Mistie McCray Bass (born December 2, 1983) is an American former professional

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player.

High school

Bass graduated from George S. Parker High School in

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, in 2002, having helped the school win the state championship two years in a row. As a freshman, she broke a defender's arm while the defender attempted to take a charge. She is the only player in the state to be named Player of the Year three times. She also was elected first team USA Today All-America, second team Parade All-America, second team School Sports All-America, third team Student Sports All-America, two time Wisconsin Gatorade Play of the year and first team All-State. Mistie was selected to play in the Phoenix/ WBCA High School All-America game, notching six points and nine rebounds. Bass played in the inaugural McDonald's All-America game.

College career

She graduated from

Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...

in 2006. At Duke, she played for the Blue Devils and was a part of two Final Fours; 2003 and 2006 (Contended in the National Championship game). She finished her career ranking eighth in points (1,409), eighth in field goals made (557), fifth in field goal percentage (.567), fifth in rebounds (800), fifth in blocks (131), eighth in free throws made (295), seventh in free throws attempted (459), eighth in double-figure scoring games (78), first in wins (127) and tied for fourth in ACC regular season wins (55). She was also a member of

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sorority.

Duke statistics

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Professional career

During the

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, Bass was originally selected by the

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but was later traded to the

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. In her first season Bass played sparingly, averaging 10.1 minutes per game, behind all-stars

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and

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. During 2007 and 2008, Bass continued to play as a reserve forward for the Comets, wearing jersey number 8. After the Comets disbanded in the fall of 2008, Bass was selected by the

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as the third pick in the

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for former Comets players. She played for Mersin in Turkey during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season. She played for the Connecticut Sun for two seasons (2012–2013). She won a WNBA championship in the 2014 season with the Phoenix Mercury. Bass played one season with UC Canberra Capitals in the Australian WNBL 2017/2018

Personal life

She is the daughter of rock and roll singer and dancer

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. She is married to former football player Shane Boyd and has two children.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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Playoffs

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References

External links

WNBA player profileDuke Blue Devils bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bass, Mistie 1983 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American women's basketball players Basketball players from Wisconsin Chicago Sky players 21st-century American sportswomen Connecticut Sun players Duke Blue Devils women's basketball players Houston Comets players McDonald's High School All-Americans Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi women's basketball players Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball) Phoenix Mercury draft picks Phoenix Mercury players Power forwards Sportspeople from Janesville, Wisconsin