Karlie Samuelson
No. 44 – Los Angeles Sparks
PositionShooting guard
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1995-05-10) May 10, 1995
Fullerton, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican / British
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High schoolMater Dei
(Santa Ana, California)
CollegeStanford (2013–2017)
WNBA draft2017: undrafted
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2018Pallacanestro Vigarano
2018Los Angeles Sparks
2018–2019BC Castors Braine
2019Los Angeles Sparks
2019Dallas Wings
2019–2022CB Avenida
2021Los Angeles Sparks
2021Seattle Storm
2022Phoenix Mercury
2022–presentTownsville Fire
2023–presentLos Angeles Sparks
Career highlights and awards

Karlie Anne Samuelson (born May 10, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Townsville Fire of the Australian Women's National Basketball League. In college, Samuelson played for Stanford University. Her sisters are Bonnie and Katie Lou Samuelson.[1]

Career

High School/College

An Orange County native, Samuelson is the second of three daughters of two former athletes, her father having played basketball in both Cal State Fullerton and England, where he met her mother, a former netball player who reached the England national team.[2] During her high school years, Samuelson played at Huntington Beach's Edison and Mater Dei High School, in Santa Ana before heading off to play in college at Stanford University alongside older sister Bonnie. Samuelson played from 2013 to 2017, while also graduating in human biology. Samuelson, who excelled as a three-point shooter, qualified twice for the NCAA final Four, in her freshman year of 2013, and later as a senior in 2017, where she had been a Regional All-Tournament Team before losing the semifinal with a sprained ankle.[3][4]

Professional career

Hip high portrait of young blond woman wearing a yellow basketball uniform
Samuelson with the Dallas Wings.

She went undrafted in the 2017 WNBA draft,[5] and joined the Los Angeles Sparks for the 2017 season and played 3 pre-season games, but a fractured left foot suffered during training camp made the team waive her. Samuelson then joined Pallacanestro Vigarano in Italy's Serie A1 for her first professional season.[6] Samuelson left in January, having played 13 games for Vigarano,[7] alleging personal reasons.[8] Afterwards, she became an assistant coach for the Vanguard Lions, while pursuing a master's degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University Irvine,[9] and also re-signed with the Los Angeles Sparks for the 2018 WNBA season where she made the final roster. Samuelson made her WNBA debut on the 20th of May against the Minnesota Lynx scoring 3 points in 13 minutes of playing time, and ultimately appeared in 20 games of the 2018 season and 2 playoff games, averaging 4.2 minutes per game. While Samuelson left after four games due to the return of starter Jantel Lavender, the Sparks eventually brought her back for the rest of the season in June.[10] Following the Sparks' elimination in the playoffs, Samuelson signed to play in BC Castors Braine of Belgium during the offseason.[11] In Belgium, she averaged 16 points per game in the national league, and 9.7 in the Euroleague. After being waived during the Sparks training camp,[12] Samuelson joined them late in the 2019 WNBA season, following her performance in the EuroBasket Women 2019.[13] In August 2019, she joined the Dallas Wings.[14] Samuelson also signed to play in Spain for Perfumerías Avenida.[15] In 2020, Samuelson was renewed by the Wings, which also signed younger sister Katie Lou Samuelson,[16] but wound up waived before the season begun.[17] Katie and Karlie still wound up playing together for Avenida by the end of the year.[18] Karlie signed again with the Sparks in 2021.[19] After being released in August,[20] she rejoined Katie in the Seattle Storm.[21] In May 2022, the Phoenix Mercury signed Samuelson to a hardship contract.[22] The following month, she signed with Australian team Townsville Fire.[23]

Samuelson also appeared as herself in an episode of kids show Ryan's Mystery Playdate.

