Mikaelar Whippy

Mikaelar Whippy

Personal information
Nickname(s)	Whippy
Born	March 31, 1986 (1986-03-31) (age 25) Suva, Fiji
Height	5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m)
Sport
Country	Fiji
Sport	Women's basketball
College/university team	Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
Team	Fiji women's national basketball team
Now coaching	LIU Director of basketball operations (2008-2010)

Mikaelar Whippy (born March 31, 1986) is a female basketball player from Fiji^[1] who played for the Fiji women's national basketball team at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008.

Personal

Whippy was born in Suva, Fiji on March 31, 1986. She attended the Church College of New Zealand, a secondary school in Temple View, Hamilton, New Zealand before pursuing a college basketball career in the U.S. at Long Island University. At LIU, she majored in economics with a minor in accounting.^[2] Upon her graduation in 2008, she assumed the role of director of operations at LIU for the following two seasons and earned her masters in human resource management in 2010.

College career

At Long Island University, Whippy was a four-year starter and a two-year captain for the Blackhawks. Over her college career she averaged 8.2 points per game, totaling 952 points, 16th in school history. She pulled down 416 rebounds and is fifth all-time in assists with 285 total assists, averaging 2.5 per game. She sunk 40% of her 2-point shots and made 31% of her 3-point attempts.^[3]

International career

In 2008, Whippy became a member of the Fiji National Team and participated in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying tournament.^[4]

References

1. ^ Long Island University Taking Diverse Road to Success nytimes.com
2. ^ Player bio at liuathletics.com
3. ^ Coaching bio at liuathletics.com
4. ^ Whippy sets sights on Europe outing fijitimes.com

External Link(s)

Fiji National Team australiabasket.com

Persondata
Name	Whippy, Mikaelar
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	March 31, 1986
Place of birth	Suva, Fiji
Date of death
Place of death