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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1982)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Kelly Mazzante
| image =
| width = 
| caption = 
| number = 13, 33
| team = 
| position = [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lbs = 155
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|02|2}}
| birth_place = [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Montoursville Area High School|Montoursville]]<br/>([[Montoursville, Pennsylvania]])
| college = [[Penn State Lady Lions basketball|Penn State]] (2000–2004)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2004
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 18
| draft_team = [[Charlotte Sting]]
| career_start = 2004
| career_end = 2011
| years1 = 2004–2006
| team1 = [[Charlotte Sting]]
| years2 = 2007–2009
| team2 = [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| years3 = 2011
| team3 = [[Atlanta Dream]]
| highlights = 
* 2× [[List of WNBA champions|WNBA champion]] ([[2007 WNBA Finals|2007]], [[2009 WNBA Finals|2009]])
* [[List of Women's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year|Women's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year]] (2004)
* 3x All-American – [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|Kodak]], [[United States Basketball Writers Association|USBWA]] (2002–2004)
* 2x First-team All-American – [[Associated Press|AP]] (2003, 2004)
* Second-team All-American – AP (2002)
* [[Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year]] (2004)
* 2x [[Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year|Big Ten Player of the Year]] (2003, 2004)
* 2x [[Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball]] (2003, 2004)
* 4x First-team All-[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] (2001–2004)
* [[Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year|Big Ten Freshman of the Year]] (2001)
* Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2001)
* [[List of NCAA Division I women's basketball season scoring leaders|NCAA season scoring leader]] (2002)
| wnba_profile = kelly_mazzante
| stat1label      = [[Points per game|Points]]
| stat1value      = 933 (4.7 ppg)
| stat2label      = [[Rebounds per game|Rebounds]]
| stat2value      = 327 (1.6 rpg)
| stat3label      = [[Assists per game|Assists]]
| stat3value      = 173 (0.9 apg)
}}
'''Kelly Anne Mazzante''' (born February 2, 1982) is an American retired professional [[women's basketball]] player who last played for the [[Atlanta Dream]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]. After her collegiate career, she was the all-time leading scorer in [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] basketball history (male or female).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.psuplaybook.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=8452&highlight= |title=PSU Playbook Archive<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727190716/http://archive.psuplaybook.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=8452&highlight= |archive-date=2011-07-27 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> The record stood until she was surpassed on the scoring list by [[Rachel Banham]] in 2016. The record was subsequently surpassed by [[Kelsey Mitchell (basketball)|Kelsey Mitchell]] in 2018 and [[Caitlin Clark]] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Caitlin Clark College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/caitlin-clark-1.html |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and college career==
Mazzante attended Montoursville High School in [[Montoursville, Pennsylvania]], which is also the alma mater of [[Mike Mussina]], a pitcher for the [[New York Yankees]].  She scored over 3,000 points in high school and finished as the third-leading scorer in Pennsylvania girls' basketball history.

At an early age, Mazzante attended [[Penn State University|Penn State]]'s Lady Lion Basketball Camp.  She went on to attend college at [[Penn State University|Penn State]], where she was a star member of the women's basketball team, mainly playing in the [[shooting guard]] position.  Mazzante scored an outstanding 49 points and sank 9 three-point shots against Minnesota during her sophomore season.  During her senior season, Kelly led her team to the Elite Eight, where they fell to the eventual champions, [[University of Connecticut|Connecticut]].  She earned Kodak All-American honors three times (2002, 2003, and 2004).  She was the all-time leading scorer in the [[Big Ten Conference]] with 2,919 points in four seasons from 2001 to 2004. Through 133 NCAA appearances, she averaged 21.9 points per game. She also holds Big Ten records for Field Goals (1,051), Field Goals Attempted (2,403), 3 Point Field Goals (357), and 3 Point Field Goals Attempted (1,019).  She was a recipient of the [[NCAA Top Eight Award]] as part of the [[List of Recipients of Today's Top VIII Award|Class of 2005]].  Mazzante's [[Penn State]] No. 13 jersey was retired on December 29, 2004.  She completed her undergraduate degree in [[advertising]]/public relations in the off-season while assisting the women's basketball team.

