Laurie Koehn Explained

Laurie Koehn
Team:Washington State Cougars
League:Pac-12 Conference
Position:Assistant coach
Height Ft:5
Height In:8
Weight Lbs:145
Birth Date:1982 5, mf=yes
Birth Place:Newton, Kansas
Nationality:American
High School:Moundridge (Moundridge, Kansas)
College:Kansas State (2001–2005)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2005
Career Start:2005
Career End:2012
Years1:2005–2008
Team1:Washington Mystics
Years2:2012
Team2:Atlanta Dream
Coach Start:2015
Cyears1:2015–2018
Cteam1:Northern Colorado (asst.)
Cyears2:2018–present
Cteam2:Washington State (asst.)
Highlights:
  • WNBA Three-Point Shootout champion
Wnba Profile:laurie_koehn

Laurie Koehn (born May 13, 1982) is a former professional basketball player, who is currently the associate coach for the Washington State Cougars women's basketball team.[1]

Education

Born in Newton, Kansas, Koehn attended Moundridge High School in Moundridge, Kansas. Koehn graduated from Kansas State University in 2005. While at K-state, Koehn achieved the All-Big 12 Second Team (2005, 2004), CoSIDA Academic All-American (2004), Big 12 All-Academic First Team (2005), Kansas State, Big 12 and NCAA all-time leader in three-pointers made (392). She once hit 132 out of 135 three-pointers in a 5-minute period.[2] Over the course of her college career, she hit 392 three-pointers, making her the NCAA Division I record-holder for made three-point attempts (tied with Heather Butler), a record she held until it was surpassed by Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis in 2015.[3]

USA Basketball

Koehn was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. The event was held in July 2000, when the USA team defeated Cuba to win the championship. Koehn started all five games and averaged 12.4 points per game, third highest behind Alana Beard and Diana Taurasi.

Koehn was named to the team representing the US at the 2003 Pan American Games. The team lost the opening game to Cuba, then rebounded to win their next five games, including an overtime win against Brazil. They then faced Cuba for the gold medal, falling short 75–64 to take home the silver medal. Koehn averaged 8.9 points per game while hitting 17 of 30 three-point attempts, to lead her team in made three-pointers and percentage.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2005| align="left" | Washington|30||0||7.6||46.8||46.7||80.0||0.4||0.3||0.1||0.0||0.2||3.8 |-| align="left" | 2006| align="left" | Washington|32||0||4.7||50.0||52.4||75.0||0.4||0.3||0.1||0.1||0.2||2.2 |-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | Washington|28||0||3.9||36.1||36.4||100.0||0.3||0.2||0.0||0.0||0.1||1.4 |-| align="left" | 2008| align="left" | Washington|30||0||4.8||39.3||41.8||0.0||0.4||0.1||0.0||0.0||0.3||2.4 |-| align="left" | 2009|style="text-align:center;" colspan="13" |Did not play (waived)|-| align="left" | 2010| style="text-align:center;" colspan="13" |Did not play|-| align="left" | 2011| style="text-align:center;" colspan="13" |Did not play|-| align="left" | 2012| align="left" | Atlanta|23||0||4.9||34.1||33.3||0.0||0.4||0.1||0.1||0.0||0.3||1.8 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams|143||0||5.2||42.2||43.0||69.2||0.4||0.2||0.0||0.0||0.2||2.3

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 2006| align="left" | Washington|2||0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team|2||0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0

Source[4]

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2001-02Kansas State3460045.142.289.53.42.51.10.117.6
2002-03Kansas State2431742.241.182.53.41.80.80.113.2
2003-04Kansas State3141945.643.586.72.41.30.70.013.5
2004-05Kansas State3239740.839.590.02.81.51.10.112.4
CareerKansas State121173343.641.687.73.01.80.90.114.3

WNBA career

Koehn was signed as a free-agent with the Washington Mystics in 2005.On April 30, 2009 Koehn signed a training camp contract with the Phoenix Mercury. On June 3, 2009 Koehn was waived along with 2 others.Extending her professional career, Laurie played during the 2010–11 season for the "Utex Row", a women's basketball team in Poland. Unfortunately, the team ended the season ranked twelfth out of the 13 member league. Koehn, however, performed well playing in all 14 games, averaging 17.9 points per game and tallying up an average of 36.4 minutes of play per game.

Club history

Coaching career

In July 2015, Laurie Koehn was named as an assistant coach for the University of Northern Colorado women's basketball team. In April 2018, Laurie Koehn was named as an associate head coach for the Washington State University women's basketball team.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laurie Koehn: Associate Head Coach. WSUCougars.com. 2021-09-15.
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WziEQZgwwX8 132/135 3 points shouts YouTube video
  3. News: Fuller. Jim. UConn's Mosqueda-Lewis sets NCAA 3-point record. 30 March 2015. New Haven Register. Journal Register CT. 23 Apr 2015.
  4. Web site: NCAA® Career Statistics. web1.ncaa.org. 2016-05-21.