Brittney Griner

Brittney Yevette Griner (born October 18, 1990 in Houston, Texas) is an American college basketball player at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Standing 6'8" tall, Griner wears a men's US size 17 or 18 shoe and has a wingspan of 86".

In 2009, Griner was named the nation's #1 high school women's basketball player by Rivals.com. Griner was selected to the 2009 McDonald's All-American basketball team.

High school
Griner attended Nimitz High School in Houston. In addition to basketball, as a freshman Griner played varsity volleyball.

During Griner's senior year, she led the Cougars of to the Texas 5A girls basketball state championship game, where they lost 52-43 to Mansfield Summit High School.

Griner was named a WBCA All-American and participated in the 2009 WBCA High School All-America Game, leading the team by scoring 20 points and collecting 9 rebounds.

College career
Griner recorded one of the first women's collegiate dunks, the first being Candace Parker of the University of Tennessee. November 24, 2009, against Jacksonville State.

On December 16, 2009, Griner recorded Baylor's first triple-double with 34 points, 13 rebounds, and Big 12 Conference record 11 blocked shots. The 34 points and 11 blocks were career highs.

On January 2, 2010, Griner recorded the second and third dunks of her college career in a blowout game vs. Texas State University. Griner became the second woman to dunk twice in a single college game. Baylor would win that game by 81 points defeating Texas State 99-18.

Griner is only the seventh player to dunk during a women's college basketball game.

On March 22, Griner set an NCAA tournament record with 14 blocked shots in a 49-33 win against the Georgetown Hoyas.

On March 29, Griner led the Lady Bears to the Final Four. In that game, in which Baylor defeated Duke 51-48, Griner blocked nine shots, totaling 35 for the tournament, a new NCAA Women's Tournament record. Duke's Alison Bales had held the previous record of 30 blocks in the 2006 NCAA Women's Tournament.

Controversy
On March 3, 2010, Griner was ejected from a game for punching Texas Tech player Jordan Barncastle in the face after elbowing Barncastle causing Barncastle to fling her off. The punch thrown by Griner broke Barncastle's nose. Lady Bears coach Kim Mulkey only imposed a one-game suspension in addition to the one-game suspension mandated by NCAA rules.

stats
College : Baylor
Sport : Basketball
Position : Center
Jersey : 42
Class : Sophomore
Height : 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Weight : 175 lb (79 kg)
Nationality : American
Born :October 18, 1990 (1990-10-18)
Houston, Texas

Jeanette Pohlen

Jeanette Pohlen is a 6'0" height basketball player.

USA Basketball: Captured her first gold medal in international competition as a member of the USA Basketball World University Games Team in July, 2009.

2009-10: Game-by-Game Stats ... Named to All-Pac-10 Team ... opened year on the preseason watch lists for the Wade Trophy Player of the Year award and the John R. Wooden Award ... Preseason All-Pac-10 Team pick ... had her streak of 92 straight games played and 53 straight starts snapped when she missed Jan. 16's game against Washington due to a sprained right ankle ... posted a double-double with 15 points and matched a career high with 10 assists at Old Dominion ... scored 20 points on 8-for-11 shooting, including three triples, to go with three steals against Pepperdine ... scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds at UC Davis ... scored 11 points with six rebounds and three assists against Utah ... scored 13 points and passed out five assists against Gonzaga ... scored 17 points on 7-for-10 shooting (2-for-3 from behind the arc) and grabbed four rebounds against DePaul ... scored nine points with four assists against Duke ... matched career high with three blocks against Tennessee ... scored eight points with four assists at Fresno State ... passed out seven assists and scored five points at USC ... scored six points with five rebounds and four assists at UCLA, and blocked UCLA's last-second field goal attempt to preserve victory ... passed out six assists at Oregon State ... scored 15 points and matched a career high with five three-pointers ... blocked two shots and had six assists against Arizona State ... scored 10 points with eight assists against UCLA ... scored 10 points with five assists at Washington ... went 5-for-7 from the field, including 2-for-4 from behind the arc, for 12 points and made a career-high five steals at Washington State ... posted career highs in points (26), field goals (10) and three-pointers made (6) against Oregon ... went 4-for-6 from the field, scoring 13 points while also dishing out five assists against Oregon State ... hit three triples and scored 11 points with four assists at Arizona ... averaged 9.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.67 assists over three games of the Pac-10 Tournament ... scored 12 points and passed out five assists against Georgia ... scored game-winning layup as time expired in Sacramento Regional Final win against Xavier as part of a five-point, six-rebound, four-assist night.

