Angie Bjorklund
CollegeUniversity of Tennessee
SportBasketball
PositionForward
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight166 lb (75 kg)
NationalityUnited States
Born (1989-07-14) July 14, 1989 (age 34)
Spokane Valley, Washington
High schoolUniversity High School
2008 NCAA Championship
Medal record
U18 and U19
Gold medal – first place 2007 U19 Bratislava, Slovakia Team Competition

Angela Deanne Bjorklund (born July 14, 1989) is a retired a women's NCAA basketball player for the Tennessee Lady Vols. Bjorklund is a former American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky drafted 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.

High school

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 basketball 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]

Tennessee statistics

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. ^ a b c "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. 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".


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