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- ↑ "The Wade Trophy". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 30 Jun 2014.
- ↑ "Lindsay Whalen, Carol Ann (Shudlick) Smith Among NCAA Women's Basketball Finest".
- ↑ "GOPHERSPORTS.COM :: University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site :: M Club". www.gophermclub.org. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ↑ "Women's Basketball Finest" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
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