Janel McCarville, Basketball player- Biography
USA Basketball Player
Height: 6 ft. 2 in. / 1.88 m
Weight: 220 lbs. / 99,8 kg.
Born on November 3, 1982 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Janel McCarville is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Charlotte Sting in the WNBA.
McCarville attended Stevens Point Area Senior High (SPASH) (Wisconsin), where she led her school to a 59-11 record over her final three years, averaged 19.4 ppg. as a senior.
McCarville was named 2001 Wisconsin co-Player of the Year, and led her team to a runner-up finish in the 2001 Wisconsin Division I State Tournament, averaged 21.7 ppg. and 14.7 rpg. in the tournament.
McCarville was also named to the 2001 all-state first team, as well as a 2001 AAU All-American.
McCarville was a standout
collegiate women's basketball player for the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities).
From there she was nicknamed "Shaq".
McCarville started all four years during her time with the Golden Gophers, playing alongside her teammate Lindsay Whalen, and turned the program around from being the worst in the Big Ten Conference into a Final Four team in 2004.
McCarville is in the top five of every major statistical category at for the Golden Gophers' women's team, including points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. McCarville holds the NCAA record for most rebounds in the tournament, with 75 rebounds in five games. She also holds the NCAA record for tournament rebound average, with 15 per game.
In the 2005 WNBA Draft, McCarville was picked by Charlotte Sting as the #1 overall selection.
McCarville was a member of the United States team which won a silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Career high 17 pts, v Seattle 8/5/2006
Diana Taurausi wanted her to join Phoenix and amde fun of her whoteness and lack of sun in Minnesota
She says she likes rap music.
She would also have liked to play in the Mid West where she is from to be close to her family..
She boats she is strong and agile enough to play well.
She used to be very competitive on playstation games with Lindsey Whalen
She majored in history and would like to teach it, she liked for instance Cuban and Pureto Rican and lots of other history subjects.
She was also a goalkeeper in soccer when younger, and liked softball.
This site was written in December 2006.
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A Picture of her with the ball standing tall
Looking like a very strong woman
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