- Lindsey Yamasaki
caption = Lindsey Yamasaki in a promo pic for theMiami Sol
position = Forward
nickname =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 190
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1980|06|2
birth_place =Oregon City, Oregon
highschool =Oregon City High School
college =Stanford University
draft = 2nd round, 29th pick overall
draft_year = 2002
draft_team =Miami Sol
career_start =2002
career_end =2005 ?
former_teams =Miami Sol (2002)New York Liberty (2003)Botas Spor (Turkey, 2003)Chicago Blaze (2004)Ceyhan Belediyespor (Turkey, 2004)San Jose Spiders (2005-2006)
awards =NoneLindsey Brooke Yamasaki (born
June 2 ,1980 inOregon City, Oregon ) is an American former professionalwomen's basketball player.She was born to Syd and Kriss Yamasaki. She has a sister named Britt, and a brother named Kobi. Lindsey attended
Oregon City High School where she led the women's basketball team to four Oregon state championships and finished #1 in the USA Today national rankings for three years. Lindsey was one of the most sought-after recruits for college basketball when she graduated in 1998. [cite news |url=http://www.nichibeitimes.com/articles/stories.php?subaction=showfull&id=1195154851&archive=&start_from=&ucat=2& |title=Nichi Bei Times article |date=2007-11-15 |accessdate=2007-11-30]On full scholarship at
Stanford University , Lindsey led the team to the Pac-10 regular season championship in her senior season, 2001-2002. Lindsey's Stanford women's basketball teams made the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball tournaments every year, but never won more than two games. Lindsey's 4-year statistics at Stanford were 13.9 points per game, 44.3% field goal percentage, 38.9% 3-point field goal percentage. [cite news |title=Stanford Women's Basketball Archives |url=http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/archive/stan-w-baskbl-archive.html]During the
2002 WNBA Draft , 6'1" Lindsey was the 13th pick in the 2nd round (29th overall) to the now-defunctMiami Sol , averaging 3.5 points per game in 15 games in 2002 [cite news |title= Yahoo! Sports: Lindsey Yamasaki|url=http://sports.yahoo.com/wnba/players/529 |accessdate=2007-11-30] . In 2003, Lindsey played 24 games for theNew York Liberty averaging 0.7 points. She also played in theNWBL for theSan Jose Spiders and in Turkish Women's Basketbol League forCeyhan Belediyespor and Botas Spor.In 2008, she was named as the first head coach of the women's basketball team at the
Academy of Art University inSan Francisco .References
External links
* [http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/lindsey_yamasaki/index.html An unofficial fansite]
* [http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/lindsey_yamasaki/ Lindsey's WNBA Player Profile]
* [http://academyartathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=9&path=wbball Academy of Art University press release]
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