Personal information | |
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Born | October 23, 1989 | (age 34)
Nationality | American |
Career information | |
High school | Centennial High School |
College | George Washington |
Kye Allums (born October 23, 1989) is a former college basketball player for the George Washington University women's team who in 2010 came out as a trans man, becoming the first openly transgender NCAA Division I college athlete. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Allums is a transgender advocate, public speaker, artist, and mentor to LGBT youth.
Allums graduated from Centennial High School in Circle Pines, Minnesota, United States. He played three seasons as a guard on the women's basketball team at George Washington University, the George Washington Colonials. [6] Allums's teammates called him "Kay-Kay". [7] Allums began telling people to call him "Kye". [8] He came out as a trans man in 2010. [9] He told sports website Outsports, "my biological sex is female, which makes me a transgender male." [10]
In May 2011, GWU announced that Allums had decided to leave the GWU basketball team. [11] He graduated from George Washington University in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts. [12]
In 2014, in an interview with ESPN, Allums said that he had attempted suicide. [13]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year [14] | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2008-09 | Kye Allums | 11 | 35 | 28.6 | 18.8 | 38.1 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3.2 |
2009-10 | Kye Allums | 26 | 193 | 37.8 | 37.1 | 75.0 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 7.4 |
2010-11 | Kye Allums | 8 | 54 | 47.4 | 30.0 | 63.2 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 6.8 |
Career | Kye Allums | 45 | 282 | 37.7 | 32.7 | 62.5 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 6.3 |
Allums began traveling around the country to talk about life as a transgender person. [15] He visits high schools, colleges and universities to discuss the transgender community and how it is possible to be transgender and play on a team. [16] He gives advice on confronting bullies when being trans. [17]
He starred in Laverne Cox's documentary The T Word. [18] The film follows young transgender individuals and explains what they go through. [19]
Allums produced a project called "I Am Enough", which encourages other LGBTQ individuals to come out and talk about their experiences. [20] The project allows individuals to submit their stories, thereby showing people who share the same issues that they are not alone. [21]
In 2015, he was inducted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame. [22]
Allums published a book called Who Am I?, which features poems and letters he wrote about his parents and himself. [23]
Personal information | |
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Born | October 23, 1989 | (age 34)
Nationality | American |
Career information | |
High school | Centennial High School |
College | George Washington |
Kye Allums (born October 23, 1989) is a former college basketball player for the George Washington University women's team who in 2010 came out as a trans man, becoming the first openly transgender NCAA Division I college athlete. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Allums is a transgender advocate, public speaker, artist, and mentor to LGBT youth.
Allums graduated from Centennial High School in Circle Pines, Minnesota, United States. He played three seasons as a guard on the women's basketball team at George Washington University, the George Washington Colonials. [6] Allums's teammates called him "Kay-Kay". [7] Allums began telling people to call him "Kye". [8] He came out as a trans man in 2010. [9] He told sports website Outsports, "my biological sex is female, which makes me a transgender male." [10]
In May 2011, GWU announced that Allums had decided to leave the GWU basketball team. [11] He graduated from George Washington University in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts. [12]
In 2014, in an interview with ESPN, Allums said that he had attempted suicide. [13]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year [14] | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008-09 | Kye Allums | 11 | 35 | 28.6 | 18.8 | 38.1 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3.2 |
2009-10 | Kye Allums | 26 | 193 | 37.8 | 37.1 | 75.0 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 7.4 |
2010-11 | Kye Allums | 8 | 54 | 47.4 | 30.0 | 63.2 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 6.8 |
Career | Kye Allums | 45 | 282 | 37.7 | 32.7 | 62.5 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 6.3 |
Allums began traveling around the country to talk about life as a transgender person. [15] He visits high schools, colleges and universities to discuss the transgender community and how it is possible to be transgender and play on a team. [16] He gives advice on confronting bullies when being trans. [17]
He starred in Laverne Cox's documentary The T Word. [18] The film follows young transgender individuals and explains what they go through. [19]
Allums produced a project called "I Am Enough", which encourages other LGBTQ individuals to come out and talk about their experiences. [20] The project allows individuals to submit their stories, thereby showing people who share the same issues that they are not alone. [21]
In 2015, he was inducted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame. [22]
Allums published a book called Who Am I?, which features poems and letters he wrote about his parents and himself. [23]