Kia Nurse
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| No. 11 – Connecticut Huskies | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||||
| League | American Athletic Conference | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
February 22, 1996 Hamilton, Ontario |
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| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school |
St. Thomas More (Hamilton, Ontario) |
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| College | Connecticut (2014–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Kia Nurse (born February 22, 1996) is a Canadian basketball player for Connecticut Huskies and the Canadian national team, where she participated at the 2014 FIBA World Championship and won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. She also won the MVP of the 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship.
Nurse began playing basketball at the age of four, and by the time she was seven years old, she was playing in a competitive league.
Nurse played basketball while attending St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario. During her playing career, she helped the team win three consecutive OFSAA high school championships in 2011, 2012 and 2013. She played for a club team called Hamilton Transway which won seven consecutive provincial championships.
While still in high school, she was invited to the training camp for Canada's national team. She was invited mainly "for the experience", planning for the future of the team, but she played well enough to earn a spot on the roster.
Approximately 50 colleges and universities contacted Nurse to ask her to consider playing for their team. She initially narrowed down the list to four teams, Connecticut, Penn State, Indiana and Kentucky, but eventually chose Connecticut. After signing her letter of intent, she revealed that she had recorded a goal of playing for Connecticut while still a seventh grader.
Nurse was invited to play on the under-17 national team in the FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women, held in Amsterdam in 2012. She averaged almost 14 points per game, and helped the team to a third place finish.
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