2008-09: Game-by-Game Stats Named to All-Pac-10 Second Team ... earned spot on Berkeley All-Regional Team ... named Pac-10 Player of the Week on March 9 ... one of three players to start all 38 games ... averaged 10.7 points and 3.84 assists per game ... led the team by playing 31.9 minutes a game ... was second in the Pac-10 with 2.2 three-pointers made per game and a 1.72 assist-to-turnover ratio ... the assist-to-turnover ration also ranked 38th nationally ... Scored nine points and passed out five assists in season opener against Minnesota ... led team with 14 points and pulled down six rebounds at Baylor ... hit four three-pointers for 12 points against New Mexico ... tied career-high with three steals against Rutgers and also scored eight points ... scored 13 points against Purdue ... dished out seven assists in win at Hawai'i ... scored 14 points, grabbed seven boards and went 4-for-8 from behind the arc in win over Fresno State ... hit four three-pointers and scored 13 points with three blocks at Duke ... scored nine points and grabbed six rebounds in win at South Carolina ... hit four three-pointers and scored 16 points with four assists at Tennessee ... hit a pair of three-pointers in eight-point effort at Arizona State ... scored 16 points with eight assists in win over Washington ... shot 6-of-8 from the field, including 4-of-5 from behind the arc, for 18 points in win over Washington State ... scored five points, grabbed six rebounds and passed out five assists at California ... scored 14 points and passed out four assists at Oregon ... scored 12 points at Oregon State ... scored 10 points with five assists against USC ... scored 10 points and passed out six assists in win over UCLA ... scored six points, grabbed five rebounds and had five assists at Washington State ... hit four three-pointers at Washington in a 19-point effort ... matched season high with eight assists while also scoring eight points in win over Oregon State ... scored 11 points, had seven assists and made three steals in win over Oregon ... scored season-high 19 points on 6-of-7 shooting, including 4-for-5 from behind the arc, at UCLA ... had career night with 21 points and five three-pointers, in addition to passing out five assists against Arizona ... scored 19 points and had five rebounds and five assists against Arizona State ... hit four triples and scored 14 points with six assists and four rebounds in win over Arizona ... scored 10 points with career high-matching seven rebounds against USC ... hit three triples and scored 13 points against UCSB ... grabbed career-high 10 rebounds and scored seven points against Ohio State ... matched career-high with 10 rebounds, to go with eight points and four assists, against Iowa State.

2007-08: Game-by-Game Stats Named Pac-10 All-Freshman Team honorable mention ... scored 15 points, dished out five assists, and grabbed four rebounds in 24 minutes at Yale (11/9) ... scored 13 points, grabbed six rebounds, and had two steals against San Francisco (11/28) ... passed out 10 assists in win over Baylor (12/16) ... played a season-high 36 minutes against Tennessee (12/22) ... scored 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds to go with three assists in win over Washington State (12/28) ... scored season-high 20 points on 6-of-9 (3-for-5 3-pt.) shooting in win over Washington (12/30) ... shot 6-for-7 from the floor, scoring 15 points in win over Oregon (1/12) ... scored nine points and grabbed seven rebounds in win at Washington State (3/2) ... scored 10 points and grabbed four rebounds against UCLA (3/9) ... scored five points with six rebounds in win over Cleveland State (3/22) ... matched season-high with seven rebounds to go with five points in win over UTEP (3/24).


stats
Class:Senior
Hometown:Brea, Calif.
High School:Brea Olinda HS
Height:6-0
Position:G
Experience:3V

