Valeria Olivia Whiting was born on April 9,1972 and is an American former collegiate and professional basketball player.
14 Facts About Val Whiting
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Val Whiting played center for the Stanford Cardinal women's basketball during her four years of pre-med study at Stanford.
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Val Whiting played for several USA National teams as well as professional women's basketball teams.
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Val Whiting deferred her acceptance to University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in order to play basketball in Brazil and Italy.
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Val Whiting played for the Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team all four years of her time at Stanford.
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Also in 1990, Whiting was on the USA team for the US Olympic Festival, an amateur multi-sport event that used to be held in the years between Olympic Games by the United States Olympic Committee, which took place in Minneapolis that year.
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Val Whiting won two NCAA championships and went to the Final Four three years.
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Val Whiting graduated as the school's all-time leading scorer and all-time leader in rebounds and blocks.
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Val Whiting left as the all-time leading scorer and rebounder in Pac-10 history.
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Val Whiting spent a year playing in Italy, followed by two years in Brazil.
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Val Whiting was one of twelve players on the USA National team that trained at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs for the 1995 Pan American Games.
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Val Whiting was chosen for to play on the "West" All-Star team in the December, 1996 ABL All-Star Game.
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Val Whiting was drafted to the Women's National Basketball Association in 1998.
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Val Whiting played the 1999 season for the Detroit Shock.