Lindsay Whalen #13 Guard

Background

2011: Wrapped up her eighth WNBA season and second with the Lynx by starting all 34 games... Averaged 13.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg and a career-best (and league-leading) 5.9 apg while playing 28.1 mpg... Shot a career-high 51.1% from the floor -- good for 8th in the league and tops among guards -- but tied her career low in hitting 73.0% from the FT line; she also sank 40.5% (17-for-42) from long distance... Her 199 assists for the season broke her own franchise record of 184 set a year ago; she ranked 2nd in the WNBA in assist/TO ratio (2.65-to-1)... Netted the third 20-point/10 assist outing of her career (all with Lynx) on Sept. 8 vs. Chicago; it's the first time in WNBA history a player has tallied 20+ points, 10+ assists and zero turnovers in a game...Chosen Western Conference Player of the Month for August, the first such honor of her career... Scored her 3000th career point Aug. 9 at Phoenix, becoming the sixth player in league history with 3000 points, 1000 rebounds and 1000 assists... Scored a game- and season-high 24 points Aug. 7 at Los Angeles, one of six times she led the Lynx... Sank the game-winning jumper with 01:5 to play July 31 at San Antonio, capping a 23-point effort that saw her register highs in rebounds (seven) and steals (four)... Netted four points, five rebounds and six steals in the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game, held July 23 in San Antonio... Grabbed her 1000th rebound July 16 vs. Seattle... Led all scorers with 21 points June 30 at Tulsa, and had 13 points and 10 assists at Seattle, one of six point/assists double-doubles in a Lynx uniform. 2010: Completed her seventh season in the WNBA (first with the Lynx) by starting 33 games, missing the June 6 contest vs. Indiana due to illness... Averaged a career-high and franchise-record 5.6 apg (ranking 3rd in the league), breaking the previous mark of 4.4 apg shared by Teresa Edwards (2003) and Noelle Quinn (2007)... Also ranked 3rd in minutes played (a career-high 33.6 mpg), 5th in FT accuracy (89.9%), 6th in ast/TO ratio (2.42-to-1), 18th in steals (1.39 spg), 23rd in scoring (12.6 ppg) and 1st among point guards in rebounding (4.0 rpg)... Shot 41.0% from the floor, boosting that to 45.0% over the final 22 games after a 31.3% start through her first 11... Led the Lynx with 21 points and 12 assists Aug. 15 vs. San Antonio, her second career 20+ point/10+ assist effort (both this year) and fourth double-double of the season... Tallied season highs of 27 points and 12 assists Aug. 3 vs. Connecticut, one of six times she was Minnesota's top scorer... Named Western Conference Player of the Week for Aug. 2-8, the fifth such honor of her career... Grabbed a team- and season-high seven rebounds Aug. 7 at Chicago... Played for the WNBA Stars in the 2010 "Stars at the Sun" contest July 10 in Uncasville, Conn.... Tied her season high with four steals June 19 at Tulsa, and dealt a season-high 12 assists June 18 vs. Tulsa... Scored her 2500th career point July 24 vs. Phoenix, and registered the 1000th assist of her career June 10 at Phoenix... Saw her season-opening run of 41 consecutive made FTs ended June 4 at Tulsa; including last year, the streak reached 54 (the 2nd-longest in league history)... The May 19 game at Seattle was the 200th of her WNBA career... 2009: Started all 34 games for the Sun in 2009, averaging 11.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.4 steals in 29.4 minutes per game... Connected on .430 percent of her shots; .265 percent of her three-point attempts; and shot .891 percent from the line... With 2,290 points, 832 rebounds 964 career assists, Whalen is on pace, in 2010, to become just the third player in WNBA history with 2,500+ points, 1,000+ rebounds and 1,000+ assists... Her 4.6 assists per game was good for fifth-best in the league... Hauled in career-best 12 rebounds on June 7th, 2009 vs. New York... 2008: Narrowly edged for league MVP (276.79-242.08) by Los Angeles rookie Candace Parker in closest vote ever after most complete season of her career... Became just the second player in league history to average at least 10 points, five rebounds and five assists for a season, joining Nikki Teasley... Led the WNBA in assists average with 5.4 per game... Finished second on the team in scoring average (14.0 ppg.), establishing a new career high... Set new single-season career highs for made field goals (141), made threes (26) and made free throws (126)... Became the all-time franchise assist leader on July 1st, collecting her 738th assist to pass Shannon Johnson... Reached 800 career assists against Chicago (9/5)... Tied her career-high with 33 points at Washington (7/13)... Had 23 double-figure games, including 12 straight to open the season... Matched her career high with 10 rebounds against Atlanta (6/27)... Scored her 1,500th career point against New York (5/30)... 2007: Enjoyed most complete season as a professional... Led the league in total assists (169)... Finished tied for the league lead in assist average (5.0) with Becky Hammon despite playing six more games... Averaged a career-best 13.4 points per game... Set new single-season highs for steals (73), rebounds (162), defensive rebounds (129), offensive rebounds (33) and made field goals (156)... Scored a career-high 33 points against Detroit (7/24), the most points ever scored by a Sun player in regulation... Set a franchise mark for made field goals (13) in the same game... Collected her 500th career assist at Minnesota (6/13), and her 600th against New York (7/26)... Scored her 1000th career point in the season opener at Washington (5/19)... Registered the fourth double-double of her career with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Chicago (6/17)...Narrowly missed a rare triple double with 10 assists, nine points and eight rebounds against New York (6/20)... Finished third in the league in steals per game (2.15)...Finished third in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.25)... Narrowly missed becoming just the second player in WNBA history to average 10 points, five assists and five rebounds per game for a season... Ranked 10th or higher in the WNBA in 12 different statistical categories... 2006: Played limited minutes through the early part of the season after undergoing surgery to repair ligaments in her left ankle on January 10th... Assist average (4.6) was fourth best in the WNBA... Free throw percentage of 90.3 was a career high and the third best in the league... Made all 32 free throws attempted in a sixgame stretch (6/23-7/6)... Reached double figures in 15 games... Made first career start in the WNBA All-Star game... Had a career high 105 defensive rebounds... Played in 33 of 34 games... Sat out the last game of the season... 2005: Followed up a productive rookie season with improvement in almost every statistical category... Raised her scoring average by over three points per game from her rookie season... Led the team with career highs in assists (172), made free throws (125), and free throw attempts (156)... Was third in scoring average (12.1 ppg) and fourth in total rebounds (128)... Assist total was the second best single-season total in franchise history... Established new single-game career highs for points (28) in a game, points in a half (17) and made field goals (9) during a win over Charlotte (8/18)... Became the first Sun player since Nykesha Sales (July of 2004) to have consecutive 20-point games... Led the team in assists 25 times... Earned the first WNBA Player of the Week Award of her career on June 27th... Had a career-high nine rebounds against Detroit (6/18)... Underwent surgical procedure during the 2005 off-season (1/10/06) to tighten ligaments in her left ankle... 2004: Voted by fans onto the 2004 WNBA All-Star roster... Started 30 of 31 games she played in, missing three due to a strep throat... Ranked fifth in WNBA, first among rookies, in assist average (4.8)... Ranked sixth in WNBA in assist total (148)... Ranked sixth in WNBA in assists per 40 minutes (6.3)... Ranked 12th in the league in field goal percentage (.454), 16th in three-point field goal percentage (.351) and 19th in free throw attempts per 40 minutes (5.16)... Set a single-game franchise record with 13 assists at Detroit (6/27), and also had 10 points for first WNBA double-double... Recorded her second double-double with 16 points and 10 assists vs. Indiana (7/6)... Set franchise records for most assists in two consecutive games (23), three consecutive games (30) and four consecutive games (40).

