Cindy Blodgett

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Cindy Blodgett

| image =

| team =

| number = 14

| position = Guard

| height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9

| weight_lbs = 130

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|23}}

| birth_place = Clinton, Maine

| high_school = Lawrence (Fairfield, Maine)

| college = Maine (1994–1998)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 1998

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 6

| draft_team = Cleveland Rockers

| career_start = 1998

| career_end = 2001

| years1 = 1998

| team1 = Cleveland Rockers

| years2 = 1999–2001

| team2 = Sacramento Monarchs

| highlights =

Third-team All-American – AP (1998)
2x First-team All-AEC (1997, 1998)
4x AEC Tournament MOP (1995–1998)
AEC Player of the Year (1997)
NAC Player of the Year (1996)
NAC Rookie of the Year (1995)
2x First-team All-NAC (1995, 1996)
AEC All-Freshman Team (1995)
NCAA season scoring leader (1996)
GTE Academic All-America Award
Dean Smith Award
3× Maine Gatorade Player of the Year (1992–1994)
Miss Maine Basketball (1994)
Portland Press Herald Athlete of the Year
Bangor Daily News Owen Osborne Award{{cite web|url=http://goblackbears.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/main-w-baskbl-coach.html|title=Cindy Blodgett Bio|publisher=GoBlackBears.com|access-date=2008-11-25|archive-date=2009-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314001757/http://goblackbears.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/main-w-baskbl-coach.html|url-status=dead}}

}}

Cindy Lee Blodgett (born December 23, 1975) is a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She was also the head coach at University of Maine from 2007 to 2011. Blodgett attended Lawrence High School in Fairfield, Maine, where she was an all-star basketball player. She led the Bulldogs to a four-year career record of 84–4. Throughout that four-year period they won four state class A championships. Her tremendous accolades have made her a hero across the state of Maine.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/womensbasketball/2007-11-12-1926043731_x.htm|title=The return of the native: Cindy Blodgett is back, and they remember her in Maine|last=Canfield|first=Clarke|date=November 12, 2007|publisher=USA Today|access-date=2008-11-25}}

Playing career

Blodgett was a standout player for the women's basketball team at the University of Maine from 1994 to 1998. A four-time Kodak All-American, Blodgett became just the second woman in NCAA Division I history to lead the nation in scoring four consecutive seasons, averaging over 27 points per game in her sophomore and junior years at Maine. She finished her career with 3,005 points, breaking a total of 20 school records. Blodgett led Maine to its first four appearances in the NCAA basketball tournament in the school's history.

Blodgett earned a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from the University of Maine, graduating cum laude.

After graduation, she was selected by the Cleveland Rockers of the WNBA in the first round (#6 overall pick) of the 1998 WNBA draft.

After spending one season with the Rockers, Blodgett was traded to the Sacramento Monarchs, and spent three seasons with them after which she was released.

Blodgett also played for the Springfield Spirit in the National Women's Basketball League.

Career statistics

=WNBA career statistics=

==Regular season==

| align="left" | 1998

| align="left" | Cleveland

|22||0||8.4||28.8||27.0||62.5||0.6||0.8||0.4||0.0||0.5||2.9

| align="left" | 1999

| align="left" | Sacramento

|12||0||2.8||23.1||0.0||55.6||0.1||0.1||0.1||0.0||0.4||0.9

| align="left" | 2000

| align="left" | Sacramento

|20||0||6.7||40.0||28.6||66.7||0.5||0.2||0.4||0.1||0.7||2.6

| align="left" | 2001

| align="left" | Sacramento

|11||0||6.5||44.8||53.3||0.0||0.8||0.5||0.5||0.1||1.0||3.1

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 4 years, 2 teams

|65||0||6.5||34.8||29.9||61.5||0.5||0.4||0.4||0.0||0.6||2.5

==Playoffs==

| align="left" | 1999

| align="left" | Sacramento

|1||0||6.0||100.0||100.0||0.0||1.0||1.0||2.0||2.0||2.0||3.0

| align="left" | 2001

| align="left" | Sacramento

|2||0||3.5||50.0||50.0||50.0||1.0||0.5||0.0||0.0||0.5||3.0

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 1 year, 3 teams

|3||0||4.3||60.0||66.7||50.0||1.0||0.7||0.7||0.7||1.0|| 3.0

=College career statistics=

Source{{Cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/misc/wbbfinest.pdf|title=Women's Basketball Finest|website=fs.ncaa.org|access-date=2017-10-02}}

