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  • Candice Wiggins
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  • Guard - Minnesota Lynx
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2008 Statistics

PPG
15.7
RPG
3.20
APG
3.0
EFF
+ 14.13
Born: Feb 14, 1987
Height: 5-11 /  1,80
Weight: 154  lbs. / 69,9  kg.
College: Stanford
Years Pro: R








Background

College: Named State Farm Wade Trophy winner (National Player of the Year0 on April 5, 2008... named 2007-08 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award winner... named a Kodak/WBCA All-American (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008), just the seventh player in Division 1 history to earn the honor four times... First-team Associated Press All-American (2008)... Second-team Associated Press All-American (2005, 2006, 2007)... Pac-10 Player of the Year (2005,2007,2008), first Pac-10 freshman to earn Player of the Year honor (2005)... Wade Trophy Finalist (2006,2007,2008), John Wooden Award Finalist (2007,2008) and Naismith Award finalist (2008)... Pac-10 Tournament Most-Outstanding Player (2005,2007,2008)... Stanford's all-time leader in points per game (19.2 ppg), total points (2,692), career 3-pointers made (295), career free-throws made (556, and career steals (281)... Pac-10's all-time leader in total points and career 3-pointers made. Passed Los Angeles Sparks star Lisa Leslie (2,414 career points, USC) as the Pac-10's all-time leading scorer on March 2, 2008...2007-08: Led the Cardinal to heir first appearance in the NCAA Championship game since 1992... set new Stanford single-season records in points (787), and free throws made (184)... became the first player to record two 40-point efforts in a single NCAA Tournament... scored double-figures 37 times, 20 or more points 18 times, and 30 or more points five times... 2006-07: Started 28 of the 29 games she appeared in, averaging 30.6 mpg... team leader in scoring (16.9 ppg and 3-pointers (82) while ranking second in assists (96)... scored in double figures 25 times... led team in scoring 11 times...2005-06: Became the 26th player in school history to score 1,000 points during the season... did so in the second-fasted pace (54 games)... led Stanford and ranked fifth in the nation with 21.8 points per game... averaged 26.0 ppg in the NCAA Tournament... scored double-figures in all 34 games... 2004-05: Named USBWA Co-Freshman of the Year... led team with 17.5 points per game... led the club with 85 steals... averaged 19.3 points per game during NCAA Tournament.

International: Named 2007 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year... Named to the 2007-08 USA Basketball Women's National Team... As a member of USA Basketball, has won five gold medals (2007 FUIBA U21 World Championship, 2007 Pan-American Games, 2005 FIBA U19 World Championship, 2005 International Sports Invitational, 2004 FIBA Americas U18 Championship).


Personal

Daughter of Angela Wiggins and the late Alan Wiggins... father played seven seasons with the San Diego Padres and Baltimore Orioles (MLB)... brother, Alan Jr., was a four-year letter winner with the University of San Francisco men's basketball team... will graduate from Stanford in June 12008 with a degree in Communications... California's Ms. Basketball in 2004... First-Team All-America selection by Parade Magazine and Student Sports... McDonald's All-American (2004)... Guided La Jolla County Day to two state titles (2001,2002),,, CIF IV Player of the Year in each of her four season.

Career Transactions

Drafted third overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2008 WNBA draft.

created:10/6/2008 6:25:44 AM
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