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Katie Lou SamuelsonWWikipedia↗

Forward · 6′3″ 163 lb · Born 1997-06-13 in Huntington Beach, CA · High school: Mater Dei · College: UConn 2015-16 to 2018-19 · 2019 WNBA draft, round 1, pick 4 by Chicago Sky

Seasons

12 (4 College · 8 WNBA)

Teams

6 (1 College · 5 WNBA)

Championships

NCAA 2015-16

NCAA tournaments

4 (3 Final Four)

WNBA playoff seasons

Awards and honours

WNBA All-Star Game selection: 2024
NCAA AP All-America Team (first team): 2017-18
NCAA AP All-America Team (third team): 2018-19

NCAA College career game logs →

4 × 10 min, 30-second clock, arc 20 ft 9 in. Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Season	Team	Cl	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2015-16	UConn	Fr	37	22	23.4	408	11.0	3.4	2.2	1.0	0.2	1.2	.493	.394	.837	.641
2016-17	UConn	So	37	37	30.8	747	20.2	3.9	3.2	1.5	0.3	1.9	.486	.420	.840	.627
2017-18	UConn	Jr	32	32	27.2	557	17.4	4.5	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.4	.530	.475	.835	.682
2018-19	UConn	Sr	34	34	33.1	630	18.5	6.3	3.9	1.2	0.6	1.7	.453	.376	.876	.599
Total	4 seasons		140	125	28.6	2,342	16.7	4.5	3.2	1.2	0.3	1.5	.488	.415	.851	.634

NCAA tournament

Season	Team	Cl	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2015-16	UConn	Fr	5	5	24.9	62	12.4	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.2	.548	.455	.857	.684
2016-17	UConn	So	5	5	37.5	76	15.2	4.4	4.0	1.8	0.4	2.4	.424	.290	.810	.551
2017-18	UConn	Jr	5	5	36.5	74	14.8	5.2	4.6	0.4	0.2	1.6	.520	.545	.800	.706
2018-19	UConn	Sr	5	5	34.7	83	16.6	4.4	4.4	0.6	0.6	2.4	.418	.389	.852	.612
Total	4 seasons		20	20	33.4	295	14.8	4.4	3.6	0.8	0.3	1.9	.471	.418	.833	.629

WNBA WNBA career game logs →

4 × 10 min, 24-second clock, arc 22 ft 1¾ in. Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2019	Sky	20	0	7.5	48	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	.316	.276	.800	.505
2020	Wings	22	4	19.9	110	5.0	2.4	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.5	.417	.317	.733	.533
2021	Storm	27	24	21.1	189	7.0	3.5	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.1	.456	.351	.731	.555
2022	Sparks	32	29	29.5	311	9.7	3.0	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.1	.373	.352	.837	.501
2024	Fever	37	15	18.1	159	4.3	2.3	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.5	.349	.330	.960	.504
2026	Storm	32	1	15.4	142	4.4	2.1	0.8	0.8	0.1	0.5	.405	.321	.786	.549
Total	6 seasons	170	73	19.2	959	5.6	2.4	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.7	.391	.334	.816	.522

On the roster (no figures on file): Sparks 2023, Storm 2025

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2019	Sky	2	0	2.0	0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
2021	Storm	1	1	35.0	18	18.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	.600	.667	1.000	.822
2024	Fever	1	0	5.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000			.000
Total	3 seasons	4	1	11.0	18	4.5	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	.545	.667	1.000	.753

WNBA advanced measures (as published by WNBA Stats)

Season	Team	G	USG%	TS%	eFG%	ORtg	DRtg	Net	AST%	REB%	Pace	PIE
2026	Storm	32	.120	.553	.517	93.5	107.1	-13.7	.085	.065	100.04	.084

Ratings and usage need possession counts on the floor, so they are shown as WNBA Stats publishes them rather than computed here.

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Katie Lou SamuelsonWWikipedia↗

Awards and honours

NCAA College career game logs →

WNBA WNBA career game logs →