Mazzante was also a member of the 2002 USA World Championship for Young Women Qualifying Team that won the gold medal.

==Career statistics==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
===WNBA===
====Regular season====
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[2004 WNBA season|2004]]
| align="left" | [[2004 Charlotte Sting season|Charlotte]]
|'''34'''||0||10.0||33.7||25.0||66.7||1.0||0.3||0.2||0.1||0.6||2.3	
|-
| align="left" | [[2005 WNBA season|2005]]
| align="left" | [[2005 Charlotte Sting season|Charlotte]]
|27||2||8.4||29.2||30.4||80.0||1.1||0.3||0.3||0.0||0.3||2.4	
|-
| align="left" | [[2006 WNBA season|2006]]
| align="left" | [[2006 Charlotte Sting season|Charlotte]]
|'''34'''||0||'''21.2'''||37.9||'''38.3'''||84.8||'''2.9'''||'''1.9'''||'''1.4'''||'''0.2'''||1.4||'''8.9'''
|-
| align="left" | [[2007 WNBA season|2007]]
| align="left" | [[2007 Phoenix Mercury season|Phoenix]]
|'''34'''||'''3'''||14.4||'''38.8'''||34.2||'''100.0'''||1.6||1.1||0.8||0.1||0.6||5.4
|-
| align="left" | [[2008 WNBA season|2008]]
| align="left" | [[2008 Phoenix Mercury season|Phoenix]]
|'''34'''||2||18.9||33.2||33.1||83.3||1.9||1.1||0.7||0.1||0.5||5.8	
|-
| align="left" | [[2009 WNBA season|2009]]
| align="left" | [[2009 Phoenix Mercury season|Phoenix]]
|31||2||14.0||36.4||35.2||'''100.0'''||1.3||0.5||0.3||0.1||0.3||3.4	
|-
| align="left" | [[2010 WNBA season|2010]]
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="13" |''Did not play (injury-ACL)''
|-
| align="left" | [[2011 WNBA season|2011]]
| align="left" | [[2011 Atlanta Dream season|Atlanta]]
|6||0||5.7||8.3||8.3||0.0||0.3||0.0||0.2||0.0||'''0.2'''||0.5	
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 7 years, 3 teams
|200||9||14.4||35.4||33.6||86.3||1.6||0.9||0.6||0.1||0.6||4.7	
{{S-end}}

====Playoffs====
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[2007 WNBA Playoffs|2007]]
| align="left" | [[2007 Phoenix Mercury season|Phoenix]]
|'''9'''||0||'''14.6'''||'''42.2'''||'''42.9'''||100.0||'''2.0'''||'''0.7'''||'''0.4'''||0.0||'''0.1'''||'''6.4'''
|-
| align="left" | [[2009 WNBA Playoffs|2009]]
| align="left" | [[2009 Phoenix Mercury season|Phoenix]]
|4||0||3.5||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.5||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.3||0.0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 7 years, 3 teams
|13||0||11.2||40.4||41.9||100.0||1.5||0.5||0.3||0.0||0.2||4.5
{{S-end}}

===College===
Source<ref name="NCAA Player stats"/>

{| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 92%; white-space: nowrap;"
|+ '''Legend'''
|-
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;GP
| Games played
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;&nbsp;GS&nbsp;
| Games started
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;MPG&nbsp;
| Minutes per game
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | &nbsp;FG%&nbsp;
| [[Field goal (basketball)|Field goal]] percentage
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;3P%&nbsp;
| [[Three-point field goal|3-point field goal]] percentage
|-
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;FT%&nbsp;
| [[Free throw]] percentage
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | &nbsp;RPG&nbsp;
| [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]] per game
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;APG&nbsp;
| [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]] per game
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;SPG&nbsp;
| [[Steal (basketball)|Steals]] per game
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | &nbsp;BPG&nbsp;
| [[Block (basketball)|Blocks]] per game
|-
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;TO&nbsp;
| [[Turnover (basketball)|Turnovers]] per game
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;PPG&nbsp;
| Points per game
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;'''Bold'''&nbsp;
| Career high
| style="background-color: #cfecec; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;*&nbsp;
| Led Division I
|}
{|class="wikitable"
  !Year
  !Team
  !GP
  !Points
  !FG%
  !3P%
  !FT%
  !RPG
  !APG
  !SPG
  !BPG
  !PPG
 
