Nationality American Name Katie Feenstra-Mattera Career start 2005 | Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg) Height 2.02 m Weight 109 kg | |
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WNBA draft 2005 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8th overall | ||
Listed height 6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m) Similar Margo Dydek, Zheng Haixia, Lindsay Taylor | ||
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Katharen Ruth "Katie" Mattera (born November 17, 1982 as Katharen Ruth Feenstra) is an American college basketball coach and retired player for the WNBA.
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- Katie feenstra mattera 2m03 ruth riley 1m96 et ivory latta 1m68
- College years
- Liberty statistics
- WNBA career
- Coaching career
- Trivia and personal life
- References
Mattera is one of the tallest players in WNBA history. At 6 feet 7.5 inches (2.02m) tall, she is the seventh-tallest person to have played professionally in the WNBA. Only Margo Dydek, Lindsay Taylor, Zheng Haixia, Maria Stepanova, Liz Cambage, and Brittney Griner at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), are taller than she.
College years
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Mattera went on to star on the women's basketball team while attending Liberty University, where she majored in physical education. She was a three-time Big South Conference Player of the Year, a Wade Trophy, John R. Wooden and Naismith Award nominee. She also became the Big South Conference's all-time shot-blocker on February 14, 2005. Feenstra was the tallest player in Liberty University and Big South Conference history. She finished her career at Liberty as one of only two players in NCAA history to lead the nation in field-goal percentage in back-to-back seasons (2004, 2005)
Liberty statistics
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WNBA career
Mattera was originally selected by the Connecticut Sun on April 16, 2005, during the 2005 WNBA draft, but was quickly traded to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for the Silver Stars' player Margo Dydek (the tallest player in the WNBA).
On September 14, 2005 she was named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team.
On February 22, 2007, she was traded to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ruth Riley.
On February 6, 2008 she was selected in the expansion draft by the Atlanta Dream.
Coaching career
On May 8, 2012, Mattera was named head women's basketball coach at Cornerstone University.