The four-time All-Star, who already has degrees from Ohio State and Cincinnati, has been working on her Ph.D in educational leadership at Liberty University. On the court, she's been schooling her opponents. "We'll be in there literally 90 minutes till tip and Kelsey's literally on her laptop typing a paper," Caitlin Clark said during All-Star Weekend.
"And then she goes and drops 30… I've never seen anything like it. It's incredible." After averaging 20.2 points in 2025 while leading the Fever to a deciding Game 5 of the semifinals without Clark and earning her first All-WNBA First Team appearance, Mitchell has been even better this season: 24.8 points per game on hyper-efficient 51/45.5/85.4 shooting splits. A'ja Wilson's own historic season will likely keep Mitchell from winning the scoring title, but Mitchell has surpassed Wilson for the longest 20-point scoring streak in league history.
Her 23-game streak remains active. "I think it's about flow. I've been telling y'all about this flow state thing all season, but it really holds true for me," Mitchell said in Chicago after her 30-point outing against the Sky.
"I want to find my spots and be able to be effective. So sometimes it may look a little different, but always want to stay steady and stay ready." Thanks in large part to Mitchell, the Fever have already set a franchise record for wins in a season with 25, and remain in the hunt for a top-three seed. Ahead of Friday's matchup with the Connecticut Sun, the Fever's last game before the World Cup break, let's take a closer look at how Mitchell has put together one of the best scoring seasons of all time.
Mitchell's 24.8 points per game would be the fourth-highest single-season scoring average in league history. Only Wilson, who will likely win her fifth MVP this season, and Diana Taurasi, the league's all-time leading scorer, have ever averaged more points in a season. Mitchell would need to average more than 30 points over the Fever's remaining five games to move in front of Taurasi, which is unlikely, but joining the 25-points-per-game club is realistic.
To do so, Mitchell needs to average 26.6 points the rest of the way. WNBA seasons are much longer now than they were for the majority of the league's history, which means Mitchell already has the second-highest single-season points total in league history. Her 967 points are second only to Wilson's 1,021 in 2024.
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