Kate Gaze

Kate Gaze is an Australian professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Townsville Fire in the WNBL.

Career

College

From 2009–2014, Gaze played for the Saint Mary's Gaels located in Moraga, California. Participating in the NCAA's Division I and primarily in the West Coast Conference.

St. Mary's statistics

Source

Year	Team
2009-10	St. Mary's	31	32.0%	33.8%	90.0%	1.61	1.61	0.10	0.45	4.39
2010-11	St. Mary's	32	37.2%	42.4%	86.5%	2.84	1.94	0.13	0.56	11.00
2011-12	St. Mary's	8	36.2%	37.8%	77.8%	2.00	3.25	0.25	0.88	7.88
2012-13	St. Mary's	31	36.9%	31.5%	72.3%	2.42	2.90	-	0.68	11.03
2013-14	St. Mary's	33	34.0%	32.6%	87.4%	3.39	4.85	0.15	0.82	12.42
Career		135	35.5%	35.4%	83.2%	2.55	2.87	0.10	0.64	9.65

Year	Team
2009-10	St. Mary's	31	41	128	27	80	27	30	50	50	3	14	136
2010-11	St. Mary's	32	103	277	56	132	90	104	91	62	4	18	352
2011-12	St. Mary's	8	21	58	14	37	7	9	16	26	2	7	63
2012-13	St. Mary's	31	115	312	39	124	73	101	75	90	0	21	342
2013-14	St. Mary's	33	120	353	45	138	125	143	112	160	5	27	410
Career		135	400	1128	181	511	322	387	344	388	14	87	1303

WNBL

After a successful college career in the United States, Gaze returned home to Australia and reignited her professional career with the Townsville Fire. She has since won two WNBL Championships, led by Suzy Batkovic and Cayla George. She has been re-signed for the 2017–18 season with the Capitals. From January through March 2018 she played professionally overseas for the BVUK. Sharks Wuerzburg in Germany's 2. division.

Personal life

Gaze, comes from an athletic background. Her father Mark represented Australia in basketball at the 1982 FIBA World Championship and played 182 National Basketball League games from 1983–1991. Her mother Michelle O'Connor was a WNBL champion with the Coburg Cougars, and her grandfather Tony Gaze was a former Australian Opals coach. She is also related to Australian basketball legends Andrew Gaze and his father Lindsay Gaze.