Kate Paye
| Stanford Cardinal | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| Number | 14, 7 |
| Coaching career | 1995–1996, 2004–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1996–1998 | Seattle Reign |
| 2000–2001 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 2002 | Seattle Storm |
| As coach: | |
| 1995–1996 | San Diego State (assistant) |
| 2004–2005 | Pepperdine (assistant) |
| 2005–2007 | San Diego State (assistant) |
| 2007–2016 | Stanford (assistant) |
| 2016–2024 | Stanford (associate HC) |
| 2024–present | Stanford |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career WNBA statistics | |
| Points | 168 (2.1 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 98 (1.2 rpg) |
| Assists | 140 (1.8 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Katherine Anne Paye[1] (born March 6, 1974) is a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She is currently the women's basketball head coach at Stanford University.[2]
Early life and college career
Paye was born at the medical center of Stanford University's hospital, and was raised in Woodside, California in a family of Stanford student-athletes. Both of her parents, her sister and brother all went to the school. Her father was a running back for Stanford's football team while her brother John was a guard for Stanford's basketball team and quarterback for the Cardinal in the mid-1980s, and later was her basketball coach at Menlo School. At Menlo, Kate led the team to three consecutive California Interscholastic Federation Division V state basketball championships from 1989 to 1991.
After high school, she was recruited by (and turned down) Harvard University, Princeton University and Dartmouth College. Stanford never recruited her, so Paye attended its women's basketball team training camp as a walk-on and tried out. She was accepted and won a spot as a point guard on the team.
In her freshman year in 1992, she played on Stanford's 1992 championship team and earned a scholarship for the following year.
She graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.
ABL and WNBA
In 1996, Paye began her professional basketball career with the
She later joined the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in 2000, and played for the Minnesota Lynx for two seasons. After she was waived by Lynx in May 2002, she signed a free agent contract with the Seattle Storm and played for them in the 2002 season.
During her WNBA career, she spent the offseason pursuing a
WNBA career statistics
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Minnesota | 28 | 12 | 14.6 | .328 | .293 | .667 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 2001 | Minnesota | 32 | 16 | 20.4 | .385 | .357 | .688 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| 2002 | Seattle | 19 | 0 | 6.0 | .368 | .375 | .500 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Career | 3 years, 2 teams | 79 | 28 | 14.9 | .361 | .336 | .667 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
Coaching career
After graduating from Stanford, Paye started her coaching career in 1995 as an assistant coach at San Diego State University for one season. She left the following year to embark upon her playing career in the ABL.
After her playing career ended, Paye returned to coaching when she was hired as a women's basketball assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Pepperdine University for the 2004–05 season.
In May 2005, Paye returned to
In June 2007, Paye returned to Stanford as an assistant coach.[3]
On April 9, 2024, Tara VanDerveer retired as the winningest coach in college basketball history, and Paye was expected to be named head coach.[4] On April 16, 2024, she was named head coach and the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women’s Basketball.[2]
References
- ^ "Katherine Anne Paye #228781 - Attorney Licensee Search". members.calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
- ^ a b "Kate Paye Named Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball". admin.gostanford.com. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Paye Back: Former Cardinal Returns As Assistant Coach" (Press release). Stanford University. June 20, 2007. Archived from the original on June 25, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2007.
- ^ "VanDerveer, winningest NCAA hoops coach, retires". ESPN.com. April 10, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.