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| No. 32 - San Antonio Silver Stars | |||
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| Center | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born May 14, 1988 Berkeley, California | |||
Nationality  American
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| Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||
| Listed weight 210 lbs (95 kg) | |||
| Career information | |||
| High school Carondelet (Concord, California) | |||
| College Stanford (2006-2010) | |||
| WNBA Draft 2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th | |||
| Selected by the San Antonio Silver Stars | |||
| Pro career 2010-present (14 years) | |||
| Career history | |||
| 2010-present San Antonio Silver Stars | |||
| Career highlights and awards | |||
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Jayne Appel is a center for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA. She played collegiate basketball at Stanford University.
High school career[]
Jayne has two older brothers, Mike and Tommy, and one younger brother, Nate. Jayne's father, Joseph Appel, played basketball at Saint Mary's College of California.
Appel was a four time letter winner in basketball at Carondelet High School in Concord, California. She was also a three-year letter winner in water polo.
As a senior, Appel was a McDonald's All-American as a senior and named MVP of the All-American game. She was named Gatorade State Player of the Year in basketball, rated as the 3rd best in the high school class of 2006 by hsgirlshoop.scout.com and named a WBCA All-American.[1] She played for the U18 women's national team at the FIBA Americas.[2]
She was offered scholarships by Connecticut, Tennessee, Duke, USC, UCLA, and Stanford, eventually accepting Stanford's offer.
College career[]
As a freshman at Stanford Appel averaged 13.2 ppg and 7.5 rpg off the bench. She was named the 2007 Pac-10 conference freshman of the year. As a sophomore she averaged 15.0 ppg and 8.8 rpg. She scored 16 points and pulled down 5 boards in the 2008 national championship against Tennessee, which Stanford lost 64-48. Appel was named first team All-Pac-10 after the season.
Appel scored a career high 46 points against Iowa State on March 30, 2009, which is the third-highest mark in NCAA tournament history.
Appel became the leading rebounder in Pac-10 history on 27 February 2010, surpassing Lisa Leslie's record of 1,214 career rebounds.[3]
Appel suffered a sprained ankle and a stress fracture in her right foot during Stanford's first-round game of the 2010 NCAA tournament on March 20. She continued to play, keeping the extent of her injury secret until the day of the WNBA draft.[4] Stanford advanced to the Final Four, ultimately losing to Connecticut to finish the season 36-2.[5]
USA Basketball[]
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Appel played for the USA 2006 U18 team in Colorado. The team won all four games, earning the Gold Medal and qualifying for the U19 World Championship.[2]
Appel 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.[6]
Appel was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009, one of only three college players to be invited.[7] The team selected to play for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics is usually chosen from these participants.[7]
WNBA career[]
Appel was chosen by the San Antonio Silver Stars in the first round of the 2010 WNBA draft.[8]
| Season | Games Played | Minutes | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
| 2010 | 8 | 80 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
References[]
- ↑ "2006 USA Basketball Women's U18 Nation Team Trials Media Guide". USA Basketball. http://www.usabasketball.com/women/2006/06_wu18_trials_guide-1.pdf. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "SIXTH WOMEN'S FIBA AMERICAS U18 CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 2006". USA Basketball. http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=wu18_2006. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ↑ "Jayne Appel breaks Pac-10 career rebounding record as Stanford routs Arizona". MercuryNews.com. 27 February 2010. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14485196. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ↑ FitzGerald, Tom (August 11, 2010). "WNBA DRAFT / Appel picked No. 5, has stress fracture". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/09/SPO81CRSLD.DTL.
- ↑ http://www.wnba.com/silverstars/news/draft_100408.html
- ↑ "FIFTEENTH PAN AMERICAN GAMES -- 2007". USA Basketball. http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=wpag_2007. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "USA Basketball Women's National Team To Tip-Off Training Tomorrow In D.C.". USA Basketball. http://usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=09_wnt_fall_invitees_add_rm. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ↑ http://www.wnba.com/draft2010/draft_recap_100408.html
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