 |-
  |2000–01
  |[[Penn State Lady Lions basketball|Penn State]]
  |29
  |529
  |'''46.8'''
  |'''36.9'''
  |76.3
  |4.2
  |1.6
  |2.5
  |0.5
  |18.2
 
 |-
  |2001–02
  |Penn State
  |'''35'''
  |'''872'''
  |43.7
  |36.7
  |81.4
  |3.9
  |1.7
  |1.9
  |0.4
  |bgcolor=#cfecec|*'''24.9'''
 
 |-
  |2002–03
  |Penn State
  |'''35'''
  |837
  |43.3
  |34.5
  |'''84.2'''
  |'''4.6'''
  |'''2.2'''
  |'''2.5'''
  |0.5
  |23.9
 
 |-
  |2003–04
  |Penn State
  |34
  |681
  |40.1
  |32.7
  |82.4
  |4.1
  |1.6
  |1.8
  |'''0.7'''
  |20.0
 
 |-
  |Career
  |Penn State
  |133
  |2919
  |43.3
  |35.0
  |81.9
  |4.2
  |1.8
  |2.2
  |0.5
  |21.9
 |}

== Professional career ==
Mazzante was selected in the second round of the [[2004 WNBA draft]] by the [[Charlotte Sting]], where she spent three seasons as a reserve guard.  She scored a WNBA-career-high 18 points in an August 18, 2006, game against the [[Phoenix Mercury]].  After the Charlotte Sting folded in January 2007, Mazzante was selected in the [[2007 WNBA dispersal draft]] by the Phoenix Mercury.<ref>{{cite web |title=2007 Charlotte Sting Dispersal Draft Analysis |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/dispersalanalysis.html |website=WNBA |date= |access-date=May 25, 2025}}</ref>  She contributed to the Mercury's victory in the 2007 and 2009 [[WNBA Finals]], primarily as a three-point shooting specialist.  During her Phoenix Mercury days, Mazzante wrote a blog for PhoenixMercury.com called "Maz's Musings."

In March 2010, Mazzante was traded to the [[New York Liberty]] as part of a three-team, multi-player deal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.slamonline.com/online/other-ballers/womens/2010/03/blockbuster-trade-changes-the-wnba-landscape/ |title=Blockbuster Trade Changes the WNBA Landscape |access-date=2010-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403203524/http://www.slamonline.com/online/other-ballers/womens/2010/03/blockbuster-trade-changes-the-wnba-landscape/ |archive-date=2010-04-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, she was released from the team a few weeks later, since she was in the middle of rehab for her ACL.

In the 2006–2007 WNBA offseason, Mazzante played in [[Slovakia]] for the [[Košice]] professional basketball team.  In the 2007–2008 WNBA offseason, she played in Russia for Spartak. During the winters of 2008–09 and 2009–10, she played in [[Hungary]] for MiZo Pécs (PVSK). In 2011, she signed with the [[San Antonio Silver Stars]] and later the [[Atlanta Dream]] of the WNBA. On January 21, 2014, Mazzante announced her retirement.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/01/psus_all-time_leading_scorer_k.html|title=PSU's all-time leading scorer, Kelly Mazzante, to announce retirement|work=PennLive.com|access-date=2017-09-12|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal==
Mazzante has hosted her basketball camp for girls and boys in Phillipsburg during the fall of 2007.

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="NCAA Player stats">{{cite web|title=Women's Basketball Player stats|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|website=NCAA|access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
* [http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=RUS&PlayerID=79152&Women=1 EuroBasket profile]

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