Laurie Koehn

Laurie Koehn (born May 13, 1982)^[1] is a former professional basketball player, who is currently the associate coach for the Washington State Cougars women's basketball team.^[2]

Laurie Koehn

Washington State Cougars
Position	Assistant coach
League	Pac-12 Conference
Personal information
Born	(1982-05-13) May 13, 1982 (age 42) Newton, Kansas
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight	145 lb (66 kg)
Career information
High school	Moundridge (Moundridge, Kansas)
College	Kansas State (2001–2005)
WNBA draft	2005: undrafted
Playing career	2005–2012
Coaching career	2015–present
Career history
As player:
2005–2008	Washington Mystics
2012	Atlanta Dream
As coach:
2015–2018	Northern Colorado (asst.)
2018–present	Washington State (asst.)
Career highlights and awards
WNBA Three-Point Shootout champion (2007)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Representing  United States U18 and U19 2000 U18 Mar Del Plata Team Competition Pan American 2003 Santo Domingo Team Competition

Education

Born in Newton, Kansas, Koehn attended Moundridge High School in Moundridge, Kansas. Koehn graduated from Kansas State University in 2005. While at K-state, Koehn achieved the All-Big 12 Second Team (2005, 2004), CoSIDA Academic All-American (2004), Big 12 All-Academic First Team (2005), Kansas State, Big 12 and NCAA all-time leader in three-pointers made (392). She once hit 132 out of 135 three-pointers in a 5-minute period.^[3] Over the course of her college career, she hit 392 three-pointers, making her the NCAA Division I record-holder for made three-point attempts (tied with Heather Butler), a record she held until it was surpassed by Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis in 2015.^[4]

USA Basketball

Koehn was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. The event was held in July 2000, when the USA team defeated Cuba to win the championship. Koehn started all five games and averaged 12.4 points per game, third highest behind Alana Beard and Diana Taurasi.^[5]

Koehn was named to the team representing the US at the 2003 Pan American Games. The team lost the opening game to Cuba, then rebounded to win their next five games, including an overtime win against Brazil. They then faced Cuba for the gold medal, falling short 75–64 to take home the silver medal. Koehn averaged 8.9 points per game while hitting 17 of 30 three-point attempts, to lead her team in made three-pointers and percentage.^[6]

Career statistics

WNBA

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

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2005	Washington	30	0	7.6	46.8	46.7	80.0	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	3.8
2006	Washington	32	0	4.7	50.0	52.4	75.0	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	2.2
2007	Washington	28	0	3.9	36.1	36.4	100.0	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.4
2008	Washington	30	0	4.8	39.3	41.8	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.4
2009	Did not play (waived)
2010	Did not play
2011	Did not play
2012	Atlanta	23	0	4.9	34.1	33.3	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.8
Career	5 years, 2 teams	143	0	5.2	42.2	43.0	69.2	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	2.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2006	Washington	2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career	1 year, 1 team	2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Source^[7]

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	Kansas State	34	600	45.1	42.2	89.5	3.4	2.5	1.1	0.1	17.6
2002-03	Kansas State	24	317	42.2	41.1	82.5	3.4	1.8	0.8	0.1	13.2
2003-04	Kansas State	31	419	45.6	43.5	86.7	2.4	1.3	0.7	0.0	13.5
2004-05	Kansas State	32	397	40.8	39.5	90.0	2.8	1.5	1.1	0.1	12.4
Career	Kansas State	121	1733	43.6	41.6	87.7	3.0	1.8	0.9	0.1	14.3

WNBA career

Koehn was signed as a free-agent with the Washington Mystics in 2005. On April 30, 2009 Koehn signed a training camp contract with the Phoenix Mercury. On June 3, 2009 Koehn was waived along with 2 others. Extending her professional career, Laurie played during the 2010–11 season for the "Utex Row", a women's basketball team in Poland. Unfortunately, the team ended the season ranked twelfth out of the 13 member league. Koehn, however, performed well playing in all 14 games, averaging 17.9 points per game and tallying up an average of 36.4 minutes of play per game.

Club history

• Team(s): Atlanta Dream Phoenix Mercury Washington Mystics (WNBA), Panküp TED Kayseri Kolejliler (Turkey) (2008/2009), UTEX ROW Rybnik (Poland) (2010/2011), Matizol Lider Pruszków (Poland) (2011/2012)

Coaching career

In July 2015, Laurie Koehn was named as an assistant coach for the University of Northern Colorado women's basketball team.^[8] In April 2018, Laurie Koehn was named as an associate head coach for the Washington State University women's basketball team.^[9]

External links

• University of Northern Colorado Coaching Profile
• Washington State University Coaching Profile

References

1. "Mercury Signs Laurie Koehn". April 30, 2009. Retrieved 17 Feb 2014.
2. "Laurie Koehn: Associate Head Coach". WSUCougars.com. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
3. 132/135 3 points shouts YouTube video
4. Fuller, Jim (30 March 2015). "UConn's Mosqueda-Lewis sets NCAA 3-point record". New Haven Register. Journal Register CT. Retrieved 23 Apr 2015.
5. "Fourth Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team -- 2000". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
6. "Fourteenth Pan American Games -- 2003". USA Basketball. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
7. "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
8. "Women's Basketball Adds Two New Assistants". Retrieved 26 Jul 2015.
9. "Ethridge names Laurie Koehn as women's basketball associate head coach". Retrieved 19 Apr 2018.