Keisha Anderson
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 8, 1974 Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Listed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Washington Park (Racine, Wisconsin) |
| College | Arizona (1992–1993) Wisconsin (1994–1997) |
| Position | Guard |
| Career highlights | |
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Keisha Anderson is an American basketball player. As a high school senior at Park High School in Racine, Wisconsin she received Wisconsin Miss Basketball and Parade All American honors.
Anderson received a full basketball scholarship to the University of Arizona during 1992-93 and was selected to the all-freshman Pac 10 team. She transferred to University of Wisconsin. Moving from the all-freshman Pac 10 team to First Team All Big 10, she became Wisconsin's eighth all-time in scoring, second all-time in assists and first in all-time steals.
Her continued efforts received District IV First team All American and Wisconsin MVP in 1997.
During 1997 she also finished her bachelor's degree in criminal justice, along with being a proud 16th overall draft pick to join the American Basketball League's Colorado Xplosion. The ABL came to an ultimate demise, and she went abroad taking her career to Team Elitzur in Holon Israel. Traveling back to the United States, she was drafted by the Women’s National Basketball League's Atlanta Justice, becoming a part of the team's success winning the championship during 2000–2001. After the championship, Anderson was picked up as a free agent by the WNBA’s Washington Mystics in 2004.[1][2]
When the WNBA season ended she continued to play professional basketball with Dallas Fury during the fall of 2004–2005. During the following WNBA season Anderson was traded to the Charlotte Sting, where she played two seasons. During the fall 2005–2007 season she played with the Chicago Blaze, ending her professional basketball career overseas with team Istanbul University, in Istanbul Turkey.
Anderson received one of basketball's greatest honors, being inducted into the Racine, Wisconsin Hall of Fame on October, 25th 2012.[3] The following year she was inducted into the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame on October 5, 2013.[4][5]
Anderson retired her high school jersey at Park High School on February 3, 2017.
She later co-founded Fire N Ice professional basketball skills training.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]| 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 |
WNBA
[edit]Regular season
[edit]| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Washington | 30 | 9 | 14.5 | 42.6 | 37.5 | 77.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| 2001 | Charlotte | 18 | 0 | 5.7 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| 2002 | Charlotte | 7 | 0 | 4.4 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Career | 3 years, 2 teams | 55 | 9 | 10.3 | 35.4 | 28.6 | 78.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
Playoffs
[edit]| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Washington | 2 | 2 | 15.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 2001 | Charlotte | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Career | 2 years, 2 teams | 4 | 2 | 9.3 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
College
[edit]| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–93 | Arizona | 27 | - | - | 40.0 | 30.0 | 75.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 0.1 | - | 11.5 |
| 1993–94 | Wisconsin | Did not play due to injury | |||||||||||
| 1994–95 | Wisconsin | 29 | - | - | 42.6 | 24.6 | 69.0 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 0.2 | - | 13.1 |
| 1995–96 | Wisconsin | 29 | - | - | 41.8 | 41.7 | 74.4 | 3.9 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 0.0 | - | 12.7 |
| 1996–97 | Wisconsin | 27 | - | - | 50.5 | 44.4 | 71.4 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 0.3 | - | 19.7 |
| Career | 112 | - | - | 44.2 | 31.2 | 72.3 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 0.2 | - | 14.2 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[7] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Keisha Anderson". WNBA. Archived from the original on April 23, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
- ↑ "Keisha Anderson WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ↑ "Keisha Anderson - Racine County Sports Hall Of Fame". rcsportshall.org. Racine Heritage Museum. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ↑ "WBCA Hall of Fame Inductees". wisbca.org. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ↑ "Prep basketball: Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association to hold Hall of Fame ceremony Saturday". madison.com. Wisconsin State Journal. 3 Oct 2013.
- ↑ Jackel, Peter (2 April 2018). "The greats give back: Local legends to host conference May 6". journaltimes.com. Racine Journal Times.
- ↑ "Keisha Anderson College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.