she committed to Kansas State where she had been offered her only scholarship opportunity.[2]

Playing career

After a season of receiving limited playing time with the Wildcats, Kulas transferred to Johnson County Community College in 2011. As a sophomore, she led the Cavaliers in scoring and was recognized as an NJCAA Division II All-American.[3] In her two years at Missouri, she led the Tigers in scoring in her junior and senior years and scored over a thousand points overall. In her last season with Missouri, Kulas ranked second in the Southeastern Conference in scoring and led Missouri in scoring in 18 games. Kulas was drafted by the San Antonio Stars in the fourth selection of the third round (28th overall) at the culmination of her final year at Missouri.[4] She was eventually cut by the team after attending training in May.[5]

Kulas signed with CB Islas Canarias of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto in July 2014.[6]

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2012–13| style="text-align:left;" | Missouri|32||32||30.0||41.1||46.2||73.0||6.5||1.7||0.7||0.3||2.3||13.8|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2013–14| style="text-align:left;" | Missouri|31||30||28.6||43.5||45.1||83.2||6.7||2.0||0.5||0.5||3.0||18.3|-| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career|63||62||29.3||42.4||45.6||78.6||6.6||1.8||0.6||0.4||2.7||16|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bri Kulas profile. Mizzou Athletics. 15 April 2014. Mizzou Athletic department.
  2. News: Toppmeyer. Blake. Senior forward Kulas took circuitous route to MU. 15 April 2014. Columbia Daily Tribune. 24 December 2013.
  3. Web site: WNBA Prospect Profile. WNBA Enterprises, LLC.. 15 April 2014. WNBA.com.
  4. News: Toppmeyer. Blake. MU's Kulas selected by San Antonio in third round of WNBA Draft. 15 April 2014. Columbia Daily Tribune. 14 April 2014.
  5. News: Bri. Kulas. Guest blog: Bri Kulas reflects on San Antonio Stars training camp, a friendship with Kayla McBride, and the future. 14 May 2014. Swish Appeal. 13 May 2014.
  6. News: Columbia Daily Tribune. Kulas signs with pro team in Canary Islands. 19 July 2014. Columbia Daily Tribune. 18 July 2014. Former Missouri women’s basketball player Bri Kulas signed to play for Club Baloncesto Islas Canarias, a pro team in the Canary Islands of Spain. Kulas will head to the islands Sept. 15..
  7. Web site: Bri Kulas College Stats. Sports-Reference. April 11, 2024.