Kaitlyn Chen

Ellie Mitchell, Kaitlyn Chen and Chet Nweke

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Women's basketball celbrates 2024 Ivy Tournament title

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Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Flintridge Prep
Hometown:
San Marino, Calif.

Awards:
WBCA Honorable Mention All-America (2024)
Ivy League Player of the Year (2023)
First-Team All-Ivy (2023, 2024)
Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2022, 2023, 2024)
Ivy League All-Tournament Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List (2024)
Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Watch List (2023)
NCAA.com Starting Five (Dec. 20, 2023)
USBWA National Player of the Week (Feb. 20, 2024)
Ivy League Player of the Week (Feb. 28, 2022, Feb. 6, 2023, Mar. 6, 2023, Dec. 19, 2023, Feb. 5, 2024)
CSC Academic All-District (2024)
Academic All-Ivy (2024)
Intersport Women's College All-Star Game Watch List (2024)
Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Player of the Week (Dec. 19, 2023, Feb. 5, 2024)
Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Feb. 21, Feb. 28, Mar. 7, 2022)
Fort Myers Elevance Health Women's Fort Myers Tip-Off All-Island Division Team (Nov. 25, 2023)

2023-24: Posted 17 points and six dimes vs. Columbia in the Ivy Tournament Championship (Mar. 16) ... Scored 18 points in the Ivy Tournament Semifinal vs. Penn (Mar. 15) ... Fourth career Double-Double with 19 points, 11 assists along with seven rebounds vs. Penn (Mar. 9) ... Corralled 13 points, seven assists and six rebounds vs. Harvard (Mar. 1) ... Efficient 7-of-9 shooting for 18 points along with six dimes at Yale (Feb. 17) ... Third career Double-Double with 17 points and 10 rebounds at Brown (Feb. 16) ... Picked up 20 points at Penn (Feb. 10) ... Contributed 17 points, six rebounds and four helpers vs. Yale (Feb. 3) ... Posted 27 points and five dimes vs. Yale (Feb. 2) ... Second career Double-Double with 12 points and 10 assists vs. Cornell (Jan. 27) ... Dished out seven assists and stole five passes at Cornell (Jan. 6) ... Scored 17 points including her 1,000th career point at Vermont (Dec. 29) ... Snagged 19 points vs. Rutgers (Dec. 13) ... Impressive outing with 31 points at Villanova (Dec. 11) ... Dished out 10 assists vs. Quinnipiac (Dec. 6) ... Scored 21 points vs. Seton Hall (Nov. 29) ... Collected 20 points vs. No. 20 Oklahoma (Nov. 23) .. Game-high 24 points at No. 3 UCLA (Nov. 17).

2022-23: Played in every game, making 29 starts ... Improved in scoring, rebounding, assists, shooting percentage and assists ... Her 426 field goal attempts were fourth most all-time while her 192 field goals was fifth most in a single season and her 487 points were sixth ... Just missed a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds vs. Temple (Nov. 7) ... Team-high 16 points at Seton Hall (Nov. 14) ... Added 19 points on 8-of-9 shooting vs. Fordham (Nov. 16) ... Scored 15 points and put up five rebounds and five assists at Maine (Dec. 2) ... Contributed 18 points and seven helpers at No. 6 UConn (Dec. 8) ... Gave out seven assists at Rutgers (Dec. 15) ...Team-high 21 points vs. Rhode Island (Dec. 28) ... Scored 20 points vs. Columbia (Jan. 6) ... Scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds at Dartmouth (Jan. 21) ... Dropped in 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists at Columbia (Feb. 4) ... Went 7-of-10 from the floor, adding 16 points vs.Dartmouth (Feb. 11) ) ... Outstanding weekend at Brown (Feb. 17) and Yale (Feb. 18), contributing a combined 45 points on 21-30 shooting (70.0 percent) ... Scored 18 points vs. Harvard (Feb. 24) ... Incredible 27-point performance on 9-of-15 shooting in a win at Penn (Mar. 3) ... Led the team in scoring vs. Penn (Mar. 10) with 24 points and vs. Harvard (Mar. 11) with 21 points in the Ivy League Tournament .. Scored 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds vs. NC State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Mar. 17) ... Team-best 19 points vs. Utah in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (Mar. 19).

2021-22: Did not miss any games, making 21 starts ... Averaged 10.5 points, 3.2 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game ... Put up 12 points at Delaware (Nov. 12) ... Contributed seven points, four rebounds and three assists vs. Maine (Nov. 28) ... Scored 12 points and had five assists vs. Buffalo (Dec. 14) ... Dropped in 15 points vs. Harvard (Jan. 2) ... Registered 14 points, seven assists and five rebounds vs. Towson (Jan. 12) ... Put up 12 points at Brown (Jan. 15) ... Had 10 points, five rebounds and four assists vs. Dartmouth (Jan. 22) ... Snagged 14 points vs. Yale (Feb. 19) ... Remarkable outing at Columbia, scoring 27 points on 11-of-20 shooting (Feb. 23) ... Contributed double figures vs. Penn (Mar. 4) and at Harvard (Mar. 6) ... Scored 18 points vs. Harvard in the Ivy League Tournament Semifinal (Mar. 11) ... Outstanding performance with 30 points on 9-of-13 shooting with three rebounds and three assists vs. Columbia in the Ivy League Tournament Championship (Mar. 12) ... Put up 17 points vs. No. 6 seeded Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Mar. 19).

Before Princeton:
Flintridge Prep: Three-year captain that holds the school record for career points (2,009), rebounds (922) and assists (421) … Broke the single-game record for points (38) … McDonald's All-American nominee … Named league MVP, All-CIF first team, All-Area girls' basketball Player of the Year three times and Team MVP … First-team All-League all four years … LA Girls' Basketball Player of the Year … Team was Division II CIF-SS runner up in 2018 … Lettered in volleyball three years … Honor Roll and Dean's List … AP Scholar.

Personal: Daughter of Sandy Shien and Yeh-Ching Chen … Has a sister, Rebecca.

CAREER HIGHS:
Points - 31, at Villanova (12/11/23)
FG - 12, 3x - MR - vs. Yale (2/2/24)
FG Attempted - 29, at Villanova (12/11/23)
3FG Made - 3, 2x - MR - at No. 3 UCLA (11/17/23)
3FG Attempted - 6, 2x - MR - at No. 3 UCLA (11/17/23)
FT Made - 12, vs. Seton Hall (11/29/23)
FT Attempted - 15, vs. Seton Hall (11/29/23)
Rebounds - 10, at Brown (2/16/24)
Assists - 11, vs. Penn (3/9/24)
Blocks - 2, 2x - MR - at San Diego (11/19/23)
Steals - 5, at Cornell (1/6/24)