Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis

No. 23 – Seattle Storm

Position

Small forward

League

WNBA

Personal information

Born

November 3, 1993 (age 23)
Pomona, California

Nationality

American

Listed height

5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Listed weight

180 lb (82 kg)

Career information

High school

Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California)

College

Connecticut (2011–2015)

WNBA draft

2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall

Selected by the Seattle Storm

Playing career

2015–present

Career history

2015–present

Seattle Storm

Career highlights and awards

Parade All-America first team (2009)
USA Today All-USA third team (2009)
Gatorade California Player of the Year (2009)
ESPN National Player of the Year (2010)
USA Today All-USA first team (2010)
State Farm/WBCA High School Player of the Year (2011)
Naismith High School Player of the Year (2011)
Gatorade National Player of the Year (2011)
ESPN National Player of the Year (2011)

Medals

Representing the USA
U16 and U17
	2009 U16 Mexico City	Team Competition
	2010 U17 Rodez & Toulouse	Team Competition
U18 and U19
	2011 U19 Chile	Team Competition
World University Games
	2013 Kazan	Team Competition

Kaleena Jordan Mosqueda-Lewis (born Kaleena Jordan Lewis, November 3, 1993) is an American basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She plays for the Seattle Storm. Prior to enrolling at UConn she played for Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California. She played on the USA Basketball U16 National Team, where she helped the team win the FIBA Americas U16 Championship Gold Medal. Mosqueda-Lewis was named the 2011 State Farm/WBCA High School Player of the Year by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.

Mosqueda-Lewis started playing basketball in the third grade. At first, she didn't like it, but she kept working at it. She played for the Tennessee Flight, a national club team, and qualified for the USA National U16 team, a team for under 16 year-olds.

Mosqueda-Lewis was named captain of her team, and helped lead them to the semifinals of the state tournament in 2009. She averaged over 24 points a game en route to a 31–0 regular season record. While still a sophomore, she was named the Gatorade player of the year for California, and named to the Parade All American list for the country.

Mosqueda-Lewis has led her team in scoring since her freshman year. As a junior, she was named the number one player in the country by ESPN's Hoopgurlz, while leading her team to a number one ranking among high schools in the country.

Mosqueda-Lewis and her Mater Dei high school team was invited to the 2011 Hoophall Classic, held in Springfield, Massachusetts. This was not her first experience with the event, as the team participated in 2009. She scored 17 points to help lead her team to an 85–45 victory over Murry Bergtraum from New York City. The event often showcases top high school teams from the region and around the country. Mosqueda-Lewis committed to Connecticut in the spring of her sophomore year. She had also considered California, Kentucky, UCLA, Stanford, Tennessee, and Duke.

Mater Dei faced Brea Olinda in the finals of the 2011 Southern California regional finals. Brea Olinda, with a 29–0 record and Mater Dei, at 28–1 were not only ranked number one and two, respectively, in the county, but also in the state and in the nation. Brea Olinda scored the first four points of the game, but Mater Dei responded with 16 consecutive points. The game was closer at halftime 32–25. Mater Dei extended the margin to a 14-point lead in the third quarter, but Brea Olinda cut the lead to five with 1:24 left in the game. However, Mater Dei hit free throws, and held on to win, behind a team leading sixteen points from Mosqueda-Lewis.

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