Background
Kayte Lauren Christensen was born in Lakeview, Oregon to Randy and Cathy Christensen.
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She attended Modoc High School in Alturas, California and graduated in 1998. Christensen attended college at the University of California, Santa Barbara where she competed on the women"s basketball team with future Women's National Basketball Association players Erin Buescher, Lindsay Taylor, and Kristen Mann.
Career
She was named the Shasta Cascade League Most Valuable Player in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons. Source
Christensen was selected by the Phoenix Mercury in the third round (40th overall) of the 2002 Women's National Basketball Association Draft. She spent four seasons with the Mercury before she signed with the Houston Comets on March 24, 2006.
She was waived on May 19, 2006 when she failed to make Houston"s regular-season roster.
She was signed to a short-term injury hardship contract by Houston on May 23, 2006 before rejoining the Mercury on June 15, 2006. After the 2006 season ended, Christensen became a free agent until she signed a contract with the Chicago Sky on March 8, 2007.
She was released from the Chicago Sky on May 20, 2008 after missing games due to a recurring back injury. Christensen has played professional basketball overseas in South of Korea, Turkey, and Greece during the Women's National Basketball Association offseasons.
Christensen has twice been the recipient of the Women's National Basketball Association Offseason Community Assist Award, first in 2003 and second in 2004.
Christensen served as the Arizona State Sun Devils women"s basketball radio color analyst, beginning in 2003, for the Sun Devil Sports Network on National Broadcasting Company 1190 Department of Administration and Management. Kayte served as a courtside reporter for the National Basketball Association"s Sacramento Kings during Comcast SportsNet broadcasts at Sleep Train Arena. In May 2010, she was replaced by Jim Gray. She has returned to her courtside role for the Kings" 2013-2014 season.
She also has worked as a women"s basketball color analyst for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and ESPNU, a social media correspondent for the Phoenix Suns, and a social media engagement producer for The Arizona Republic.
On September 22, 2014 Christensen was arrested by the California Highway Patrol for driving under the influence (Driving under the influence).
