Cincinnati native Kelsey Mitchell is set to make her fourth consecutive appearance in the WNBA All-Star Game this weekend.
Local Roots
Mitchell, a former Princeton High School standout who starred at Ohio State in college, is one of three players for the Indiana Fever set to play in the All-Star Game on Saturday night in Chicago.
Mitchell joins her teammates Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston in the game, with both of those players set to participate in the game for Team Spoon. Mitchell will play on Team Coop, captained by Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers.
Mitchell, 30, is having the best scoring season of her career in 2026, averaging 23.3 points per game for the Fever. Since being drafted by Indiana in 2018, she’s averaged 17.9 points and 2.9 assists per contest.
Career Highlights
Mitchell is a four-time All-Star and was named to the 2025 All-WNBA team a season ago. She also earned a spot on the All-Rookie team in 2018.
Before her WNBA career, Mitchell was a three-time Big Ten Player of the Year at Ohio State, a first-team AP All-American in 2016 and the recipient of the Dawn Staley Award, given annually to the nation’s best guard, in 2018 with the Buckeyes.
Mitchell led Princeton to a Division I state championship during her senior season and was a McDonald’s All-American before beginning her college career at Ohio State in 2014.
Original reporting: WLWT Cincinnati — read the source article.
