kids encyclopedia robot

Kayla Alexander facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Quick facts for kids
Kayla Alexander
Kayla Alexander 50.jpg
No. 40 – Valencia Basket
Centre
Personal information
Born (1991-01-05) January 5, 1991 (age 33)
Milton, Ontario, Canada
High school Milton District (Milton, Ontario)
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 186 lb (84 kg)
Career information
College Syracuse (2009–2013)
NBA Draft 2013 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8th overall
Selected by the San Antonio Silver Stars
Pro career 2013–present
League Liga Femenina
EuroLeague
Career history
2013–2017 San Antonio Stars
2015–2016 WBC Sparta&K
2016–2017 CJM Bourges Basket
2017–2018 Samsung Life Blueminx
2018 Indiana Fever
2018–2019 Adelaide Lightning
2019 Chicago Sky
2019–2020 Arka Gdynia
2020 Minnesota Lynx
2020–2021 BC Castors Braine
2021–2022 ASVEL Féminin
2022–2024 Tango Bourges Basket
2024–present Valencia Basket
Career highlights and awards
  • FIBA Europe SuperCup Women (2022)
  • FIBA Europe SuperCup Women MVP (2022)
  • Coupe de France (2024)
  • Coupe de France MVP (2024)
  • Honorable Mention All-American – AP (2013)
  • 2x First-team All-Big East (2011, 2013)
  • Second-team All-Big East (2012)
  • Big East All-Freshman Team (2010)
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Canada
FIBA AmeriCup
Silver 2019 Puerto Rico
Bronze 2023 León

Kayla Janine Alexander (born January 5, 1991) is a Canadian professional basketball player for Valencia Basket of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto and the EuroLeague. She played college basketball for the Syracuse Orange. After a successful career with the Orange, Alexander was drafted with the eighth overall pick in the 2013 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Stars.

College career

Alexander played collegiately at Syracuse University from 2010 to 2013. After her four years, she was the school’s all-time leader in points (2,024), blocks (350), field goals (736), free throws made (552), free throws attempted (750) and games played (140). She became the second player from Syracuse to be selected in a WNBA draft.

WNBA career

Alexander was drafted eighth in the 2013 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Stars. Since her rookie season, she's been a reserve center on the Stars' roster and a key contributor in rebounding. In the 2016 season, she averaged career-highs in scoring and rebounding with 8.0 points per game and 4.5 rebounds per game. In 2017, Alexander re-signed with the Stars in free agency.

On February 1, 2018, Alexander was traded by the re-branded Las Vegas Aces along with a third-round pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft to the Indiana Fever in exchange for their second-round selection in the 2019 WNBA Draft.

Overseas career

In the 2015-16 WNBA off-season, Alexander played in Russia for WBC Sparta&K. In August 2016, Alexander signed a short-term deal with CJM Bourges Basket of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball for the 2016-17 WNBA off-season.

In early 2020, she signed with Arka Gdynia of the Basket Liga Kobiet, but returned to Canada that March due to the cancellation of the season at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On May 23, 2024, Alexander signed with Liga Femenina club Valencia, for the upcoming 2024–25 season.

Personal life

Alexander said she wanted to become a teacher once she retires from basketball. Her brother, Kyle played for the Miami Heat.

In 2019, Alexander wrote and illustrated a children's book, The Magic of Basketball. Her sister, Kesia, is credited as co-author.

Alexander is a devout Christian and frequently posts about her faith on social media.

Career statistics

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 high ° League leader

College

Year Team GP FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009-10 Syracuse 36 54.2% 0.0% 70.1% 4.8 0.1 0.6 1.9 10.8
2010-11 Syracuse 35 54.9% 0.0% 76.6% 6.9 0.0 0.7 2.6 14.8
2011-12 Syracuse 37 49.5% 0.0% 74.7% 7.5 0.3 0.6 2.6 14.8
2012-13 Syracuse 32 51.8% 0.0% 72.6% 8.7 0.3 0.6 2.9 17.9
Career 140 52.3% 0.0% 73.6% 6.9 0.2 0.6 2.5 14.5

Source

WNBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2013 San Antonio 33 1 11.2 .417 .000 .733 3.0 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.1 2.8
2014 San Antonio 33 0 9.0 .434 .000 .839 2.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.7 2.8
2015 San Antonio 29 0 12.3 .416 .000 .647 3.3 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.8 3.3
2016 San Antonio 25 0 19.6 .546 .000 .754 4.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 1.1 8.0
2017 San Antonio 34 10 15.4 .582 .000 .909 3.1 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9 6.2
2018 Indiana 30 0 8.6 .541 .000 .824 2.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.6 2.7
2019 Chicago 3 0 6.7 .750 .000 .750 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.0
2020 Minnesota 16 0 5.6 .533 .000 .625 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 2.3
Career 8 years, 4 teams 203 11 11.8 .508 .000 .763 2.8 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.8 4.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2014 San Antonio 1 0 1.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 Chicago 2 0 1.5 1.000 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Career 2 years, 2 teams 3 0 1.9 1.000 .000 .000 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3
kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Kayla Alexander Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.