Lindsey Yamasaki

Lindsey Brooke Yamasaki (born June 2, 1980) is an American former professional women's basketball player.

Lindsey Yamasaki
Personal information
Born (1980-06-02) June 2, 1980
Oregon City, Oregon
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolOregon City (Oregon City, Oregon)
CollegeStanford (1998–2002)
WNBA draft2002: 2nd round, 29th overall pick
Selected by the Miami Sol
Playing career2002–2006
PositionForward
Career history
2002Miami Sol
2003New York Liberty
2003Botas Spor
2004Chicago Blaze
2004Ceyhan Belediyespor
2005–2006San Jose Spiders
Medals
Women’s Basketball
Representing  United States
World University Games
Gold medal – first place2001 Beijing Team Competition

Life and career

Yamasaki was born in Oregon City, Oregon, 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. She was one of the most sought-after recruits for college basketball when she graduated in 1998 and was named the most highly recruited female athlete of 1998.[1] Yamasaki was named a WBCA All-American.[2] She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored sixteen points, and earned MVP honors.[2][3]

On full scholarship at Stanford University, Yamasaki led the team to the Pac-10 regular season championship in her senior season, 2001–2002. Her Stanford women's basketball teams made the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball tournaments every year, but never won more than two games in the tournament. Yamasaki's 4-year statistics at Stanford were 13.9 points per game, 44.3% field goal percentage, 38.9% 3-point field goal percentage.[4]

During the 2002 WNBA draft, the 6-foot-2-inch Yamasaki was the 13th pick in the 2nd round (29th overall) to the now-defunct Miami Sol, averaging 3.5 points per game in 15 games in 2002.[5] In 2003, she played 24 games for the New York Liberty averaging 0.7 points. She also played in the National Women's Basketball League for the San Jose Spiders, in the Turkish Women's Basketbol League for Ceyhan Belediyespor and Botas Spor, as well as for the San Antonio Silver Stars where she tore her right Achilles in June 2005. In 2006, she trained with the Seattle Storm in pre-season and was released by the team in May 2006, after which she decided to retire.

In 2008, Yamasaki was named as the first head coach of the first ever women's basketball team at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.[6]

Stanford statistics

Source[7]

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
1998-99 Stanford 30 420 39.6% 0.4% 0.7% 5.9 2.6 1.0 0.4 14.0
1999-00 Stanford 23 153 45.7% 31.8% 76.7% 3.1 0.9 0.3 0.3 6.7
2000-01
2001-02 Stanford 32 551 48.4% 38.3% 71.6% 4.8 2.6 0.8 0.3 17.2
Career 85 1124 44.4% 37.8% 72.5% 4.7 2.1 0.7 0.3 13.2

USA Basketball

Yamasaki was selected to be a member of the team representing the USA at the 2001 World University Games held in Beijing, China. After winning the opening game easily, the USA team faced Canada and lost a close game 68–67. The USA team defeated Japan to earn a spot in the quarterfinals. The USA team fell behind by 12 points against undefeated Russia, but came back to win the game by eleven points. The next game was against the unbeaten host team China, and the USA team won 89–78. The USA team won their next two games to set up the gold medal game; a rematch against the host team. China would stay close early, but the USA team prevailed and won the gold medal with a score of 87–67. Yamasaki averaged 6.9 points per game.[8]

References
  1. "Nichi Bei Times article". 2007-11-15. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  2. "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
  3. "WBCA High School All-America Game Team MVP's". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
  4. "Stanford Women's Basketball Archives". Archived from the original on 2008-09-23.
  5. "Yahoo! Sports: Lindsey Yamasaki". Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  6. "Academy of Art University Athletics - 2010-2011 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff". Academy of Art University. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  7. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  8. "Twentieth World University Games -- 2001". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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