Indiana Fever in the first round (14th overall) of the WNBA draft on April 20, 2001. USA Basketball Schumacher was named to the team representing the USA in 2000 at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team started strong with a 32 point win over the host team, the Republic of China National Team. They then beat South Korea easily and faced Japan in the third game. Japan started out strongly, and had an 18 point lead in the first half. The USA then out scored Japan 23–3 to take a small lead at the half. The USA built a ten point lead, but Japan cut it back to three with under a minute to go. Kelly Schumacher grabbed an offensive rebound and scored to bring the lead back to five points and the team held on for the win. Schumacher had 24 points to help the USA team beat Japan 83–80. The final game was against Malaysia, but it wasn't close, with the USA winning 79–24, to secure a 4–0 record for the competition and the gold medal. Schumacher tied Camille Cooper for the team rebounding lead with 7.3 rebounds per game. Professional career After playing professional volleyball, Schumacher is returning to basketball, signing with the Spanish professional team Rivas Ecópolis University of Connecticut Statistics Notes External links New York Liberty press release on obtaining Schumacher Kelly in Perfumerias Avenida de Salamanca Shock signs Schumacher 1977 births Living people American women's basketball players Basketball coaches from Ohio Basketball players from Cincinnati Centers (basketball) Detroit Shock players Indiana Fever draft picks Indiana Fever players Las Vegas Aces coaches New York Liberty coaches New York Liberty players Phoenix Mercury players UConn Huskies women's basketball players American women's volleyball players Volleyball players from Ohio