Playoffs
2011: Captured her first career WNBA Championship with the Lynx, averaging 12.0 points, 3.8 assists and 3.6 rebounds per game in eight postseason contests… Scored 18 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out four assists as the Lynx swept the Mercury in the Western Conference Finals… Set a career single-game postseason high with four steals against San Antonio on 9/20 as the Lynx advanced to the Western Conference Finals. 2008: Averaged 13.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and four assists in three games against New York... Led the Sun with 19 points, and also had seven rebounds in Game 3 (9/22)... Made 13-of-15 free throws in the series... 2007: Averaged 13.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game... Recorded bookend double-doubles in the playoffs, collecting 13 points and 10 assists in Game 1 against Indiana (8/23) and 21 points and a team-high 10 rebounds in Game 3 at Indiana (8/27)... Was 9-of-10 from the free throw line during the series... 2006: Averaged 12.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg and 2.2 apg... Led the team in scoring during the Eastern Conference Semifinals against Washington, averaging 18.5 points... 2005: Scored 27 points in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against Detroit, tying her own franchise playoff record with 15 made free throws while setting a new mark for free throw attempts (17)... Averaged 16.5 points, 3.5 assists and 4.5 rebounds during sweeps of Detroit and Indiana... Suffered fracture in tibial plateau of her left leg during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals against Indiana... Sprained ankle in Game 1 of WNBA Finals... Averaged just four points and three assists per game in the WNBA Finals, sitting out Game 2 because of her injuries... 2004: Established a WNBA playoff record against Washington Mystics (9/27) with 11 made free throws in a half during the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

