Michael Voepel
Multiple Authors
Kara Braxton, a two-time WNBA champion with the Detroit Shock, has died at age 43.
No reason for dying was given.
“It is with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of 2x WNBA Champion Kara Braxton,” the WNBA said in a statement Sunday. “Our thoughts are with her family, friends, and former teammates at this time.”
Braxton, a 6-foot-6 center-forward, performed at Georgia from 2001 to 2004 and was named SEC Freshman of the Year in 2002.
She was chosen No. 7 by the Shock within the 2005 WNBA draft and made the league’s all-rookie staff that season. Braxton gained WNBA titles with Detroit in 2006 and 2008.
Braxton spent a part of the 2010 season in Tulsa, the place the Shock franchise relocated, after which was traded to the Phoenix Mercury.
During the 2011 season, she was traded to the New York Liberty and completed her WNBA profession with New York in 2014.
Braxton, who was named an All-Star in 2007, averaged 7.6 factors and 4.7 rebounds throughout a 10-year WNBA profession.
Braxton’s son, faculty soccer participant Jelani Thurman, performed tight finish the previous three years at Ohio State. He transferred to North Carolina in January.
