January 03, 2008

USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year!





All-American Candice Wiggins (San Diego, Calif.), who was part of four separate USA Basketball teams in 2007 and helped those teams to three gold medals and a flawless 23-0 record, has been named USA Basketball’s 2007 Female Athlete of the Year, USA Basketball announced today.
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And from a story in the Los Angeles Times:
  • "The thing that impresses me so much is she just finds a way to get it done," said [UCLA coach Kathy] Olivier, whose Bruins will play host to Stanford tonight at 7 at Pauley Pavilion. "A will to win."
  • "She's a gamer," said UCLA senior forward Lindsey Pluimer, who began playing against Wiggins while at San Clemente High. "She gets them pumped and ready."

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