Kalisha Keane Explained

Kalisha Keane
League:WNBL
Team:Melbourne Boomers
Number:32
Position:Forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Birth Date:February 3, 1989
Birth Place:Scarborough, Ontario
Nationality:Canadian
High School:Westdale
(Hamilton, Ontario)
College:Michigan State (2007–2011)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2011
Career Start:2011
Years1:2011–2012
Team1:ŽKK Gospić
Years2:2012
Team2:Elitzur Holon
Years3:2014–2015
Team3:Elitzur Netanya
Years4:2015
Team4:Antalya'nın Yıldızları
Years5:2015–2016
Team5:TED Ankara Kolejliler
Years6:2016–2017
Team6:Melbourne Boomers
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Kalisha Keane (born February 3, 1989) is a Canadian professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Melbourne Boomers in Australia's WNBL.

Career

College

In college, Keane attended Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan for the Spartans. She participated in NCAA Division I, as a part of the Big Ten Conference. She was also named to the Kodak All-American Regional Team while also being the Big Ten Conference Player of the Year her senior year.

Michigan State statistics

Source[1]

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2007-08Michigan State3746040.4%28.3%84.1%5.91.61.80.212.4
2008-09Michigan State3324738.8%28.9%88.2%3.32.41.70.47.5
2009-10Michigan State3331537.9%34.5%69.5%3.92.51.70.39.5
2010-11Michigan State3353143.8%36.0%74.7%5.02.32.40.516.1
Career136155340.7%32.7%79.1%4.62.21.90.311.4

Europe

After college, Keane headed to Europe and signed with ŽKK Gospić in Croatia's A-1 Liga Žene. Towards the end of the season, she signed with Elitzur Holon in Israel's league. In January 2014, she returned to Israel, with Elitzur Netanya for two seasons. She then joined Antalya'nın Yıldızları in TKB2L. She returned to Turkey for the 2014–15 TKB2L season, this time with TED Ankara.

Australia

In November 2016, Keane signed with the Melbourne Boomers in Australia for the 2016–17 WNBL season. She was signed after the Boomers parted ways with their previous import, Chante Black.[2]

National team

After a successful international career at Youth Level, Keane made her national team debut as a member of the team for the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women in Colombia. She once again represented Canada at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, in Mexico.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCAA Statistics. web1.ncaa.org. 2021-06-09.
  2. Web site: Boomers Secure Canadian Kalisha Keane. https://web.archive.org/web/20170225135349/http://wnbl.com.au/melbourne_news/boomers-secure-canadian-kalisha-keane/. dead. February 25, 2017. wnbl.com.au.
  3. Web site: Players - Kalisha Keane. archive.fiba.com.