Kristin Haynie

Kristin Haynie ( born June 17, 1983 in Mason, Michigan, United States) is a former American professional basketball player who played from 2005 to 2009 for the Sacramento Monarchs, Atlanta Dream and Detroit Shock in the Women's National Basketball Association. Currently she is an assistant coach of the women's basketball team from Eastern Michigan University.

Playing career

Amateur basketball (1997 to 2005)

High School (1997 to 2001)

In her youth Haynie attended Mason High School in Mason in the U.S. state of Michigan, where she played for the high school basketball team. Already in its first year, she played for the most powerful women's basketball team in high school, the varsity team. During her time in high school, she received several awards, so it was, for example, the State of Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year or Lansing State Journal Player of the Year appointed. Haynie, who finished her last year of high school with an average of 21.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 5.5 assits and 6.1 steals per game, also played for the football team at school. Even in football, she was awarded several times.

College (2001 to 2005)

Haynie studied from 2001 to 2005 at Michigan State University and completed her studies with a degree in family and community services. During this time she also played for the women's basketball team of the University, the Spartans. Your freshman season ended Haynie, which usually was used on the position of the Guards, with an average of 7.8 points and 3.7 assists per game. In addition, she was appointed because of their good performance in their first season in the Big Ten All- Freshman Team. In her sophomore season, she was able to increase significantly compared to its first season, which she was named MSU 's Most Improved Player. This increase game flected in their stats again when they scored an average of 10.1 points and 5 assists per game in their second season. For her performance, she was appointed subsequently by the coaches of the Big Ten Conference in the All- Big Ten team. Your junior season was just as successful as the previous year, when they finished the season with an average of 8.9 points and 4 assists per game. In addition, she was nominated again in the All- Big Ten team and was also named the best playmaker of the team.

The most successful year for Haynie was her senior season when she first. With the team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship, the final, where they failed with the Spartans at Baylor University My last year of college was very successful for Haynie not only from mannschaftlicher but also from an individual perspective, it was named for example, the most valuable player of the team. Furthermore Haynie, who finished her last season with an average of 10.8 points and 5.4 assists per game, was named to the Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player and Kansas City Regional Most Outstanding Player and to the first- team All- Big Ten appointed and elected as an All - American.

Professional basketball (2005 to 2009)

WNBA (2005 to 2009)

Kristin Haynie was selected by the Sacramento Monarchs in the ninth spot in the WNBA Draft 2005. In the 2005 season, which was also their first season in the WNBA, she won her first WNBA championship with the Monarchs. She is the first player who stood in the same year in the NCAA finals and in the WNBA Finals.

In the 2008 season, the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA and occurred in the expansion draft to Atlanta decided, among other things Haynie, which thus played in the 2008 season for the Atlanta Dream. In the following season, the legend did not renew their contract. On 22 April 2009 the Detroit Shock Haynie took under contract but they exchanged during the season for Crystal Kelly to the Sacramento Monarchs. After the Monarchs einstellten game operation at the end of the season she was taken in Dispersal Draft by the Washington Mystics signed for it but was never used.