Angie Bjorklund

Angie Bjorklund
College	University of Tennessee
Sport	Basketball
Position	Forward
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	166 lb (75 kg)
Nationality	United States
Born	July 14, 1989 Spokane Valley, Washington
High school	University High School
2008 NCAA Championship
Medal record U18 and U19 2007 U19 Bratislava, Slovakia Team Competition

Angela Deanne Bjorklund (born July 14, 1989 in Spokane, Washington) was 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 2005–2009, 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 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 2014-07-15. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
2. "Seventh FIBA Women's U19 World Championship -- 2007". USA Basketball. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
3. http://sports.aol.com/ncaawbb-players/angie-bjorklund/23267
4. http://girlshoops.scout.com/a.z?s=209&p=8&c=1&nid=1208926
5. http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/bjorklund_angie01.html
6. "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 1 October 2015.
10. http://santaclarabroncos.com/sports/w-baskbl/coaches/bjorklund_angie