Crystal Kelly

Crystal Kelly (born September 15, 1986) is a former professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team.^[1]

Crystal Kelly

Kentucky Wildcats
Position	Assistant Coach
League	SEC
Personal information
Born	(1986-09-15) September 15, 1986 (age 38) Louisville, Kentucky
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Sacred Heart Academy (Louisville, Kentucky)
College	Western Kentucky (2004–2008)
WNBA draft	2008: 3rd round, 31st overall pick
Drafted by	Houston Comets
Career history
As a player:
2008–2009	Sacramento Monarchs
2009	Detroit Shock
2010	San Antonio Silver Stars
As a coach:
2012–2016	Bellarmine (Asst.)
2016–2017	Tennessee Tech (Asst.)
2017–2019	Xavier (Asst.)
2019–2020	Tennessee Tech (Asst.)
2020–2021	Bellarmine (Asst.)
2021–2023	Towson (Associate HC)
2023–present	Kentucky (Asst.)
Career highlights
Sun Belt Player of the Year (2008) Sun Belt Freshman of the Year (2005) 4x First-team All-Sun Belt (2005–2008)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

High school

Kelly played for Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville, Kentucky, where she was named a WBCA All-American. In addition, Kelly was named the 2004 Kentucky Miss Basketball. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored four points.^[2]

College

Kelly attended college at Western Kentucky University, where she was a standout basketball player. She broke the WKU women's basketball program record for career rebounds, and earned a place in the top 25 career scorers in NCAA Division I women's basketball history by scoring over 2,600 points. In her senior year, she led the nation with a 64.8% field goal shooting percentage. Kelly was named to the all-Sun Belt Conference team during each of her four collegiate seasons, and was named the 2008 Sun Belt Player of the Year in her senior season. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in public relations in 2008.^[3]

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 best	°	League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2008	Sacramento	33	4	16.7	44.9	0.0	85.0	3.3	0.5	0.5	0.2	1.2	7.4
2009	Sacramento	23	4	12.3	43.9	0.0	84.2	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.0	4.3
	Detroit	11	0	7.6	36.4	0.0	83.3	1.3	0.4	0.4	0.1	1.0	2.8
2010	San Antonio	26	0	9.3	44.0	100.0	73.9	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.9	3.0
Career	3 years, 3 teams	93	8	12.5	43.8	33.3	82.8	2.1	0.4	0.4	0.1	1.0	4.8

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2008	Sacramento	3	3	26.7	70.0	0.0	90.0	3.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	12.3
2009	Detroit	3	0	5.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3
2010	San Antonio	1	0	6.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Career	3 years, 3 teams	7	3	14.4	63.6	0.0	87.5	2.0	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.3	6.0

College

Source^[4]

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
2004–05	Western Kentucky	30	579	.611	.000	.737	10.4	1.2	1.2	1.1	19.3
2005–06	Western Kentucky	34	687	.601	.000	.761	8.5	1.3	1.4	0.9	20.2
2006–07	Western Kentucky	32	770	.611	.318	.774	9.4	1.3	1.3	0.7	24.1
2007–08	Western Kentucky	34	767	.644	.294	.825	10.5	1.9	1.2	1.0	22.6
Career	130	2,803	.617	.308	.778	9.7	1.4	1.3	0.9	21.6

Professional

Following her collegiate career, Kelly was selected in the third round (31st overall) in the 2008 WNBA draft by the Houston Comets.^[5] The Comets waived Kelly in May 2008, but a few days later she was signed to the Sacramento Monarchs.^[6]

Kelly averaged 7 points per game in 16 minutes per game as a backup to starting forward Rebekkah Brunson during the 2008 regular season. Then an injury to Brunson allowed Kelly to become a starter and a notable scorer during the WNBA Playoffs. In the Monarchs' victory over the San Antonio Silver Stars in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals, Kelly led all scorers with 19 points.^[7]

Following her WNBA career, Kelly was hired as an assistant coach for the Women's Basketball team at Tennessee Tech, then later at Bellarmine University. Following these five years of coaching, Kelly was hired as Xavier University's Women's Basketball Assistant Coach.^[8]