Angie Bjorklund

Angie Bjorklund

Personal information
Born	(1989-07-14) July 14, 1989 (age 35) Spokane Valley, Washington, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Career information
High school	University High School
College	Tennessee (2007–2011)
WNBA draft	2011: 2nd round, 17th overall pick
Drafted by	Chicago Sky
Position	Forward
Career history
2011	Chicago Sky
Career highlights and awards
NCAA champion (2008) First-team All-SEC (2010) SEC Freshman of the Year (2008) SEC All-Freshman Team (2008)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's basketball Representing the   United States FIBA Under-19 World Cup 2007 Slovakia Team

Angela Deanne Bjorklund (born July 14, 1989) is an American former NCAA basketball player for the Tennessee Lady Vols. She played professionally for the Chicago Sky, who drafted her in the 2011 WNBA draft. Her older sister, Jami, was a forward for Kelly Graves' Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team from 2005 to 2009, playing alongside Sky teammate at the time; Courtney Vandersloot.

Early life

Bjorklund was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2007 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored eleven points. ^[1]

USA Basketball

Bjorklund was a member of the USA Women's U19 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia. The event was held in July and August 2007, when the USA team defeated Sweden to win the championship. Bjorklund helped the team the gold medal, scoring 7.4 points per game. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

College career

Bjorklund became the 10th Lady Vols freshman to start their basketball career in the starting lineup. ^[6] She played all 38 games during her freshman season, where Tennessee won the National Championship against Stanford by a final score of 64–48, earning Pat Summitt her eighth and eventually, final National Championship as head coach. ^{[6] [7]} Bjorklund finished her college career with 300 3-pointers, becoming the Lady Vols all-time 3 points record, which was previously held by Shanna Zolman, who had 266 3-pointers in her career. ^{[6] [8]}

Career statistics

WNBA

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2011	Chicago	7	0	6.1	18.2	20.0	100.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1
Career	1 year, 1 team	7	0	6.1	18.2	20.0	100.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1

College

Source ^[9]

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2007-08	Tennessee	38	318	38.6	36.8	87.0	3.2	1.4	0.8	0.1	8.4
2008-09	Tennessee	28	344	38.2	40.8	79.2	3.0	2.6	1.1	0.3	12.3
2009-10	Tennessee	35	487	41.7	42.7	74.4	2.7	2.9	0.9	0.2	13.9
2010-11	Tennessee	31	320	43.5	45.1	76.0	2.6	2.2	0.8	0.3	10.3
Career	Tennessee	132	1469	40.5	41.3	78.5	2.9	2.2	0.9	0.2	11.1

Post basketball career

Bjorklund was hired as the Director of Basketball Operations position prior to the 2013–14 season under Jennifer Mountain, who was assistant coach during her sister Jami's freshman, sophomore, and junior years at Gonzaga. ^[10]

References

1. "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
2. "Seventh FIBA Women's U19 World Championship -- 2007". USA Basketball. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
3. "Sports News & latest headlines from AOL".
4. "NFL, College Sports, NBA and Recruiting".
5. "Player Bio: Angie Bjorklund University of Tennessee Athletics". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
6. "Angie Bjorklund". UTSports.com. April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
7. "Parker, Tennessee earn back-to-back titles with rout of Stanford". Sports.ESPN.go.com. April 10, 2008. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
8. "Bjorklund ties Tennessee career record for three pointers". spokesman.com. December 23, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
9. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
10. "Santa Clara".