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Candice Dana Wiggins (born February 14, 1987) was the starting shooting guard for Stanford University women's basketball team. Wiggins is the all-time leading scorer in Stanford women's basketball history and in the Pac-10 Conference women's basketball history. She was selected 3rd overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2008 WNBA Draft[1].
[edit] Personal lifeCandice Wiggins was born in Baltimore, Maryland where her father, Alan Wiggins played Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres and Baltimore Orioles. Candice was 3 when she was hit by a car and almost lost one of her eyes. She still has the scar under that eye. When Candice was in the first grade, she scored 30 points against 4th graders in basketball. By the time she was in 5th grade, she had to play on the boys' teams so she could play at a competitive level. When her father Alan retired, he and his wife Angela, daughters Cassandra and Candice, and son Alan Jr. moved to San Diego, California. Candice's father died of AIDS soon after their move, when Candice was only 4 years old. "It was a scary time. No one would talk about it," Candice recalls. "A young girl wants to know about her Dad dying of AIDS. But it was taboo," she said. Candice has chosen to break the wall of silence about AIDS through a partnership with Until There’s A Cure (UTAC), a non-profit organization that raises awareness and funds to combat AIDS through the sale of The Bracelet. To date, the organization has raised over $9 million for vaccine development, care services, and youth education.[2] [edit] High School CareerWiggins attended La Jolla Country Day School in La Jolla, California for high school.[3] She excelled at volleyball, Track, and most of all basketball. She was a four-year letter-winner in both volleyball and basketball. In all four years of high school she was named CIF Division IV Player of the year for basketball. Candice was a McDonald's All-American as a Senior. She also led La Jolla Country Day to the state championship game in each of her four seasons, winning it twice. She also captained the United States Junior National Team that won gold. Many high school recruiting services listed her as the best shooting guard in the nation and a top 5 player in the Class of 2004.[citation needed] [edit] High School Awards
[edit] College career
[edit] Freshman YearWhen Wiggins came to Stanford University she was offered a scholarship for not only basketball at Stanford but also Volleyball. She played both as a freshman and has a championship ring from the 2004-05 National Championship season. As a freshman, Wiggins led Stanford to a 32-3 record and an Elite Eight appearance.[4] She averaged 17.5 points per game and was named both the Pac-10 Conference Freshman of the Year and Player of The Year. This was the first time in the conference history that a freshman won the Player of the Year Award. Candice, along with Georgia's Tasha Humphrey, was named National Co-Freshman of the Year. She made second team All-American and was a Kodak All-American, the only freshman on either list. [edit] Sophomore YearDuring her sophomore year, Wiggins led Stanford to a 26-8 record and another Elite Eight appearance where they lost to LSU. She averaged 21.8 points per game and made 90 three-pointers over the course of the season. She was again named Pac-10 Player of The Year and Second team All-American, as well as Kodak All-American. [edit] Junior YearAs a junior, Wiggins led Stanford to a 29-5 record and a #2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but the Cardinal were upset in Round 2 by Florida State, 68-61. She missed 5 games due to ankle and hamstring injuries, but averaged 16.9 points per game. Devanei Hampton of Cal won the Pac-10 Player of the Year Award this season. However, Wiggins was the only Pac-10 Player to be a Kodak All-American as she again made second team. Wiggins played for the USA team in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team won all five games, earning the Gold Medal for the event.[5] [edit] Senior YearIn her senior season, Stanford started the season ranked #8 but moved up the polls with victories over #3 Rutgers (thanks to Wiggins hitting 2 free throws with 0.1 seconds left), and #10 Baylor. On December 22, Wiggins scored 21 points and led Stanford to a 73-69 overtime victory over 2007 NCAA champions Tennessee, Stanford's first win over Tennessee since 1996. On January 31, 2008, Wiggins scored 18 points in a win over USC at Maples Pavilion and passed Kate Starbird as the all-time leading scorer in Stanford women's basketball history. On March 2, 2008, she scored 24 points against Washington State to pass Lisa Leslie as the all-time leading scorer in Pac-10 women's basketball history. She was named the Pac-10 Player of The Year for the 2007-2008 season, the third time she has received the award. On March 24, 2008, she scored a career-high 44 points, pulled down 10 rebounds, and made 8 assists in a 88-54 win over UTEP as Stanford advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the 2008 NCAA tournament; a week later, her 41 points propelled Stanford to its first Final Four appearance since 1997, where they would reach the final before losing to the University of Tennessee. In this performance Wiggins became the only player in NCAA women's basketball history to score 40-plus points in multiple NCAA Tournament games. By the end of her career at Stanford Wiggins was a 4-time All American at Stanford. Only 7 people have been a four-time All-American in women's basketball. On April 4, 2008, Wiggins was awarded the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. The following day Wiggins was awarded the Wade Trophy as the best women's college basketball player in NCAA Division I.[6] Candice is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and became a member of the Omicron Chi Chapter in Spring 2007. She graduated from Stanford with a degree in communications in the spring of 2008. [edit] Collegiate Awards
[edit] WNBAWiggins was chosen as the third overall pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx. On May 18, 2008, Candice Wiggins played in her first ever WNBA game. She scored 15 points, pulled down 4 rebounds, had 4 steals, and dished out 2 assists as the Minnesota Lynx beat the 2006 WNBA champions Detroit Shock 84-70. Wiggins was named WNBA Rookie of the Month, presented by Hanns-G, for the month of June 2008. Wiggins suffered from an injury during the first quarter of a July 24, 2008 game against the Indiana Fever. She was removed from the court in a wheelchair.[7] She suffered a severe lower back contusion and will miss the next few weeks, at least .[8] Candice went on to win the 2nd 2008 WNBA's 6th Woman Award.[9] On June 29, 2009 Candice was awarded the Player of the Week Award for the Western Conference, Tamika Catchings won for the Eastern Conference.[10] [edit] U.S. National TeamCandice was invited to try out for the United States Senior National Team and was named as an injury replacement or alternate. Along with Candace Parker and Courtney Paris she was one of the only college players to be named to the team. She spent the summer of 2007 playing in Chile with different United States National teams and was eventually named United States Basketball Female Athlete of The Year for 2007.[11] This award was previously won by Diana Taurasi. Wiggins was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009.[12] The team selected to play for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics is usually chosen from these participants. At the conclusion of the training camp, the team will travel to Ekaterinburg, Russia, where they compete in the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational. [12] [edit] See also[edit] References
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