Kelsey is from the Old English personal name *Cēol* (ship) + *sige* (victory). **A top-50 US baby name from 1992 to 2003, peaking at #40 in 1994**. **Kelsey Plum (born 1994)** — **American basketball player; the #1 overall WNBA Draft pick (2017); two-time WNBA champion (Las Vegas Aces 2022, 2023); 2022 WNBA Sixth Player of the Year and 2022 WNBA Commissioner's Cup MVP**. **At the University of Washington, became the all-time NCAA Division I scoring leader (men's and women's combined) with 3,527 career points in 2017 — a record that stood until Caitlin Clark broke it in 2024**. **Three-on-three Olympic gold (Tokyo 2020); two-time 3x3 World Champion**. **Kelsey Grammer** is male (Frasier). **Kelsey Asbille** — *Yellowstone*. **Kelsey Mitchell** — Indiana Fever player. **Kelsey Riggs** — Big Ten Network sportscaster.
Subject of countless WNBA retrospectives.
Kelsey reduces to eight — the number of NCAA scoring record.