Kia Nurse (born February 22, 1996) is a Canadian basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted 10th overall by the New York Liberty in the 2018 WNBA Draft. Nurse played shooting guard for the UConn women's basketball team, and won back to back national championships in 2015 and 2016. She is also a member of the Canadian national team, for which she participated at the 2014 FIBA World Championship and won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. She also won the MVP of the 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship, and was part of the Canberra Capitals side that won the 2019 Women's National Basketball League championship.
Nurse began playing basketball at the age of four, and by the time she was seven years old, she was playing in a competitive league.
Nurse played basketball while attending St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario. During her playing career, she helped the team win three consecutive OFSAA high school championships in 2011, 2012 and 2013. She played for a club team called Hamilton Transway which won seven consecutive provincial championships.