International
2011: Participated in the USA Basketball Women's National Team May Training Camp in Las Vegas... 2010: Captured the Gold Medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women... In nine games with Team USA, averaged 5.9 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game... 2009: Named to the U.S. Women's Fall Training Camp roster but could not participate due to injury... 2003: Member of the 2003 USA World Championship for Young Women team that won the gold in Croatia... 2002: Won gold medal as member of the 2002 USA World Championship for Young Women Qualifying team.

Overseas
2010-11: Spent her fourth consecutive winter in Prague playing for USK Praha... Averaged 11.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 33 Domestic League games... Played in 13 EuroLeague games, averaging 13.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game... 2009-10: Spent third-straight winter in Prague, returning to play for USK Praha... Averaged 11.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in 25 Czech League games... Also led USK to EuroLeague playoffs, tallying 15.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 12 apperacnes... 2008-09: Returned to Prague for the 2008-09 off-season... Was a EuroLeague All-Star... 2007-08: Played for USK Blex Praha in Prague, Czech Republic during the 2007-08 off-season... Named to the EuroLeague All-Star team... 2006-07: Spent the 2006-07 off-season playing for UMMC in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

College
Galvanized the state of Minnesota behind the women's program, which rose to national prominence during her storied career... Average attendance at women's basketball games grew from 1,087 during her freshman season to 9,866 her senior year... Became Minnesota's all-time leading scorer on January 25, 2004 against Michigan State, surpassing 1994 Wade Trophy Winner Carol Ann Shudlick... Finished career with 2,285 points, fifth-best in Big Ten history... Holds Minnesota career records in points, scoring average, games in double figures, free throws made and free throw percentage... Also among top-10 leaders in field goals made, field goal attempts, field goal percentage, three-pointers made, three-pointers attempted, three-point field goal percentage, free throws attempted, assists and steals... Shares Minnesota's single-game record for free throw percentage (14-14 vs. Creighton on 12/4/03)... Only four-time team MVP in school history... Was a two-time Wade Trophy Finalist (2004, 2003)... Two-time Naismith Award Finalist (2004,2003)... As a senior, was a Kodak All-American First Team, USBWA All-American Second Team... As a senior, was a Kodak All-American First Team, USBWA All-american Second Team and an AP All-American Second Team... First Golden Gopher to earn All-American honors in three different seasons... Led Minnesota to its first-ever Final Four appearance in 2004... Led Minnesota to the NCAA tournament three straight years... Program had been to the tournament just once before her arrival... Named NCAA Mideast Region MVP for the 2004 NCAA tournament... Was unanimous selection for All-Big Ten First Team in 2004, 2003 and 2002... Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2004,2003,2002)... Won the 2004 and 2002 Fast Break Club Award... As a junior, was a Kodak All-American First Team, USBWA All-American First Team and an AP All-American Second Team.