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Kate Paye (born March 6, 1974 in Stanford, California
Stanford, California

Stanford is a census-designated place in Santa Clara County, California, California, United States. The population was 13,315 at the United States Census, 2000...
, United States
United States

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) is a former collegiate and professional basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 player. She is currently an assistant coach for the women's basketball team at Stanford University
Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
.

was born at the medical center of Stanford University
Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
's hospital, and was raised in Woodside, California
Woodside, California

Woodside is a small List of cities in California in San Mateo County, California, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula. It uses a council-manager government....
 in a family of Stanford student-athletes. Both of her parents, her sister and brother all went to the school.






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Kate Paye (born March 6, 1974 in Stanford, California
Stanford, California

Stanford is a census-designated place in Santa Clara County, California, California, United States. The population was 13,315 at the United States Census, 2000...
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
) is a former collegiate and professional basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 player. She is currently an assistant coach for the women's basketball team at Stanford University
Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
.

Early life and college career

Paye was born at the medical center of Stanford University
Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
's hospital, and was raised in Woodside, California
Woodside, California

Woodside is a small List of cities in California in San Mateo County, California, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula. It uses a council-manager government....
 in a family of Stanford student-athletes. Both of her parents, her sister and brother all went to the school. Her father was a running back
Running back

A running back is the position of a player on an American football or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the History of American football positions#Offensive Backfield....
 for Stanford's football team while her brother John
John Paye

John Paye is a former NFL quarterback and high school basketball Coach .A graduate of Menlo School in Atherton, California, Paye Letterman in baseball, basketball, and High school football....
 was a quarterback
Quarterback

Quarterback is a position in American football and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the center , in the middle of the Lineman ....
 for the team in the mid-1980s, and later was her basketball coach at Menlo School
Menlo School

Menlo School, known widely as Menlo, is an independent private college preparatory school in Atherton, California, California, United States. It includes grades 6-12....
. At Menlo, Kate led the team to three consecutive California Interscholastic Federation
California Interscholastic Federation

The California Interscholastic Federation is the governing body for secondary education sports in the state of California. It mirrors similar governing bodies in other states; however, it differs from others in that it covers most high schools in the state of California, both public and private....
 Division V state basketball championships from 1989 to 1991.

After high school, she was recruited by (and turned down) Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
, Princeton University
Princeton University

Princeton University is a private university university located in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and has the largest per-student Financial endowment in the world....
 and Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private university, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, New Hampshire. Incorporated as "Trustees of Dartmouth College,"...
. Stanford never recruited her, so Paye attended its women's basketball team training camp as a walk-on and tried out. She was accepted and won a spot as a point guard
Point guard

Point guard , also called the one or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. Point guards are often the smallest players on the court ....
 on the team.

In her freshman
Freshman

A freshman is a first-year student in an educational institution. The term first year can also be used as a noun, to describe the students themselves ....
 year in 1992, she played on Stanford's NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship
NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Women's Division I Championship is an annual basketball tournament for women. Held each April, the Women's Championship was inaugurated in the 1981 in sports-1982 in sports season....
 team and earned a scholarship for the following year.

She graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin language Artium Baccalaureus, is an Undergraduate education bachelor's degree awarded for either a course or a program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
 degree in political science
Political science

Political science is a social science concerned with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior....
.

ABL and WNBA

In 1996, Paye began her professional basketball career, playing for the Seattle Reign
Seattle Reign

The Seattle Reign was the first women's professional basketball franchise in Seattle, Washington . The Reign was a charter member of the American Basketball League ....
 in the American Basketball League (ABL) for three seasons until the league folded.

She later joined the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association has 13 teams and is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States....
 (WNBA) in 2000, and played for the Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and play their home games at the Target Center....
 for two seasons. After she was waived by Lynx in May 2002, she signed a free agent
Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired, and the player is able to sign a contract with another team if that player is chosen....
 contract with the Seattle Storm
Seattle Storm

The Seattle Storm is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently led by Australian basketball star Lauren Jackson and University of Connecticut star Sue Bird....
 and played for them in the 2002 season.

During her WNBA career, she spent the offseason pursuing a JD/MBA degree. And in the Spring of 2003, she graduated from Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School

Stanford Law School is a graduate school at Stanford University located near Palo Alto, California, United States, in Silicon Valley. The Law School was established in 1893 when former POTUS Benjamin Harrison joined the faculty as the first professor of law....
 with a Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a first professional degree graduate degree and professional doctorate in law degree. The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century as a degree similar to the old European doctor of law degree and the legal studies counterpart to the M.D....
 and the Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford Graduate School of Business

The Stanford Graduate School of Business is one of the professional schools of Stanford University, in Stanford, California, California. It is one of the leading business schools in the world....
 with a Masters in Business Administration.

Coaching career

She started her coaching career in 1995, after graduating from Stanford, to briefly serve as an assistant coach at San Diego State University
San Diego State University

San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system....
. But she left the following year to embark upon her playing career in the ABL.

After her playing career ended, Paye returned to coaching when she was hired as an assistant women's basketball coach and recruiting coordinator at Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University

Pepperdine University is a private university of higher learning affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The university's location overlooks the Pacific Ocean and is adjacent to the city limits of Malibu, California in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, California, United States....
 for the 2004-2005 season.

In May 2005, Paye returned as an assistant coach for the San Diego State University Aztecs
SDSU Aztecs

The San Diego State Aztecs are the collegiate athletics and sports teams for San Diego State University.San Diego State has organized facilities for baseball, basketball, college football, golf, gymnastics, association football, tennis, Athletics , softball, rowing , water polo, swimming, diving, and women's volleyball....
. Her duties included coaching the point guard
Point guard

Point guard , also called the one or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. Point guards are often the smallest players on the court ....
s and perimeter
Perimeter

A perimeter is a path that bounds an area. The word comes from the Greek peri and meter . The term may be used either for the path or its length....
 players, as well as scouting opposing teams and being involved with the Aztecs' recruitment efforts.

In June 2007, Paye returned to Stanford as an assistant coach.

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