Kahleah Copper #2
Position: Center/Forward
Height: 6-1
Birth Date: 08/24/1994
College: Rutgers University
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
WNBA Experience: 1 Year
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Kahleah Copper Bio
2016 Highlights: Started in 3 out of 30 games played … ranked ninth on team in scoring with 6.2 points per game … ranked fourth on team in rebounds with 3.1 per game … finished the season first overall in three point field goal percentage (.467) and sixth overall in field goal percentage (.417) …
College Accolades: Ranked No. 3 on Rutgers’ career points chart behind only future WNBA stars Cappie Pondexter and Sue Wicks. Only the fourth Scarlet Knight woman to top 1,800 career points.
2015-16: All-Big Ten First Team pick (coaches and media); one of 20 named to the Drysdale Award Watch List as nation’s top player. Scored in double figures in 30 games.
2014-15: Second Team All-Big Ten (coaches and media) after being Rutgers’ leading scorer for second straight season; was 7th in Big Ten in scoring. Reached double-figure scoring in all but four contests; led Scarlet Knights in scoring in 15 games.
2013-14: Named WNIT’s Most Valuable Player and First Team All-American Athletic Conf. Excelled twice against eventual NCAA champ UConn, putting up 20 and 22-pt. efforts vs. Huskies.
2012-13: Named to BIG EAST All-Freshman Team.
Misc: A McDonald’s All-America prep player at Philadelphia’s Prep Charter, she chose Rutgers in order to be closer to mom, Leticia, who was undergoing treatment for breast cancer.
Career Transactions: Drafted No. 7 overall by the Washington Mystics in the 2016 WNBA Draft
