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American basketball player (born 1981)
Jamie Carey
Personal information
Born (1981-03-12) March 12, 1981 (age 43)
Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Career information
High schoolHorizon High School
(Brighton, Colorado)
College
WNBA draft2005: 3rd round, 35th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career2005–2009
PositionGuard
Coaching career2008–present
Career history
As player:
2005–2008Connecticut Sun
As coach:
2008-2010Legacy HS
2011-2014Sand Creek HS
2015-2017 Colorado(Assc.)
2017-2018Texas(Assc.)
2018-2020Texas (Asst. HC)
2020-21North Texas(Asst. HC)
2021–presentUTSA(Asst. HC)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-Big 12 (2004, 2005)
  • Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (2000)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo Team

Jamie Leigh Carey (born March 12, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player who played the point guard position for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 2005 to 2008. Carey currently serves as the Assistant Director of the USA National Team.

Early life

Carey attended Horizon High School in Thornton, Colorado. She graduated as class valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA. She was named Colorado's Gatorade Player of the Year and a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 1999 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored three points.

College career

In 1999, Carey attended Stanford University, where she earned the Pac-10 Conference "Freshman of the Year" honors and broke Stanford's single season record for three pointers made with 81. However, she suffered several serious ankle injuries and concussions and spent much of the season on the sidelines. She had surgery on her left ankle following the season and missed the following six months with rehab. She came back to practice in October 1999, but could not continue as continuing pain in her ankle left her sidelined shortly after the start of the season. She was forced to retire from the sport and sat out the next two seasons. She was seen on her crutches cheering on her team on the bench and became a fan favorite. She continued to attend classes at Stanford, and was seen on campus limping on her crutches with her left ankle wrapped in a soft cast. She reportedly said her crutches were her best friends because she could not go anywhere without her crutches. A picture of her leaning on her crutches with an ice pack on her left ankle became the cover page of the Stanford women's basketball media guide in 2000, under the title "Courage".

She transferred to The University of Texas at Austin in 2002 after the school's doctors determined they could clear her from her concussions and maintain any treatment she would need. She played three seasons there after successfully petitioning for a fifth and sixth year of NCAA eligibility. During her time at Texas, the team became a national championship contender with a Final Four appearance in 2003. She was a sociology major.

Career statistics

WNBA 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

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2005 Connecticut 15 0 5.7 36.8 30.8 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.3 1.2
2006 Connecticut 24 0 11.9 37.9 35.0 100.0 0.7 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.7 2.6
2007 Connecticut 33 0 12.7 36.6 45.1 75.0 0.9 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.5 3.4
2008 Connecticut 33 3 15.1 42.3 41.0 90.0 1.2 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.7 4.2
Career 4 years, 1 team 105 3 12.3 39.1 40.6 87.0 0.9 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.6 3.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2005 Connecticut 6 0 11.8 22.2 16.7 0.0 0.3 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.8
2006 Connecticut 5 0 5.8 33.3 20.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
2007 Connecticut 3 0 15.7 28.6 33.3 66.7 0.7 3.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 2.7
2008 Connecticut 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 4 years, 1 team 15 0 9.9 27.3 23.5 66.7 0.3 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 1.2

College career statistics

Source

Ratios
YEAR Team GP FG% 3P% FT% RBG APG BPG SPG PPG
1999-00 Stanford 29 41.9% 45.5% 76.9% 2.17 3.03 - 1.38 11.00
2000-01 Texas Redshirt due to injury
2001-02 Texas Redshirt due to injury
2002-03 Texas 30 38.8% 41.6% 80.9% 1.40 3.60 0.03 0.70 10.77
2003-04 Texas 35 42.3% 40.7% 79.7% 1.97 2.77 0.11 1.37 10.66
2004-05 Texas 31 42.9% 42.9% 79.2% 1.81 2.52 0.10 1.58 12.19
Career 125 41.6% 42.8% 79.6% 1.84 2.97 0.06 1.26 11.14
Ratios
Totals
YEAR Team GP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA REB A BK ST PTS
1999-00 Stanford 29 104 248 81 178 30 39 63 88 - 40 319
2000-01 Texas Redshirt due to injury
2001-02 Texas Redshirt due to injury
2002-03 Texas 30 95 245 57 137 76 94 42 108 1 21 323
2003-04 Texas 35 126 298 66 162 55 69 69 97 4 48 373
2004-05 Texas 31 133 310 70 163 42 53 56 78 3 49 378
Career 125 458 1101 274 640 203 255 230 371 8 158 1393
Totals

USA Basketball

Carey was named to the team representing the USA at the 2003 Pan American Games. The team lost the opening game to Cuba, then rebounded to win their next five games, including an OT win against Brazil. Carey led the team with 18 points in the victory against Brazil. In their game against Canada, which they won by three points 56—53, Carey hit all six of her three-point attempts, setting a United States team record. They then faced Cuba for the gold medal, falling short 75–64 to take home the silver medal. Carey scored 9.6 points per game, representing the second highest point total on the team, and led the team in assist with 16.

Professional career

Carey was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in 2005 with the 31st overall pick and played for the Connecticut Sun until her retirement in April 2009.

Coaching

She was the head coach for girls basketball at Legacy High School in Broomfield, CO 2008-10. She was the head coach for Sand Creek High School girls basketball 2011-14 in Colorado Springs. She joined Linda Lapps's staff as an assistant at Colorado for the 2014-15 season. She left at the conclusion of the 2015-16 season. She then returned to her alma mater to become an assistant coach for her first two years starting the 2016-17. She remained there and was advanced to associate head coach her final two years until the completion of 2019-20 season. For the 2020-21 season she was an associate head coach for North Texas. For the 2021-22 season she joined UTSA and was reunited with Karen Aston becoming the associate head coach.

Notes

  1. "JAMIE CAREY". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 2013-11-06. Retrieved 16 Oct 2013.
  2. "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
  3. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  4. "Fourteenth Pan American Games -- 2003". USA Basketball. Feb 20, 2014. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 15 Oct 2015.
  5. "UTSA Roadrunners coaches page". Retrieved 2025-01-14.

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