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|+ Legend

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | GP

| Games played

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | GS

| Games started

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | MPG

| Minutes per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | FG%

| Field goal percentage

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | 3P%

| 3-point field goal percentage

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | FT%

| Free throw percentage

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | RPG

| Rebounds per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | APG

| Assists per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | SPG

| Steals per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | BPG

| Blocks per game

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | TO

| Turnovers per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | PPG

| Points per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | Bold

| Career high

| style="background-color: #d0d0d0; border: 1px solid black"|

| Data not available

| style="background-color: #cfecec; border: 1px solid black" | *

| Led Division I

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

1995

|Maine

|30

|602

|46.0%

|33.6%

|73.4%

|5.3

|3.8

|3.3

|0.3

|20.1

1996

|Maine

|32

|889

|50.5%

|36.5%

|83.2%

|5.3

|4.5

|2.7

|0.4

|bgcolor=#cfecec|*27.8

1997

|Maine

|30

|810

|49.5%

|36.9%

|82.6%

|5.8

|3.9

|3.0

|0.2

|style="background:#D3D3D3"|27.0°

1998

|Maine

|26

|704

|46.7%

|34.0%

|87.6%

|4.8

|4.4

|2.2

|0.2

|style="background:#D3D3D3"|27.1°

Career

|118

|3005

|48.4%

|35.3%

|82.2%

|5.3

|4.1

|2.8

|0.3

|25.5

Coaching career

Blodgett began her coaching career by serving as an assistant coach to the women's basketball team at Boston University during the 1999–2000 season. In 2003–04, she ran a summer skills basketball camp in her native Maine. On September 30, 2005, Blodgett became an assistant coach at Brown University.{{cite web

| last = Brown University

| author-link = Brown University

| title = Cindy Blodget added to women's basketball staff

| publisher = Brown University Athletics

| date = 2005-09-30

| url = http://brownbears.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/093005aab.html

| doi =

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051226133642/http://brownbears.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/093005aab.html

| archive-date = 2005-12-26

| url-status = dead

}}

On June 28, 2005, her hometown of Clinton, Maine dedicated a public park in her honor.{{cite web

|last=Brown

|first=Gregory

|title=Clinton dedicates Cindy Blodgett Park

|publisher=Morning Sentinel

|date=2005-06-28

|url=http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/1742748.shtml

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050901002237/http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/1742748.shtml

|archive-date=2005-09-01

}}

On May 23, 2007, The University of Maine named her the new women's head basketball coach.{{cite web

| last = University of Maine

| author-link = University of Maine

| title = Maine names Cindy Blodgett women's basketball coach

| publisher = GoBlackbears

| date = 2007-05-23

| url = http://goblackbears.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/052307aac.html

| doi =

}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She signed a four-year contract with her alma mater.

On September 21, 2010, Blodgett signed a two-year extension with the school that paid her $109,772 annually through the 2012–13 season. Her teams had compiled a 20–69 record over the first three years of her original contract.Lenzi, Rachel (2010-09-21). "[http://www.pressherald.com/sports/maine-stays-with-blodgett_2010-09-21.html Maine Stays With Cindy Blodgett] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231150325/http://www.pressherald.com/sports/maine-stays-with-blodgett_2010-09-21.html |date=December 31, 2010 }}". Portland Press Herald.

On March 29, 2011, following a 4–25 season, Blodgett was released from her position as head coach.

{{cite news

|url = http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/03/29/sports/umaine-sports/blodgett-ousted-as-umaine-women%E2%80%99s-basketball-coach/

|access-date = 2011-03-29

|title = Blodgett ousted as UMaine women's basketball coach

|date = March 29, 2011

|first = Eric

|last = Russell

|work = Bangor Daily News

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130117125438/http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/03/29/sports/umaine-sports/blodgett-ousted-as-umaine-women%E2%80%99s-basketball-coach/

|archive-date = January 17, 2013

}}

{{cite news

|url= http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/womens_basketball/articles/2011/03/31/maine_coach_says_she_was_fired_without_cause/?camp=obinsite

|access-date= 2011-04-07

|title= Maine coach says she was 'fired without cause'

|date= March 31, 2011

|first= Clarke

|last= Canfield

|agency= Associated Press

}}

After leaving the University of Maine, Blodgett spent three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Rhode Island.{{Cite web|title=Cindy Blodgett - Assistant Coach - Women's Basketball Coaches|url=https://gorhody.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/cindy-blodgett/351|access-date=2021-06-08|website=University of Rhode Island|language=en}}

In 2014, she was hired by her former Sacramento Monarchs teammate, Kady Steding, to return as an assistant coach to Boston University. {{Cite web|url=https://bangordailynews.com/2014/06/25/sports/blodgett-joins-boston-university-womens-basketball-staff/|title=Blodgett joins Boston University women's basketball staff|date=June 25, 2014|website=Bangor Daily News}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goterriers.com/staffdir/bost-staffdir.html#wbb |title=GOTERRIERS.COM - Official Home of Boston University Athletics - Staff Directory |access-date=2015-06-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615162635/http://www.goterriers.com/staffdir/bost-staffdir.html |archive-date=2015-06-15 }}

Blodgett is currently the Physical Education Department Head {{Cite web|url=https://www.lincolnschool.org/a-lincoln-school-education/faculty-and-staff|title=Faculty & Staff - Lincoln School|website=www.lincolnschool.org}} at Lincoln School, a private girls school located in Providence, RI. Beginning with the 2019–2020 season, she will serve as the girls basketball coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/sports/20190118/ex-wnba-player-cindy-blodgett-to-be-lincoln-schools-girls-basketball-coach|title=Ex-WNBA player Cindy Blodgett to be Lincoln School's girls basketball coach|first=Eric|last=Rueb|website=providencejournal.com}}