Katasha Artis

American basketball player and coach

Katasha Artis
Personal information
Born	(1973-07-08) July 8, 1973 (age 51) New York, New York, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High school	South Shore (Brooklyn, New York)
College	Virginia (1990–1992) Northeastern (1992–1995)
Position	Forward
Career highlights and awards
2x NAC Player of the Year (1994, 1995) 2x First-team All-NAC (1994, 1995) AEC Freshman of the Year (1993) AEC All-Freshman Team (1993)

Katasha R. Artis (born July 9, 1973) is an American basketball player who played in the WNBA. She is a member of the Northeastern University athletics Hall of Fame. Artis was inducted in 2001 for her accomplishments in the sport of basketball. Artis is currently the head coach at Kingsborough Community College.

College career

Artis began her collegiate career at the University of Virginia after being an All-American as a high school star in Brooklyn. During her first season at Virginia, Artis suffered a knee injury and transferred to Northeastern.

After sitting out the required on year due to NCAA transfer rules, Artis began to play for the Huskies as a sophomore. She averaged 14.4 points and 9.3 rebounds a game during her first season.

Her junior year saw Artis take her game to the next level. Artis lead Northeastern to the Eastern U.S. playoffs and was voted American East Player of the Year and was voted to the All-East and District I All-American teams. She averaged 20.6 points per hame.

During her senior season Artis averaged 21.2 points per game, leading the Huskies to a 19-10 season. Artis was voted American East Player of the Year for the second straight season, along with All-East and District I All-American.

Professional career

Artis played the 1997 season with the WNBA Charlotte Sting. She also played professionally in Turkey for a number of years.

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

WNBA

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1997	Charlotte	20	0	5.7	25.0	0.0	53.3	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.8
Career	1 year, 1 team	20	0	5.7	25.0	0.0	53.3	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.8

College


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1992–93	Northeastern	28	-	-	40.4	0.0	68.0	9.3	1.1	2.7	2.5	-	14.4
1993–94	Northeastern	27	-	-	44.8	0.0	64.1	10.2	1.3	3.5	3.1	-	20.6
1994–95	Northeastern	28	-	-	42.5	33.3	55.5	8.9	1.4	3.3	2.4	-	21.2°
Career		83	-	-	42.7	30.0	61.7	9.5	1.3	3.1	2.7	-	18.7
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.^[1]

Coaching

Before the 2007-08 season, Artis was named the head women's basketball coach at Kingsborough Community College. ^[2]

References

^ "Katasha Artis College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
^ "KCC Athletics 2007-2008 season". Archived from the original on 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2009-01-07.