Lindsay Whalen

Position: Guard
Height: 5'9" / 175 cms
Weight: 169 lbs. / 77 kgs.
WNBA Team: Minnesota Lynx
School: University of Minnesota ‘04
Hometown: Hutchinson, Minnesota

USA Basketball Notes:

• Gold Medals: 2010 FIBA World Championship, 2003 FIBA World Championship For Young Women (U21), 2002 World Championship For Young Women Qualifying Tournament (U20).
• Named to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team on March 30, 2012.
• Member of the 2010 USA Basketball World Championship Team that posted a 9-0 slate, captured the gold medal and qualified the U.S. for the 2012 Olympic Games; averaged 5.9 ppg. and 2.1 rpg. in 18.4 minutes a game.
• Aided the USA to a 3-1 pre-World Championship exhibition slate.
• Named to the 2010-12 USA National Team on March 3, 2010.
• Invited to attend the 2009 USA National Team’s fall training camp, but was unable to participate due to an injury (eye).
• Member of the 2007-08 USA Basketball National Team and joined in on the USA's 2008 Chicago training camp, but was unable to participate in the Good Luck Beijing Tournament due to her European team commitments.
• Assisted the USA to a 2-0 mark in its 2008 Spain training.
• Member of the 2003 USA World Championship For Young Women (U21) Team that captured the gold medal with a 7-1 record in Sibenik, Croatia; posted 10 points in the USA's 80-56 quarterfinal victory over Australia.
• Helped the U.S. to a 4-0 record in exhibition play against Australia and Brazil's young women national teams.
• Member of the 2002 USA World Championship For Young Women Qualifying (U20) Team that finished with a 4-0 record and the gold medal in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. The squad also earned a pair of exhibition victories over the Brazil senior and young women national teams.

Professional Notes:

• Drafted: No. 4 by the Connecticut Sun in 2004, traded to the Minnesota Lynx on Jan. 12, 2010.
• All-WNBA first team: 2008, 2011
• WNBA title: 2011
• WNBA All-Star Game: 2006, 2011 (Also played as a member of the 2004 WNBA All-Star Team in an exhibition game against the 2004 USA Basketball Senior National Team and was on the WNBA team in the “WNBA vs. USA Basketball: Stars at the Sun” game on July 10, 2010.)
• EuroLeague All-Star Games: 2008, 2009, 2010.
• Currently playing her fifth season for ZVVZ USK Prague (Czech Republic).
  
• Averaged 12.0 ppg., 3.6 rpg., 3.8 apg. ad 1.5 spg. during the 2011 WNBA playoffs to help lead Minnesota to the WNBA title.
  
• Finished the 2011 WNBA season as the league's top playmaker, dishing out 5.9 apg. in helping lead the Lynx to a 27-7 mark and the top spot in the Western Conference.
  
• Minnesota’s league-best 27-7 record in 2011 marked the second-largest turnaround in WNBA history after Minnesota finished 13-21 in 2010.
  
• Completed her fourth season in 2010-11 with ZVVZ USK Prague, where she helped ZVVZ USK to a 6-7 mark and the 2011 EuroLeague Eighth Finals; helped lead her team to the 2010 EuroLeague Sweet Sixteen and the 2009 EuroLeague Eighth-Finals.
• Averaged 12.6 ppg., 4.0 rpg. and 5.6 apg. for the Lynx in 2010.
• Runner-up for the 2008 WNBA MVP award.
• Averaged 13.4 ppg., a league-leading 5.0 apg. and a league third-best 2.2 spg. in 2007, while aiding the Sun to the playoffs.
• Aided the Sun to the WNBA Finals in 2004 and 2005, posted two-year averages of 10.6 ppg., 4.9 apg. and 1.3 spg., while averaging 12.3 ppg., 4.3 apg. and 1.1 spg. in the 2004 and 2005 playoffs.
• Played during 2006-07 for UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia) and helped her squad advance to the 2007 EuroLeague Eighth-Finals, averaged 9.1 ppg., 4.2 rpg. and 2.1 apg.

Collegiate Notes:

• In her four years, helped lead Minnesota to an 80-43 (.650) record, including a 72-23 (.758) slate her final three seasons, advancing to three NCAA Tournaments, including the 2003 Sweet Sixteen and to Minnesota's first Final Four in history in 2004.
• Named to the 2002, 2003 and 2004 NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional teams.
• A 2003 and 2004 All-America first team selection by Kodak/WBCA and second team by the Associated Press.
• Named 2002 (first), 2003 (first) and 2004 (second) U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-American.
• Selected to the 2003 Verizon Academic All-America third team and was a 2002, 2003 and 2004 Academic All-Big Ten.
• Named 2002 Big Ten Player of the Year, one of only three sophomores in conference history to earn the honor; selected to the 2002, 2003 and 2004 All-Big Ten first teams and was a 2001 All-Big Ten honorable mention.
• Became the fastest female Gopher to reach 1,000 career points after doing so in 51 games and lists as Minnesota's all-time career scoring leader with 2,285 points.
• Was a member of the 2001 Big Ten All-Star Team that earned a 5-0 record in a tour France and Switzerland, averaged a team-high tying 13.2 ppg.

Personal Notes

• Born Lindsay Marie Whalen on May 9, 1982, in Hutchinson, Minn.
• Married former University of Minnesota All-American golfer Ben Greve on Oct. 6, 2008, in Hutchinson, Minn.
• Daughter of Neil and Kathy Whalen, is the oldest of five children.
• Majored in sports management.
• First woman to be named the Minneapolis Star Tribune Sportsperson of the Year in 2004, beating out Cy Young award winner Johan Santana and NBA MVP Kevin Garnett.
• Attended Hutchinson High School (Minn.), where she was a four-time All-Minnesota Conference selection and also earned all-conference honors in high school in tennis and track and field.