Katie Cronin

Katie Cronin (born September 9, 1977) is a former American professional basketball player and coach who played one season in the WNBA for the Chicago Sky. She played college basketball at Colorado State. She also spent 2 years coaching as an assistant for Setan Hall and Santa Clara.

Katie Cronin
Personal information
Born (1977-09-08) September 8, 1977
Denver, Colorado
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Career information
High schoolHorizon
(Thornton, Colorado)
College
WNBA draft1999: undrafted
Playing career1999–2007
PositionGuard/forward
Number33
Coaching career2001–2003
Career history
As player:
2004-2006Colorado Chill
2006Chicago Sky
As coach:
2001-2002Setan Hall (assistant)
2002-2003Santa Clara (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • 3x All-WAC Conference 1st Team
  • AP Honorable Mention All-American (1999)
  • 2x Honorable Mention Kodak All-American (1998, 1999)
  • Colorado Sportswoman of the Year (1999)

College career

Cronin attended Colorado State from 1995 to 1999. She verbally committed to play for the Rams on the same day that she was invited to visit and tour their campus. She stated " I can't explain why, but I just knew it was the right thing to do...It turned out to be the best and most important decision of my life."[1] Cronin teamed up to play with Becky Hammon and provide the Rams a winning combination for her entire four years.

During her time at CSU, Cronin and the Rams went 104-21 and won 2 WAC Division Championships, 1 WAC Championship, and went to the NCAA Tournament for 3 years. Cronin was named a first team All-WAC member three consecutive years. She was also named to two honorable mention Kodak All-American teams in 1998 and 1999, along with being named an honorable mention for the 1999 AP All-American team.[2] During her season season, Cronin averaged 14.8 points and 7.2 rebounds a game.

Cronin was inducted in the Colorado State Hall of Fame in 2010.[3]

Professional career

Following her career at Colorado State, Cronin went on to play overseas in Israel, Germany, and Portugal.[4] She retired from playing following her season in Portugal, stating "“I knew it was time... I got tired of living out of a suitcase, and I missed being home.”

Colorado Chill

Cronin also signed to play for the Colorado Chill of the National Women's Basketball League in 2003.[5][6] She reunited with former Colorado State players Becky Hammon and Angie Gorton-Nelp.[7] During her 3 seasons, Cronin and the Chill won 2 league championships.

WNBA

Cronin attended the training camps for the Seattle Storm (2002), New York Liberty (2004), San Antonio Silver Stars (2005, and the Connecticut Sun (2006), but was waived from all of them.[8][9][10][11]

Chicago Sky

During the 2006 season for the Chicago Sky, Cronin signed on July 5 to a 7-Day Contract. She later was signed to a rest of season contract with them.[12] She appeared in 11 games for the Sky and averaged 2.2 points for the season.

WNBA career statistics
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
2006 Chicago 11012.1.300.308.2861.10.20.50.21.02.2
Career 1 year, 1 team 11012.1.300.308.2861.10.20.50.21.02.2

Coaching career

While she was doing her professional playing career, Cronin became an assistant coach for the Setan Hall women's basketball team in 2000.[13] After one season with the Pirates, Cronin moved to Santa Clara where she also spent one season.[14]

References
  1. Hirn, John. "Where are you now, Katie Cronin". csurams.com. CSU Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  2. "Colorado State Athletics Hall of Fame". csurams.com. CSU Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  3. Comiskey, Kaitlyn. "Five to Join Colorado State University's Sports Hall of Fame Oct. 29". boxscorenews.com. Colorado State University. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  4. Moss, Irv. "Katie Cronin, former CSU women's basketball star". denverpost.com. Denver Post. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  5. Peif, Sherrie. "Icing on the roster: Chill sign two players". greeleytribune.com. Greeley Tribune. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  6. "Cronin nearly done with WNBL". Fort Collins Coloradoan. 27 Mar 2006. p. D3. Retrieved July 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Colorado Chill Announces Player Signing". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  8. "Mulitauaopele waived". seattlepi.com. Seattle Post Intelligencer. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  9. "New York Liberty 2004 Season". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  10. "Silver Stars Waive Bacon, Cronin and Hope". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  11. Riley, Lori. "BRUNGO, CRONIN ARE WAIVED". Courant.com. Hartford Courant. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  12. "2006 Chicago Sky Transactions". acrossthetimeline.com. Across The Timeline. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  13. "Katie Cronin Named Assistant Women's Basketball Coach". shupirates.com. Seton Hall Athletics. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  14. "KATIE CRONIN". santaclarabroncos.com. Santa Clara Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
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