{"id":27329,"date":"2023-10-29T10:21:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T18:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alaskasportshall.org\/?post_type=person-candidate&p=27329"},"modified":"2023-11-22T09:38:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:38:23","slug":"kelsey-griffin","status":"publish","type":"person-candidate","link":"https:\/\/alaskasportshall.org\/person-candidate\/kelsey-griffin\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelsey Griffin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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":"\n