Career Highs
Pts: 26, vs. Oregon (2/18/10)
Rebs: 10, 2x, last vs. Iowa State (3/30/09)
Assists: 10, 2x, last at Old Dominion (11/13/09)
FG: 10, vs. Oregon (2/18/10)
3-Pts: 6, vs. Oregon (2/18/10)
FT: 7, 2x, last vs. UCLA (2/4/10)
Steals: 5, at Washington State (2/14/10)
Blocks: 3, 2x, last vs. Tennessee (12/19/09)
Mins: 45, vs. Purdue (11/28/08)

Maya Moore

Maya April Moore (born June 11, 1989) is an American basketball forward for the University of Connecticut Huskies, and the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the undefeated national championship. The following season, Moore led Connecticut to capture their second national championship and continued their overall undefeated game-winning streak at 78.

Moore was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009, one of only three college players and the only junior to be invited to the training camp. The team selected to play for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics is usually chosen from these participants. At the conclusion of the training camp, the team will travel to Ekaterinburg, Russia, where they compete in the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational.

Moore was one of twenty players named to the national team pool. Twelve of this group will be chosen to represent the USA in the 2010 World Championships and the 2012 Olympics.
Moore playing for USA National team USA against the Select team.
Moore playing for USA Select team against the USA National team.

The USA National team began training in April of 2010 to prepare for the FIBA World Championship starting in September of 2010. Moore was one of the players selected for the training sessions, run by the national team coach Geno Auriemma. The teams played informal scrimmages, with one team made up of the players expected to be on the national team, and the other team made up of invited all star college players, referred to as the select team. Although Moore is still in college, she has been invited to be part of the national team. In the first two ten-minute games, Moore played with the national team and helped them to two wins. Then Moore switched jerseys, and played for the select team. In both games, the select team won, with Moore making the assist to put the team ahead, then stealing the ball and making the game winning shot in the final seconds. Moore ended up being on the winning side in all four games.

Moore was named as one of the National team members to represent the USA Basketball team in the WNBA versus USA Basketball. This game replaces the normal WNBA All-Star game with WNBA All-Stars versus USA Basketball, as part of the preparation for the FIBA World Championship for Women to be held in the Czech Republic during September and October of 2010.



statics
College : Connecticut
Sport : Basketball
Position : Forward
Jersey # 23
Class : Junior
Height : 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight : 170 lb (77 kg)
Nationality : USA
Born : June 11, 1989 (1989-06-11)
Jefferson City, Missouri
Awards
2008 USBWA National Freshman of the Year
2009 Big East Player of the Year
2009 Big East Tournament Most Outstanding Performer
2009 CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-America First Team
2009 USBWA National Player of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association
2009 AP All-America first team
2009 Women's NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team
2009 State Farm Wade Trophy Player of the Year
2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I State Farm Coaches’ All-America Basketball Team
2009 Naismith Trophy
2009 Women's John R. Wooden Award
2010 State Farm Wade Trophy Player of the Year
2010 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player

Vonda Ward

Vonda Ward (born March 16, 1973 in Macedonia, Ohio) is a female boxer who was also a well known NCAA basketball player.

After a broken leg cut her professional basketball career short, Ward turned her attention to boxing.

Ward's boxing debut occurred on January 15, 2000, when she knocked out Faye Steffen in round one at LaPorte, Indiana. Her first four fights all ended in first round knockout wins for Ward.

On May 8, 2004, Ward fought a nationally televised championship bout with Ann Wolfe in Biloxi, Mississippi. At one minute and eight seconds of the first round, Wolfe hit Ward with a right to the chin, leaving Ward motionless on the floor for a few minutes. This first round knockout defeat caused her to lose her title and her undefeated status. Ward had a neck concussion because she hit the canvas with her neck when she fell, and she was hospitalized after this bout.

Statistics
Rated at Heavyweight
Height 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Nationality United States American
Birth date March 16, 1973 (1973-03-16) (age 37)
Boxing record
Total fights 23
Wins 22
Wins by KO 17
Losses 1
Draws 0
No contests 0