Katie Feenstra-Mattera

Katharen Ruth Mattera (née Feenstra; born November 17, 1982) is an American college basketball coach and former player for the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Katie Mattera
Personal information
Born (1982-11-17) November 17, 1982
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High schoolGrand Rapids Baptist Academy
(Grand Rapids, Michigan)
CollegeLiberty (2001–2005)
WNBA draft2005: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Selected by the Connecticut Sun
Playing career2005–2009
PositionCenter
Career history
2005–2006San Antonio Silver Stars
2007Detroit Shock
2008Atlanta Dream
2009San Antonio Silver Stars
2009Chicago Sky
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com

Mattera is one of the tallest players in WNBA history. At 6 feet 7.5 inches (2.02 m) tall,[1] she is the ninth-tallest person to have played professionally in the WNBA. Only Margo Dydek, at 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m), Bernadett Határ, at 6 ft 10.5 in (2.1 m), Han Xu, at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), and Lindsay Taylor, Zheng Haixia, Maria Stepanova, Liz Cambage, and Brittney Griner, each at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), are taller than she.[2]

College years

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Mattera went on to star on the women's basketball team while attending Liberty University, where she majored in physical education. She was a three-time Big South Conference Player of the Year, a Wade Trophy, John R. Wooden and Naismith Award nominee. She also became the Big South Conference's all-time shot-blocker on February 14, 2005. Feenstra was the tallest player in Liberty University and Big South Conference history. She finished her career at Liberty as one of only two players in NCAA history to lead the nation in field-goal percentage in back-to-back seasons (2004, 2005)

Liberty statistics

Source[3]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001-02 Liberty 17 178 51.0 - 56.1 5.6 0.4 0.2 1.4 10.5
2002-03 Liberty 28 424 56.9 - 67.7 9.1 0.4 0.5 2.5 15.1
2003-04 Liberty 32 674 65.7 - 57.1 11.0 0.5 0.8 2.6 21.1
2004-05 Liberty 32 569 67.1 - 67.3 10.3 0.9 0.4 2.5 17.8
Career Liberty 109 1845 62.2 0.0 62.9 9.5 0.6 0.5 2.4 16.9

WNBA career

Mattera was originally selected by the Connecticut Sun on April 16, 2005, during the 2005 WNBA draft, but was quickly traded to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for the Silver Stars' player Margo Dydek (the tallest player in the WNBA).

On September 14, 2005, she was named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team.[4]

On February 22, 2007, she was traded to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ruth Riley.[5]

On February 6, 2008, she was selected in the expansion draft by the Atlanta Dream.[6]

Coaching career

On November 5, 2019, Mattera was named assistant women's basketball coach at Liberty University.[7] Her first head coaching job was at Cornerstone University.,[8] where she served for six years.

Personal life

Feenstra married Todd Mattera on November 8, 2008.[9] Her sister, Meribeth Anderson, also played basketball at Liberty from 1999 to 2003.

Feenstra wears men's size 17 (US) / 53 (EU) shoes.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Katie Mattera Basketball Player Profile, Zhejiang Far East, Liberty, News, D2 stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket". eurobasket.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  2. WNBA Profile Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  4. "All-Rookie Teams". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  5. "Silver Stars acquire Ruth Riley in trade with Detroit". OurSports Central. February 22, 2007. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  6. "Dream Waives Center Katie Feenstra Mattera". OurSports Central. April 8, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  7. "Back at Home". MLive.com.
  8. "Former WNBA player hired as Cornerstone's new basketball coach". MLive.com. May 8, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  9. "Where in the World is… Katie Feenstra? «". Archived from the original on March 10, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
  10. "WNBA.com: Time Out with Katie Feenstra". wnba.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
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