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Position Center. Height 6-3..High School Ursuline Academy. Hometown Wilmington, Del.
- ↑ Johnson, Derek (July 24, 2018). "Bullied as a child, former pro helps girls gain self-esteem through basketball". The Woodinville Weekly. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
Some of the best days were the journey,' she said. 'Working hard every day at practice with my teammates. Being so exhausted we couldn't walk. But knowing that we were sowing the seeds for what we'd see down the road as success. That's what I try to pass along to the kids.'
- 1 2 "Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame 2007 Inductees". Delaware Sports Museum. 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
She was inducted into the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000, then the third woman to achieve this distinction. She was also a two-time participant in the U.S. Olympic Festival. At Ursuline Academy, Val led her team to four Delaware scholastic basketball titles and was a multi-year All-State performer.
- ↑ Gelbert, Doug (1995). The Great Delaware Sports Book. Cruden Bay Books. ISBN 0964442701 . Retrieved August 9, 2020.
In Delaware Val led the Ursuline Raiders to four straight state girls' basketball titles. She was the Delaware Player of the Year in her sophomore, junior, and senior years. After averaging 30.1 points and 16.1 rebounds in her last season at Ursuline, Whiting went west to Stanford where she won another championship in her freshman year.
- 1 2 3 4 Eymer, Rick (October 18, 1996). "Whiting courts health, success in new league". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
She finished her pre-med degree at Stanford following her playing career (1990-93) there, where she remains the leading scorer (2,077 points) and rebounder (1,134) in school history. She also played on two national championship teams, and was an alternate for the 1995-96 U.S. National Team, which went on to win the Olympic gold medal in Atlanta. Whiting went through the process to begin medical school in 1994, and was accepted to UC San Francisco.
- ↑ "Kodak First-Team All-American" (PDF). Stanford Women's Basketball Tradition. 2007. p. 122. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
Val Whiting was a two-time Kodak First-Team All-American, and a two-time James Naismith Player of the Year Finalist in 1992 and 1993. She began her career for the Cardinal by being named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and National Freshman of the Year by Women's Basketball News Service in 1990. She was an NCAA All-Final Four selection in 1992, and AllPac-10 in 1992 and 1993. During her career, Stanford accumulated a 114-16 record and won four-consecutive Pac-10 Championships and two NCAA Championships in 1990 and 1992. At the time that she finished her career, she was Stanford's all-time leading scorer with 2,077 points and the top-rebounder with 1,134 rebounds.
- 1 2 "US Olympic Festival". Washington Post. July 7, 1990. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
In the other opening-round game, Val Whiting of NCAA champion Stanford scored her team's first 10 points and ended up with 22 to lead the West past the South, 87-76.
- 1 2 3 4 Jackson, Melanie (January 9, 2006). "Top 25 players of past 25 years". ESPN. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
After a rookie season that included Pac-10 and national freshman of the year accolades, as well as Stanford's first national championship, how could Whiting get any better? Two years later, as a junior, she guided the Cardinal to the 1992 NCAA title. Along the way, Whiting twice earned Kodak All-American honors, led Stanford to four consecutive Pac-10 championships and a 114-16 mark (.877 winning percentage). Whiting wrapped up her career as Stanford's all-time leading scorer (her 2,077 points now rank second overall) and rebounder (her 1,134 career boards now rank second), and still holds career marks in blocked shots and free throws. In 16 career NCAA Tournament games (which included three trips to the Final Four), Whiting averaged a double-double of 15.6 points and 10.1 rebounds.
- ↑ Kettman, Steve (October 17, 1996). "Val Whiting Recovers From Car Crash". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
She averaged 16.1 points and 8.8 rebounds per game over her four-year Stanford career, ending in 1993, and played one season in Italy and two in Brazil since.
- ↑ "Twelfth Pan American Games". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
One of the most talented American women's basketball teams in Pan American Games history was denied a chance to win the gold medal when the 1995 Pan American Games women's basketball competition was cancelled just weeks before its scheduled start...USA Basketball conducted trials for the women's Pan Am Games Team at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, February 25–27. Following trials, the 12-member USA squad trained together in Colorado Springs until the cancellation was announced.
- 1 2 Greenberg, Mel; Sullivan, Tara (December 8, 1996). "Stanford Vs. Tennessee Now And Forever". Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
Meanwhile, some prominent former players of Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer and Tennessee coach Pat Summitt will play in the first American Basketball League All-Star Game, in Hartford, Conn...The Stanford players include Portland's Katy Steding and San Jose's Sonja Henning and Val Whiting.
- ↑ Eymer, Rick (October 17, 1997). "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Lasers' ABL opener a Stanford reunion". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
Of all the former Cardinal stars on the court Wednesday night, the biggest cheers were for Seattle's Val Whiting, a former San Jose Laser, and for Jennifer Azzi, the current Laser...Whiting was involved in a trade with Seattle that brought Charlotte Smith to San Jose. Whiting was San Jose's leading rebounder last year.
- ↑ Rockne, Dick (May 6, 1997). "Abl Draft -- Reign Leaves Its Trade Mark -- Deals, Picks Make Seattle Team Quicker". Seattle Times. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
The Reign packaged the just-acquired Smith with its third-round choice and traded them and $20,000 to San Jose for front-liner Val Whiting, who averaged 12.5 points and 6.5 rebounds last season, and the Lasers' fourth-round pick. That is the same Val Whiting who tormented the Washington Huskies for four years at Stanford.
- ↑ Wallingford, John (February 21, 1998). "Smiling through the Reign". Kitsap Sun. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
"I never thought I'd be playing in U.S. or on television and have the opportunity to have endorsements," said Whiting, who was second on the team in scoring (15.4) and rebounding (7.2). Whiting, who played for San Jose last year, plans to attend medical school after her basketball career ends.
- ↑ "THE ABL: Reign remains unbeaten". Kitsap Sun. November 16, 1998. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
The Reign (3-0), who handed the Lasers (2-2) their first loss a week ago in Seattle, are one of two unbeaten teams in the ABL...Val Whiting had her third consecutive double-double (12 points, 11 rebounds) for the Reign, who were led by Kate Starbird's 18 points.
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In 1995, Whiting was named to the USA Basketball Pan-American Games Team that would end up being denied a chance to play for a gold medal as the tournament was cancelled after only four teams were confirmed to play. Professionally, Whiting played domestically in the ABL for the San Jose Lasers (1996-97) and Seattle Reign (1997-98), then in the WNBA for the Detroit Shock (1999) and Minnesota Lynx (2001-02).
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The 13-member Stanford University Athletic Hall of Fame class of 2000 will be inducted tonight in a ceremony at the Stanford Faculty Club. ...Val Whiting, Women's Basketball: Lettered at Stanford from 1990-93, and led the Cardinal to two NCAA titles, three Final Four appearances and four Pac-10 championships
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