Kennedy Burke

Kennedy Valentine Burke (born February 14, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted by the Dallas Wings in the 2019 WNBA draft, and has played for the Indiana Fever, Seattle Storm, and the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.

Burke completed her college career with the UCLA Bruins of the University of California, Los Angeles in 2019.

Early life
Burke is from Northridge, Los Angeles. Her father played professional basketball in the Mexican league and competed for the Panamanian national team. Burke attended Sierra Canyon School in nearby Chatsworth. She has an older sister, Kody Burke, who played college basketball at NC State.

Overseas
Burke began her international career in Turkey, playing for Bellona Kayseri Basketbol in the Super League where she averaged 18 points and eight rebounds a game; Kayersi also played in the truncated 2020–21 EuroCup Women competition.

During the 2020–2021 season, Burke played for the Lega Basket Femminile team Dinamo Sassari in Italy. The following year she played for Spar Girona in the Spanish league; they competed in the 2021–22 EuroLeague Women season.

In 2022, Burke joined ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq in France's Ligue Féminine de Basketball. She has become a breakout star in the league and was named its Most Valuable Player two years in a row (2023, 2024). The team played in the EuroCup and the 2023 EuroLeague Qualifying Round; for the 2023–2024 season, the team was promoted to the EuroLeague and were the runner-ups of the season. Burke was named All-EuroLeague Second Team and MVP of the Month in December, among other honors

Regular season

 * align="left" | 2019
 * align="left" | Indiana
 * 31 || 7 || 13.6 || .385 || .350 || .705 || 1.5 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 4.4
 * align="left" | 2020
 * align="left" | Indiana
 * 22 || 11 || 18.3 || .449 || .313 || .714 || 1.8 || 1.1 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 1.2 || 7.2
 * align="left" | 2021
 * align="left" | Seattle
 * 23 || 0 || 7.7 || .446 || .333 || .625 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.5 || 2.9
 * align="left" | 2022
 * align="left" | Washington
 * 16 || 4 || 13.9 || .446 || .344 || .588 || 2.2 || 0.4 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 5.4
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 4 years, 3 teams
 * 92 || 22 || 13.3 || .428 || .333 || .681 || 1.5 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 4.9
 * 16 || 4 || 13.9 || .446 || .344 || .588 || 2.2 || 0.4 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 5.4
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 4 years, 3 teams
 * 92 || 22 || 13.3 || .428 || .333 || .681 || 1.5 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 4.9
 * 92 || 22 || 13.3 || .428 || .333 || .681 || 1.5 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 4.9

Postseason

 * align="left" | 2021
 * align="left" | Seattle
 * 1 || 0 || 5.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 3.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 1 year, 1 team
 * 1 || 0 || 5.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 3.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0
 * align="left" | 1 year, 1 team
 * 1 || 0 || 5.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 3.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0

College
Source

Overseas
Ligue Féminine de Basketball


 * 2x Most Valuable Player (2023, 2024)

EuroLeague Women
 * 2x Major 5 Trophy (2023, 2024)
 * All-EuroLeague Second Team (2024)
 * MVP of the Month (2023)
 * 2x Team of the Month (2023–2024)
 * 4x MVP of the Round (2023–2024)