Katie Cronin

Katie Cronin (born September 9, 1977) is a former American professional basketball player and coach who played one season in the WNBA for the Chicago Sky. She played college basketball at Colorado State. She also spent 2 years coaching as an assistant for Seton Hall and Santa Clara.

Katie Cronin

Personal information
Born	(1977-09-08) September 8, 1977 (age 47) Denver, Colorado
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Career information
High school	Horizon (Thornton, Colorado)
College	Colorado State (1995–1999)
WNBA draft	1999: undrafted
Playing career	1999–2007
Position	Guard/forward
Number	33
Coaching career	2001–2003
Career history
As a player:
2004-2006	Colorado Chill
2006	Chicago Sky
As a coach:
2001-2002	Seton Hall (assistant)
2002-2003	Santa Clara (assistant)
Career highlights
3x All-WAC (1997–1999) Colorado Sportswoman of the Year (1999) WAC All-Freshman Team (1996)
Stats at Basketball Reference

College career

Cronin attended Colorado State from 1995 to 1999. She verbally committed to play for the Rams on the same day that she was invited to visit and tour their campus. She stated " I can't explain why, but I just knew it was the right thing to do...It turned out to be the best and most important decision of my life."^[1] Cronin teamed up to play with Becky Hammon and provide the Rams a winning combination for her entire four years.

During her time at CSU, Cronin and the Rams went 104-21 and won 2 WAC Division Championships, 1 WAC Championship, and went to the NCAA Tournament for 3 years. Cronin was named a first team All-WAC member three consecutive years. She was also named to two honorable mention Kodak All-American teams in 1998 and 1999, along with being named an honorable mention for the 1999 AP All-American team.^[2] During her season season^{[clarification needed]}, Cronin averaged 14.8 points and 7.2 rebounds a game.

Cronin was inducted in the Colorado State Hall of Fame in 2010.^[3]

Professional career

Following her career at Colorado State, Cronin went on to play overseas in Israel, Germany, and Portugal.^[4] She retired from playing following her season in Portugal, stating "“I knew it was time... I got tired of living out of a suitcase, and I missed being home.”

Colorado Chill

Cronin also signed to play for the Colorado Chill of the National Women's Basketball League in 2003.^[5][6] She reunited with former Colorado State players Becky Hammon and Angie Gorton-Nelp.^[7] During her 3 seasons, Cronin and the Chill won 2 league championships.

WNBA

Cronin attended the training camps for the Seattle Storm (2002), New York Liberty (2004), San Antonio Silver Stars (2005, and the Connecticut Sun (2006), but was waived from all of them.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Chicago Sky

During the 2006 season for the Chicago Sky, Cronin signed on July 5 to a 7-Day Contract. She later was signed to a rest of season contract with them.^[12] She appeared in 11 games for the Sky and averaged 2.2 points for the season.

Career statistics

WNBA

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

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2006	Chicago	11	0	12.1	.300	.308	.286	1.1	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.2
Career	1 year, 1 team	11	0	12.1	.300	.308	.286	1.1	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.2

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1995–96	Colorado State	31	-	-	45.8	36.0	68.4	6.1	1.6	1.7	0.3	-	11.4
1996–97	Colorado State	28	-	-	43.5	33.8	81.6	5.8	1.9	2.1	0.5	-	16.1
1997–98	Colorado State	30	-	-	47.6	38.4	75.3	8.2	3.2	1.9	0.6	-	18.2
1998–99	Colorado State	36	-	-	47.2	35.3	79.4	7.2	2.7	1.8	0.6	-	14.8
Career		125	-	-	46.1	35.9	76.6	6.9	2.4	1.9	0.5	-	15.0
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[13]

Coaching career

While she was doing her professional playing career, Cronin became an assistant coach for the Seton Hall women's basketball team in 2000.^[14] After one season with the Pirates, Cronin moved to Santa Clara where she also spent one season.^[15]

Personal life

Katie's brother is Portland Trail Blazers' general manager, Joe Cronin.^[16]