International career

Like her sister Bonnie, Samuelson chose to play internationally for the Great Britain women's national basketball team, using her mother's nationality. She debuted for the team in February 2018, playing two games in the EuroBasket Women 2019 qualification.[24] In November, Samuelson helped the British team win the final two games, granting them a spot in EuroBasket Women 2019.[25] During the European tournament, Samuelson averaged 11.1 points, 4.4 assists and 2.9 rebounds as the British team finished in fourth place.[26] She also played the Olympic Qualifying Tournament, missing the Olympic qualifying spot while averaging 10.3 points, 4.3 assists and 2 rebounds.[27]

Statistics

College

Source[28]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013-14 Stanford 32 163 .404 .348 .907 1.2 1.3 0.4 0.1 5.1
2014-15 Stanford 29 185 .430 .398 .483 2.4 1.0 0.5 0.1 6.4
2015-16 Stanford 35 344 .455 .473 .909 3.4 2.2 1.1 0.2 9.8
2016-17 Stanford 38 472 .482 .485 .864 3.4 2.7 1.1 0.2 12.4
Career 134 1164 .454 .443 .833 2.7 1.9 0.8 0.2 8.7

WNBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2018 Los Angeles 2004.2.389.313.0000.50.30.10.30.21.0
2019 Los Angeles 3012.0.143.167.0000.71.00.00.00.01.0
2019 Dallas 4012.0.286.333.0000.50.50.80.30.01.5
2021 Los Angeles 11315.8.382.478.7142.30.80.60.00.53.8
2021 Seattle 3010.7.300.1251.0000.30.70.00.01.03.0
2022 Phoenix 1010.0.333.333.0003.01.00.00.01.03.0
2023 Los Angeles 342326.1.463.426.9413.02.00.60.10.97.7
Career 5 years, 4 teams 762616.7.426.395.9171.91.20.40.10.64.5

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2018 Los Angeles 103.0.000.000.0001.00.00.00.00.00.0
Career 1 year, 1 team 103.0.000.000.0001.00.00.00.00.00.0

Notes

  1. ↑ "Karlie Samuelson". WNBA. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. ↑ FitzGerald, Tom (23 March 2017). "For the Samuelson family, it's a Sweet 16 sister act". SFGATE.
  3. ↑ Smith, Michelle (31 March 2017). "Karlie Samuelson, Stanford's senior class' run comes to an end". ESPN. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Karlie Samuelson". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA.
  5. ↑ "Karlie Samuelson - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA". 7 July 2018. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Play On". Stanford University Athletics.
  7. ↑ "Lega Basket Femminile". www.legabasketfemminile.it.
  8. ↑ "A1 UFFICIALE - Samuelson lascia Vigarano". 10 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Karlie Samuelson 2017-18 Women's Basketball - Vanguard University". www.vanguardlions.com.
  10. ↑ "Sparks Sign Karlie Samuelson". Los Angeles Sparks.
  11. ↑ "Karlie Samuelson Signs with Castors Braine for 2018-19". 9 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Sparks waive Ashley Walker, Karlie Samuelson, trim season-opening roster to 12". 24 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "Sparks sign Karlie Samuelson to seven-day contract". 18 July 2019.
  14. ↑ "Wings Sign Karlie Samuelson". Dallas Wings.
  15. ↑ "KARLIE SAMUELSON, la "francotiradora" para AVENIDA - Perfumerias Avenida Baloncesto Salamanca".
  16. ↑ Putterman, Alex (14 February 2020). "Swapping UConn players: Katie Lou Samuelson traded to Dallas Wings, in exchange for Azura Stevens". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  17. ↑ "Wings Trade Anigwe, Waive Karlie Samuelson". Dallas Wings.
  18. ↑ "Katie Lou Samuelson sigue el camino de su hermana mayor y ficha por Perfumerías Avenida".
  19. ↑ Sparks Sign Kristine Anigwe & Karlie Samuelson
  20. ↑ Sparks Terminate Hardship Contracts of Bria Holmes and Karlie Samuelson
  21. ↑ ‘It’s definitely crazy’: Sisters Katie Lou and Karlie Samuelson get midseason reunion on Storm roster
  22. ↑ "Phoenix Mercury". Twitter. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  23. ↑ FIRE SIGN INTERNATIONAL TALENT: KARLIE SAMUELSON
  24. ↑ "SAMUELSON ADDED TO GB MIX | MVP247.com - THE UK'S HOME OF BASKETBALL". 1 February 2018.
  25. ↑ "GB women qualify for EuroBasket finals". BBC Sport.
  26. ↑ "Karlie SAMUELSON at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019".
  27. ↑ "FIBA.basketball".
  28. ↑ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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