Lindsay Whalen

Infobox WNBA Player
name = Lindsay Whalen

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team = Connecticut Sun
number = 13
position = Point guard
height_ft = 5 | height_in = 8
weight_lbs = 150
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1982|05|9
birth_place = Hutchinson, Minnesota
college = Minnesota
draft = 4^th overall
draft_year = 2004
draft_team = Connecticut Sun
career_start = 2004
career_end =
former_teams =
awards = Two-time WNBA All-Star

Lindsay Marie Whalen (born May 9, 1982 in Hutchinson, Minnesota) is a professional basketball player. She currently plays the point guard position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA. She also plays the point guard position for USK Prague in the Czech Republic. Whalen married former Gopher golfer Ben Greve on October 6, 2007.

High School career

At Hutchinson High School in Hutchinson, Minnesota, Lindsay Whalen was a 4-time All- [http://www.missotaconference.org/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5genie=36 Missota] Conference pick, and she led her team to three consecutive conference basketball championships.

WNBA career

Whalen was selected the first round of the 2004 WNBA Draft (4th overall) by the Connecticut Sun. Until 2005 when Minnesota teammate Janel McCarville was selected at number 1, she was the highest drafted WNBA player ever from the Big Ten Conference. Before she even put on a WNBA uniform, she had an effect on the 2004 championship: The Minnesota Lynx made an unsuccessful pre-draft trade, sending Sheri Sam and Janell Burse to the Seattle Storm for Amanda Lassiter and the 6th pick in the draft in an attempt to get the hometown hero Whalen. But Connecticut picked Whalen before Minnesota could, and the Storm had two more pieces to their eventual championship team.

In her rookie season, she was selected to play in the historic WNBA vs. USA Basketball game at Radio City Music Hall. Then she led the Sun to the WNBA Finals in her first and second seasons, playing injured in the 2005 Finals.

External links

* [http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/lindsay_whalen/index.html WNBA Player File]
* [http://www.gophersports.com/Sports/player.asp?player_id=1290&sport_id=wbasket University of Minnesota Player file]
* [http://www.usabasketball.com/bioswomen/lindsay_whalen_bio.html USA Basketball Player file]
* [http://www.wnba.com/sun/news/whalen_chat_100504.html WNBA chat transcript]
* [http://www.nba.com/blog/blog36.html WNBA Blog]
* [http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/arti.asp?newsid=20075 CZE - Praha snap up duo]