Katie Collier Bio - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
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04/19/2013
UW Promotes Mike Neighbors To Lead Women's Basketball
A whirlwind, four-day search to replace Kevin McGuff ends where it began - with the top assistant on McGuff's Staff. The 44-year-old Neighbors gets a five-year contract starting at $350,000 per season as a first-time head coach.
04/08/2013
UW Signee Kelsey Plum Named California Ms. Basketball
Kelsey Plum is named California Ms. Basketball to add to her growing list of honors.
03/26/2013
Kevin McGuff Agrees To Extension Through 2020
After two successful years as Washington's women's basketball head coach, Kevin McGuff was rewarded with a contract extension through 2020.
02/14/2013
Kelsey Plum Named McDonald's All-American
UW signee Kelsey Plum is named a McDonald's All-American, giving Washington two-straight classes with a player earning that honor.
11/08/2012
Kristi Kingma's Back! -- And As Needed As Ever
The Huskies' all-conference scoring guard will play her first game that counts in 20 months Friday night as UW opens against Saint Mary's. It's Kingma, Jazmine Davis -- then questions galore for the Dawgs.
AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Named the first McDonald's All-America selection in Washington women's basketball history. Was the only player from Washington - male or female - selected to play in 2012.
• Seattle Times State Player of the Year.
• All-time leading scorer at Seattle Christian High School.
• Rated the No. 22 overall recruit for 2012 according to ESPN HoopGurlz, and the fifth-best at her position.
• Played club basketball for Tree of Hope
AT WASHINGTON
2012-13 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted after suffering a knee injury in preseason.
SEATTLE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL
All-time leading scorer for the Warriors, passing former teammate and current Oregon sophomore Lexi Petersen ... averaged nearly 15 points per game for Seattle Christian, which finished the season with a 16-10 record ... led team to the Class 1A Regionals ... played for coach Dave Jansen.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Mark and Ann Collier ... diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia during a recruiting visit to Washington in 2011, but is now cancer-free ... played 18 games for the Warriors despite debilitating chemotherapy treatments ... volunteers for Ronald McDonald House charities, which supports seriously ill children and their families.
