Kristy Wallace
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Kristy Wallace (born 3 January 1996) is an Australian professional basketball player. She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears.
At the 2024 Summer Olympics she won a bronze medal with the Australian team.[1]
Wallace played four seasons of college basketball in the United States for the Baylor Lady Bears.[2] She earned Big 12 All-Freshman Team in 2015 and Big 12 All-Defensive Team and First-team All-Big 12 in 2018.[3]
Professional career
Wallace was picked in the second round of the 2018 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream. She later signed a two-year deal with the Canberra Capitals.[4] A knee injury in her second game with Canberra in late 2018 saw her not play again until 2021 in the NBL1 South with the Melbourne Tigers.[5] She joined the Southside Flyers for the 2021–22 WNBL season and won the WNBL Sixth Woman of the Year Award.[6]
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On 13 January 2023, Wallace was traded from the Atlanta Dream to the Indiana Fever.[7]
Wallace was a member of the Australia Women's national basketball team (Opals) at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[8] The Opals won the bronze medal, winning over Belgium.[9]
Wallace announced on February 25, 2025, that she would not play during the 2025 WNBA season. Her contract was suspended with Wallace not eligible to return during the season and the Fever retaining her rights.[10]
In August 2025, Wallace helped the Knox Raiders win the NBL1 South championship[11] and the NBL1 National championship.[12] Later that year, she was named most valuable player of the Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa with the Tokomanawa Queens.[13]
On April 3, 2026, the Toronto Tempo selected Wallace in the 2026 WNBA Expansion Draft acquiring her from the Indiana Fever.[14] She was waived on 30 April 2026 following the first pre-season game.[15][16]
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 |
WNBA
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Did not appear in WNBA | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Did not play (knee injury) | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | Did not appear in WNBA | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Atlanta | 29 | 18 | 20.8 | .407 | .368 | .786 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 6.6 |
| 2023 | Indiana | 37 | 9 | 19.7 | .401 | .435 | .750 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 6.6 |
| 2024 | Indiana | 26 | 15 | 17.2 | .402 | .293 | .667 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 2025 | Did not play (personal decision) | ||||||||||||
| Career | 3 years, 2 teams | 92 | 42 | 19.3 | .403 | .374 | .750 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 6.1 |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Indiana | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 1 year, 1 team | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | Baylor | 33 | 6 | 22.5 | .408 | .371 | .657 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 7.8 |
| 2015–16 | Baylor | 37 | 20 | 27.4 | .397 | .386 | .765 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 8.1 |
| 2016–17 | Baylor | 37 | 37 | 28.2 | .427 | .389 | .689 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 7.6 |
| 2017–18 | Baylor | 29 | 29 | 30.1 | .502 | .384 | .797 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 12.9 |
| Career | 136 | 92 | 27.0 | .435 | .383 | .736 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 8.9 | |
