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2008 Statistics
Born:
Jul 22, 1986
Height:
5-8 / 1,73
Weight:
lbs. / kg.
College: Wisconsin
Years Pro:
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COLLEGE: Prolific scorer finished as the all-time leader – male or female – in University of Wisconsin basketball history with 2,312 career points…Ranks fourth among Big Ten career scoring leaders…Led the Conference in scoring as a junior and senior, averaging 19.9 points per game her final season at UW…Was the program’s first Big Ten Player of the Year…Was twice named first team All-Big Ten…Twice a WBCA/State Farm District All American…Recipient of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Player Award presented to the nation’s best player 5-foot-8 and under…Led the Badgers in average rebounds (7.7), assists (3.67) and steals (1.7)…Led the team in scoring and rebounding all four years…Named team MVP three straight seasons…Helped UW reach the WNIT in her final two seasons…Was the fastest UW basketball player to reach 1,000 career points and the fastest female to reach 1,500 points…Only the second player in program history to finish with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 250 assists and 150 steals…Led the team in scoring and rebounding three straight years…Is just the third player in UW history to be selected in a WNBA Draft…Scored a career-high 42 points against Iowa (1/13/08)…Finished with 26 career double-doubles…Scored in double figures in 118 of 123 games…Started every game at UW.
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Born Jolene Nancy Anderson…Daughter of Julie and Jim…State of Wisconsin’s all-time high school scoring leader with 2,881 career points…Averaged 37 points, 15 rebounds, seven steals and six assists as a senior at South Shore, shooting 66.9 percent…Scored more points than the opposing team nine times in her senior year…Owns single-game state record for points (58)…Led South Shore (93 students) on a run to the 2004 WIAA State Division 4 championship game…Had 20 points and nine rebounds in 57-44 loss to The Prairie School…Scored a single-game tournament record 46 points on 18-of-33 shooting with 28 rebounds in an 86-79 Division 4 semifinal win over Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah…Appeared in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces In The Crowd” (3/22/04)…Started playing basketball at age 4…Mother was a high school basketball standout who went on to play at UW-Stout…Honed her game by shooting at a hoop set up in the family barn…Sang the National Anthem before high school games…UW promoted Anderson for All-American honors by recording a parody version of Dolly Parton’s 1974 song, “Jolene”…Played AAU for Wisconsin Viking Club, which reached the Sweet 16 at the national tournament in Arlington, Tex., in the summer of 2002…Also competed in track and volleyball.
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Selected by the Sun in the second round (23rd overall) of the 2008 WNBA Draft.
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