Katie Feenstra-Mattera

Katie Mattera
Personal information
Born (1982-11-17) November 17, 1982
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m)
Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school Grand Rapids Baptist Academy
(Grand Rapids, Michigan)
College Liberty (2001–2005)
WNBA draft 2005 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8th overall
Selected by the Connecticut Sun
Playing career 2005–2009
Position Center
Career history
2005–2006 San Antonio Silver Stars
2007 Detroit Shock
2008 Atlanta Dream
2009 San Antonio Silver Stars
2009 Chicago Sky
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com

Katharen Ruth "Katie" Mattera (born November 17, 1982 as Katharen Ruth Feenstra) is an American college basketball coach and retired player for the WNBA.

Mattera is one of the tallest players in WNBA history. At 6 feet 7.5 inches (2.02m) tall,[1] she is the seventh-tallest person to have played professionally in the WNBA. Only Margo Dydek, Lindsay Taylor, Zheng Haixia, Maria Stepanova, Liz Cambage, and Brittney Griner at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), are taller than she.[2]

College years

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Mattera went on to star on the women's basketball team while attending Liberty University, where she majored in physical education. She was a three-time Big South Conference Player of the Year, a Wade Trophy, John R. Wooden and Naismith Award nominee. She also became the Big South Conference's all-time shot-blocker on February 14, 2005. Feenstra was the tallest player in Liberty University and Big South Conference history. She finished her career at Liberty as one of only two players in NCAA history to lead the nation in field-goal percentage in back-to-back seasons (2004, 2005)

Liberty statistics

Source[3]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001-02 Liberty 17 178 51.0 - 56.1 5.6 0.4 0.2 1.4 10.5
2002-03 Liberty 28 424 56.9 - 67.7 9.1 0.4 0.5 2.5 15.1
2003-04 Liberty 32 674 65.7 - 57.1 11.0 0.5 0.8 2.6 21.1
2004-05 Liberty 32 569 67.1 - 67.3 10.3 0.9 0.4 2.5 17.8
Career Liberty 109 1845 62.2 0.0 62.9 9.5 0.6 0.5 2.4 16.9

WNBA career

Mattera was originally selected by the Connecticut Sun on April 16, 2005, during the 2005 WNBA Draft, but was quickly traded to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for the Silver Stars' player Margo Dydek (the tallest player in the WNBA).

On September 14, 2005 she was named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team.

On February 22, 2007, she was traded to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ruth Riley.

On February 6, 2008 she was selected in the expansion draft by the Atlanta Dream.

Coaching career

On May 8, 2012, Mattera was named head women's basketball coach at Cornerstone University.[4]

Trivia and personal life

See also

References

  1. ↑ asia-basket.com
  2. ↑ WNBA Profile
  3. ↑ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Former WNBA player hired as Cornerstone's new basketball coach". MLive.com. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  5. ↑ http://atlantadreamdiary.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/where-in-the-world-is-katie-feenstra/
  6. ↑ http://www.wnba.com/features/timeout_feenstra.html
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