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Korie Hlede

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Korie Hlede
Personal information
Born (1975-03-29) 29 March 1975 (age 49)
Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian
Listed height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Listed weight68 kg (150 lb)
Career information
CollegeDuquesne (1994–1998)
WNBA draft1998: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Shock
Playing career1993–2008
PositionShooting guard
Career history
1993–1994Montmontaža Zagreb
1998–1999Detroit Shock
1999–2001Utah Starzz
2000–2001Slamanca
2001–2002Guarulhos
2002New York Liberty
2002–2003Eregli
2003Rivas Ecópolis
2004Perfumerias
2004–2005Pecs 2010
2006–2007Hondarribia-Irun
2007–2008Extremadura
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Croatia
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis Team

Korie Hlede (born Koraljka Hlede on 29 March 1975) is a Croatian sports administrator. She is a co-founder and leader of basketball development at Flow Basketball Academy (FBA) in Chicago, Illinois. She played and coached professionally before starting her own training program KH Flow. In 2012, she teamed up with Margaret Stender (CEO of the Chicago Sky) to create Flow Basketball Academy.

College years

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Hlede was a communications and psychology double major at Duquesne University, where she led the Atlantic 10 conference (A10) in scoring during all of her four years (1994–1998). In 1995, she was named A10 rookie of the year, and by her senior year, she had netted a total of 2,631 points, becoming the only Duquesne player (male or female) to score over 2,000 career points.[1] Hlede holds a number of other school records: steals (334), assists (570), three-pointers made (162), three-point percentage (.356), as well as most points scored in a single game (42 points against University of Dayton on 11 February 1998). Some of her collegiate awards are: ESPN Academic All-American (1996, 1997, 1998),[2] A10 Player of the year (1996, 1998), A10 first team All-Conference pick (1995–1998), Kodak District 2 All-American (1995–1998), and Kodak National honorable mention All-American (1995–1998). In 2003, she was inducted into the Duquesne University Sports Hall of Fame and was the first female athlete in university history to have her jersey (#25) retired.

Professional

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International

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From 2002 to 2008, Hlede competed in the European League, spending time in the First Divisions in Spain, Turkey, Hungary, Croatia, and Brazil. She also competed in three FIBA Cup championships, while reaching the final four of the Euro-league. Hlede led the Spanish and Turkish leagues in scoring during that span.

WNBA

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In the 1998 WNBA draft Korie was acquired by the Detroit Shock (now Tulsa Shock), in the first round (fourth pick overall).[3] In her rookie year, she led her team in three-point field goal percentage and was named WNBA rookie of the year runner-up. In 1999 Korie was traded to the Utah Starzz, where she led the WNBA in three-point field goal percentage in 1999 and 2001. Over her five-year WNBA career, she has accumulated more than 1,000 points, 400 rebounds, 250 assists and 100 steals.

Year Team
1998–1999 Detroit Shock
1999–2001 Utah Starzz
2002 New York Liberty

Coaching and training

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In 2003 Korie retired from the WNBA and joined the coaching staff of the Detroit Shock (head coach: Bill Laimbeer), where she helped them clinch the Shock's first national championship. After two years of coaching in the WNBA, she spent one year as assistant coach at the University of Rhode Island. In 2010, she created her own basketball development program, KH Flow Training, which was based on her interests in sports psychology and the work of philosopher and psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. In 2012, she teamed up with Margaret Stender to create Flow Basketball Academy.

Career statistics

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WNBA career statistics

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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

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1998 Detroit 27 27 33.8 39.1 39.2 80.6 5.2 2.7 0.8 0.0 3.3 14.1
1999 Detroit 21 10 19.4 39.0 33.3 85.7 2.6 1.2 1.0 0.1 1.5 8.8
Utah 11 1 25.2 46.3 44.8 90.9 2.7 2.5 0.7 0.1 2.0 11.9
2000 Utah 31 31 28.0 45.4 43.1 72.9 3.0 3.0 1.2 0.1 2.5 10.1
2001 Utah 27 10 16.9 39.0 34.8 86.8 1.5 1.6 0.9 0.0 1.6 5.6
2002 New York 16 0 8.1 42.3 0.0 44.4 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.1 1.3 1.6
Career 5 years, 3 teams 133 79 22.9 41.4 39.7 80.5 2.8 2.1 0.9 0.1 2.1 8.9

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2001 Utah 2 0 8.5 40.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 1.5 2.0
2002 New York 2 0 6.0 0.0 0.0 75.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 1.0 1.5
Career 2 years, 2 teams 4 0 7.3 33.3 0.0 75.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 1.3 1.8

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1994–95 Duquesne 26 47.7 35.4 74.8 8.0 5.8 4.2 0.3 24.2°
1995–96 Duquesne 27 48.8 37.8 82.6 6.7 4.5 2.7 0.3 22.6°
1996–97 Duquesne 28 47.3 27.3 81.0 7.0 4.7 2.5 0.2 22.6°
1997–98 Duquesne 28 49.2 41.8 77.9 6.5 6.0 2.9 0.2 27.1°
Career 109 48.2 35.6 79.1 7.0 5.2 3.1 0.2 24.1

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