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Griffin\u2019s stellar basketball career made her a star on two continents. The University of Nebraska retired her jersey number as a reward for four fine years, and Australia has embraced her throughout a long professional career there. Griffin, a 6-foot-2 forward from Eagle River, enjoyed an epic senior season at Nebraska (20.1 points and 10.4 rebounds per game; first-team All-America; Big 12 Player of the Year) and was the third pick in the 2010 WNBA draft. She made the all-rookie team the next year for the Connecticut Suns, but her real success came in Australia, where she\u2019s a four-time WNBL champ, a three-time Grand Prix MVP and the 2019 league MVP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":27325,"template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKelsey Griffin - Alaska Sports Hall of Fame<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/alaskasportshall.org\/person-candidate\/kelsey-griffin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kelsey Griffin - Alaska Sports Hall of Fame\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Griffin\u2019s stellar basketball career made her a star on two continents. 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