Kia Nurse: Bio, Net Worth, Height, Age, Stats, Salary, Contracts, Career, and More

Kia Nurse has accomplished much in whatever time she has spent in the WNBA after entering while not hailing from the traditional US roots. She was not on the top of her draft class yet she is only the third Canadian so far to have made it to the league. The Los Angeles Sparks guard has even made a place in the hearts of basketball fanatics as she has also been to the All-Star game in just six years of exposure to the league.

How did she climb her way up the world of basketball from Canada? Also, even if she did it, which performances put her up on the minds of the fans in the time that she has spent in the league? Let’s move ahead with it.

Kia Nurse: A Short Bio

Kia Nurse was born on February 22, 1986, to Richard and Kathy Nurse in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She has been playing with the Canadian national team for a while as a guard. However, along with her national commitments, she is also a Las Angeles Sparks guard, a team she joined just a year ago. Before that, she has played for three different WNBA teams. She has been a consistent player as her playing time and number of games that she is playing are increasing year by year on different rosters.

Kia Nurse: Biography

Kia Nurse Personal Information

Kia Nurse does not have a long history of playing years in the league. However, to go through her playing history, let’s go through the basic features and early life of the Sparks guard.

Personal Information	Details
Name	Kia Augustine Nurse
Age	28
Date of Birth	February 22, 1996
Nationality	Canadian
Mother’s Name	Kathy Nurse
Father’s Name	Richard Nurse
Profession	Professional Basketball Player
Net Worth	–
Height	6 feet 0 inches (183 cm)
Weight	181 lbs (79 kg)
Education	University of Connecticut (UConn)
Relationship Status	Private
Team	Seattle Storm (WNBA)
Draft Info	10th overall pick, 2018 WNBA Draft
Experience	6 years

Kia Nurse Personal Life

Early Life

The athletic ambiance that got the best of Kia Nurse at an early age came from her father, Richard Nurse, and mother, Kathy Nurse. Apparently, both of her parents have an athletic background. Her father played in the Canadian Football League, while her mother, Kathy, was a basketball player at McMaster University. It seems Kia took inspiration from her mother’s inclination and developed a knack for basketball. Thereafter, she joined St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School for early education.

Basketball was an integral part of her high school as she took to gold at the AAAA OFSAA Championship in 2012 and 2013. Looking at Nurse’s early career from an analytical perspective, she was a talented baller from the start. Some of the prominent achievements that she got during her high school career are:

• She was selected as St. Thomas More Athlete of the Year during her freshman and sophomore years.
• Won two National Championships for Team Ontario
• Won two Player of the Year honors for Basketball Ontario
• Averaged 10.0 PPG to help Team Canada finish second in the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship and earn a spot in the World Championship in 2014
• Starred on Team Canada’s FIBA Americas U16 Championships in 2011 and the U17 World Championships in 2012
• Nurse averaged 10.0 points per game as Team Canada finished second in the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, helping Team Canada clinch a spot in the World Championship in 2014
• She also won five straight Provincial Championships with her Transway team and two National Championships with Team Ontario

College Career:

Before moving into the details of the college career achievements that Kia Nurse got at the UConn Huskies, here is the statistical growth that Kia Nurse showed during her college years.

Year	GP	Points	Rebounds	Assists	FG%	3P%
2014-15	38	9.3	1.9	2.7	44.3	37.00
2015-16	33	12.7	2.1	3.9	48.1	46.20
2016-17	37	12.9	3.4	2.6	51.2	44.00
Career	108	11.6	2.5	3.1	48.0	42.7

Freshman Year:

• Played in all 39 games for the Huskies and earned a place in the starting lineup in all but three contests
• Her 399 points marked the 10th-highest total by a UConn freshman
• She was one of five Huskies to dish out over 100 assists, and her 108 helpers represented the ninth-highest total of any Husky freshman
• Tallied out a career-best nine assists against only one turnover while scoring 11 points on 5-7 shooting in the regular-season finale victory at USF on March 2

Sophomore Year:

• The only team member to start every game for UConn, Nurse was fifth on the team at 9.3 points per game and was one of four Huskies to accumulate at least 100 assists
• Scored in double-figures 15 times, including a season-high and career-high tying 20 points against East Carolina on February 6. She was 8-11 from the field, including 4-7 from long-range, to go along with four assists against the Pirates
• Best performances generally came against ranked teams, as Nurse averaged 12.3 points and shot 56.4 percent from beyond the 3-point arc against ranked opponents

Junior Year:

• She led the league in free throw percentage at 85.5 percent and was fourth in the conference with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.6-to-1.
• Nurse concluded the NCAA Tournament with 22 made three-point field goals, which established a new record for a single NCAA Tournament
• Scored in double-figures 20 times and posted a career-high 33 points in only 27 minutes of playtime in the win over No. 15/14 DePaul on December 1

Personal Assets

From what is collected from her Instagram profile, it might be safe to assume that Kia Nurse has a fair house in her home city with all the basic and advanced amenities. She often posts her apparel stories on Instagram, flaunting her style. However, the details of her residence are still not publicly available. Her car collection and other assets that she has are unknown to the public’s knowledge.

Family Background

It is already mentioned above that Kia’s parents hail from an athletic background. However, it is not just her parents; she is the niece of the former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb. Her brother, Darnell Nurse, is an Edmonton Oilers defenseman in the NHL, while her cousin, Sarah Nurse, is an Olympic Ice Hockey player. Despite the diversity of sports that Kia Nurse’s family is pursuing in their circle of life, athleticism runs in the blood of the Nurse family. It might be one of the forces that pushed Kia Nurse to be the best breed in the field that she chose to go with.

