Katie Lou Samuelson is an American professional basketball player who started her professional playing career in 2019. She was drafted by the Chicago Sky as the fourth overall pick in the first round of the 2019 WNBA Draft. Samuelson was the Commissioner’s Cup Champion in 2021. As of January 2025, she plays small forward for the Indiana Fever and also played for the Dallas Wings, the Seattle Storm, and the Los Angeles Sparks before joining the Fever.

Samuelson graduated from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, where she won the 2015 state regional championship with 24.9 points and 8.5 rebounds per game and led her team to the Trinity League title. During her high school career, she was named the National Player of the Year by Gatorade, USA Today, McDonald’s, WBCA, and Naismith, and the Naismith High School and WBCA High School All-America first teams. Samuelson received many accolades, including the AAC Player of the Year in 2017 and 2018, the AAC tournament MOP in 2017, and many other honours. As mentioned on her Instagram post, which was posted on December 20, 2024, Samuelson was signed by the Phantom BC as a wild card for the inaugural 2025 season of the Unrivaled, a 3×3 basketball league founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.

Here are some information about Katie Lou Samuelson’s parents:

Katie Lou Samuelson’s mother

Jon and Karen Samuelson are Katie Lou Samuelson’s parents.

Katie Lou Samuelson’s mother is Karen Samuelson. According to her USA basketball profile, her mother was a netball and basketball player and was named to the All-England Netball Team.

Katie Lou Samuelson’s father

Jon Samuelson is the father of Katie Lou Samuelson. According to her college profile, her father played basketball collegiately at Cal State Fullerton and professionally in Europe. According to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, during his senior season at Cal State Fullerton, Jon Samuelson was the CIF-Southern Section Division 2A Co-Player of the Year with Artesia of Lakewood’s Tom Tolbert. He finished his collegiate career at Chapman University, formerly known as Chapman College. Jon Samuelson coached three of his daughters at the Samuelson home in Huntington Beach.

Katie Lou Samuelson’s Siblings

Jon and Karen have three daughters named Bonnie, Karlie, and Katie. Katie Lou Samuelson is the youngest among them.

Bonnie Samuelson

Katie Lou Samuelson’s eldest sister is Bonnie Samuelson. According to Katie Lou Samuelson’s college profile, Bonnie Samuelson played basketball at Stanford. She was an All-Orange County player and a McDonald’s All-American at Edison High in Huntington Beach, California, and graduated in 2011. She attended Stanford University and played for the Stanford Cardinal women’s basketball team. She participated in two national camps, the Under-16 National Team camp preparing for the first-ever FIBA U16 Americas Championship in 2009 and the Under-17 National Team camp ahead of the FIBA Under-17 World Championship in 2010.

Karlie Samuelson

Karlie Samuelson is an American professional basketball player and the second eldest sister of Katie Lou Samuelson. She plays shooting guard for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA and the Çukurova Basketbol Kulübü, a Turkish professional women’s basketball club. Karlie Samuelson remained undrafted in the 2017 WNBA Draft and played for the Pallacanestro Vigarano in Italy’s Serie A1 for the 2017-18 season. She later joined the Los Angeles Sparks in 2018. Samuelson started her professional playing career in 2017 and played for various teams in the WNBA and international clubs as well, including the BC Castors Braine, the Dallas Wings, the CB Avenida, the Seattle Storm, the Phoenix Mercury, and many others.

As of January 2025, she won the EuroCup Championship and the Finals MVP in 2024, the Spanish National League Championship in 2021 and 2022, the Queen’s Cup winner in 2020 and 2022, the Belgian National League Championship in 2019., and the WBBL Trophy Champion in 2024. Karlie Samuelson also attended Standford University and played for the Stanford Cardinal women’s basketball team from 2013 to 2017 like her elder sister, Bonnie Samuelson. Samuelson received many accolades, including the All-America Honorable Mention by the WBCA and the Associated Press, the Lexington Regional All-Tournament Team, and the All-Pac-12 (Coaches and Players) in the 2016-17 season, according to Karlie Samuelson’s college profile.

Karlie Samuelson’s official Instagram handle is @karliesamuelson as of January 2025.

Katie Lou Samuelson’s husband

Katie Lou Samuelson’s husband is Devin Cannady. He is an American professional basketball player, and as of January 2025, he plays point guard for the Panionios B.C. in the Greek Basket League. Cannady also played in the NBA and the NBA G League for the Long Island Nets, the Lakeland Magic, the Orlando Magic, the South Bay Lakers, and the Birmingham Squadron as of January 2025. He won the NBA G League Championship and the Finals MVP in 2021.

Cannady enrolled at Princeton University and joined the Princeton Tigers men’s basketball team, which competes in the Ivy League in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. He was named the Second-Team All-Ivy League in 2018. Cannady and Samuelson got engaged on February 4, 2022, and the couple got married on April 22, 2023.

Katie Lou Samuelson’s Kids

Katie Lou Samuelson and Devin Cannady have a daughter named Aliya, whom they welcomed on August 4, 2023. Katie Lou Samuelson and Devin Cannady announced their pregnancy on their Instagram handles on February 11, 2023.