Mikaelar Whippy
{{short description|Fijian basketball player}}
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| college = Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
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Mikaelar Whippy (born March 31, 1986) is a female basketball player from Fiji{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/sports/ncaabasketball/24liu.html|title=Long Island University Taking Diverse Road to Success|first=Michael|last=Weinreb|date=February 24, 2007|via=NYTimes.com}} who played for the Fiji women's national basketball team at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008.
Personal
She was born in Suva, Fiji on March 31, 1986. She attended the Church College of New Zealand, a secondary school in Temple View, Hamilton, New Zealand before pursuing a college basketball career in the U.S. at Long Island University. At LIU, she majored in economics with a minor in accounting.{{Cite web|url=http://www.liuathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=269&path=wbball|title=Player bio at liuathletics.com}} Upon her graduation in 2008, she assumed the role of director of operations for women's basketball at LIU for the following two seasons and earned her master's degree in human resource management in 2010.
College career
At Long Island University, Whippy was a four-year starter and a two-year captain for the Blackbirds. Over her college career she averaged 8.2 points per game, totaling 952 points, 16th in school history. She pulled down 416 rebounds and is fifth all-time in assists with 285 total assists, averaging 2.5 per game. She sunk 40% of her 2-point shots and made 31% of her 3-point attempts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.liuathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=153&path=wbball|title=Coaching bio at liuathletics.com}}
= LIU Brooklyn statistics =
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|Year |Team |GP |Points |FG% |3P% |FT% |RPG |APG |SPG |BPG |PPG |
| 2004-05
|LIU Brooklyn |26 |125 |34.1% |26.7% |74.2% |2.6 |1.3 |1.1 |0.0 |4.8 |
| 2005-06
|LIU Brooklyn |29 |188 |47.8% |45.5% |77.4% |3.0 |1.6 |1.0 |0.1 |6.5 |
| 2006-07
|LIU Brooklyn |31 |394 |43.6% |34.1% |67.4% |4.9 |3.7 |1.9 |0.1 |12.7 |
| 2007-08
|LIU Brooklyn |30 |245 |35.9% |22.1% |77.8% |3.7 |3.0 |1.0 | - |8.2 |
| Career
| |116 |952 |40.5% |31.2% |73.0% |3.6 |2.5 |1.2 |0.0 |8.2 |
International career
In 2008, Whippy became a member of the Fiji National Team and participated in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying tournament.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=79811|title=Whippy sets sights on Europe outing fijitimes.com}}
References
External links
- [https://www.australiabasket.com/Fiji/basketball.aspx?NewsID=113090&Women=1 Fiji National Team australiabasket.com]
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Category:Sportspeople from Suva
Category:Fijian people of I-Taukei Fijian descent
Category:Fijian people of British descent
Category:Fijian women's basketball players
Category:LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds women's basketball players
Category:Fijian expatriate basketball people in the United States