Kia Nurse Wife

There is no information available on whether Kia Nurse has a wife or not outside of her basketball world.

Kia Nurse Partner

Kia Nurse has kept her life private when it comes to matters related to her dating life, husband, or boyfriend. Rather, she seems to be focused on the game that she is playing for now, and we will update the section as soon as any update regarding her dating profile pops up.

Kia Nurse Instagram and Social Media Presence

Being a 28-year-old, Kia Nurse is quite active on modern social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and X(formerly known as Twitter). She has got 105K followers on Instagram, 33.7K followers on X, and 5.7K followers on Facebook. Here are the links to her social media profiles if you want to take a look at her social life:

• Instagram: @kianurse
• Twitter: @kaynurse11
• Facebook: Kia Nurse

Other Social Presence

Kia Nurse is an active being when it comes to the WNBA off-season. The news events and webinars are the normal attendings, but apart from that,t Kia Nurse is also a Raptors/NCAA basketball analyst on TSN. She reports on the collegiate games and analyses the developing prospects at the college level.

Kia Nurse Net Worth

The net worth of Kia Nurse is expected to be $1 million. However, it is just a rough estimate as per the salary installments of Kia Nurse. This is a breakdown of her stats related to her net worth.

Details	Information
Net Worth	$1 million(projected)
Position	Guard
Source of Wealth	WNBA Salary, Endorsements
Salary	$142,500
Endorsements	Jordan, Gatorade, Kia Nurse Elite EYBL Team, Canadian Tire
Endorsement Earnings	–

Kia Nurse Salary

As per official salary data from Spotrac, Kia Nurse earns $142,500 as a guard for the Los Angeles Sparks. Overall, she has accumulated $573,259 in her career so far, earning from just the WNBA franchises. The amount does not include the endorsement earnings from the league.

Kia Nurse Endorsements

Kia Nurse has collaborated with various brands like Nike, Gatorade, and Jordan and has even established a Nike EYBL affiliate team in Canada to support the young girl basketball players in Canada. Here is what the deal included with various brands for Kia:

Gatorade:

• Nurse and Gatorade partnered to promote gender equality in sports and support women’s basketball.
• The partnership includes support for the Kia Nurse Elite program and the Kia Nurse Basketball Academy.

Tangerine Bank:

• Nurse partnered with Tangerine Bank for a new champions roster.

Canadian Tire:

• Canadian Tire partnered with Nurse and Aaliyah Edwards to support Team Canada.

Jordan:

Kia is a part of Jordan Brand and plays as a part of the team of Jordan Brand.

Kia Nurse Elite:

• Nurse and her father, Richard, created KNE, Canada’s first Nike Girls EYBL affiliate team.
• The program started with two teams in 2019 and has grown to 13 teams from U12 to U17.
• Nurse created KNE to help other Canadian girls pursue basketball.

Kia Nurse Endorsement Earnings

There is no public disclosure about the endorsement earnings of Kia Nurse from all the brands that she has collaborated with. But the nature and amount of earnings are expected to be in millions, considering the number of brands that Kia has as her resources.

Kia Nurse Career Stats

Kia Nurse is not an excellent player who hoards the number on the court. Rather, she loved to play the part and accumulated the flow of the game amid chaos. She is consistently managing the offensive and defensive responsibilities as a guard, as per the ESPN data:

Year	Team	GP	FG%	RPG	APG	PPG
2018	New York Liberty	34	40.2%	2.4	1.6	9.1
2019	New York Liberty	34	39.3%	2.5	2.3	13.7
2020	New York Liberty	21	27.3%	2.9	2.3	12.2
2021	Phoenix Mercury	32	35.9%	3.5	1.8	9.5
2023	Seattle Storm	40	34.3%	2.3	1.3	5.9
2024	Los Angeles Sparks	40	38.8%	1.6	1.3	7.6

Kia Nurse Retirement

Kia Nurse has only half a decade in the league, yet she is honing her skills as a guard. Usually, it’s not before 35 that the WNBA players retire from the league, and the Sparks guard is still 28 years old. So, there is no chance that Kia Nurse will retire anytime soon.

Kia Nurse Achievements

According to the WNBA records, Kia Nurse has earned the following accolades in her WNBA and international career:

• WNBA All-Star (2019)
• Two-time NCAA Champion (2015, 2016)
• Pan American Games Gold Medalist (2015)
• Commonwealth Games Silver Medalist (2018)
• FIBA Women’s World Cup Participant (2014, 2018)
• Kia Nurse represented Canada internationally for the first time at the 2011 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship in Mérida, Mexico. She was third in tournament scoring with 14.6 points per game, as Canada finished in third place and qualified for the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women in Amsterdam.

Kia Nurse Contract

Last year, Kia Nurse signed a contract worth $285,000 with the Los Angeles Sparks. The duration of her contract is two years, which makes her average annual salary about $142,500. Before that, Nurse earned the same amount with Seattle Storm, but for just a year.

Conclusion

It has really been an inspiring journey from a basketball lover in Canada to a WNBA star globally. She is an idol to be looked up to in sponsorship and also balanced statistics that she has held. Yet her dedication to her game is unwavering, paving the way for the athletes who may get a chance in the league. Her journey is a very big message on what exactly resolute and dedicated focus do-whether in the case of personal fortunes or in personal life.

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