Val Whiting

Val Whiting

Personal information
Born	(1972-04-09) April 9, 1972 South Orange, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	199 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High school	Ursuline Academy (Wilmington, Delaware)
College	Stanford (1989–1993)
WNBA draft	1999 / Round: 2 / Pick: 17th overall
Selected by the Detroit Shock
Position	Power forward / Center
Number	52
Career history
1996–1997	San Jose Lasers
1997–1998	Seattle Reign
1999	Detroit Shock
2001–2002	Minnesota Lynx
Career highlights and awards
2× NCAA champion (1990, 1992) 2× Pac-10 Player of the Year (1992, 1993)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Valerie Olivia Whiting (born April 9, 1972) (now named Val Raymond) is a former professional basketball player.

Early life

She went into basketball after being cut from the cheerleading team. In the beginning, she found basketball confusing, even scoring for the wrong team once in a game. On weekends she would work on her game.

Basketball career

High School

Whiting attended Ursuline Academy. She won four state championships and earned All-American and All-State honors. She was awarded a full scholarship to Stanford University.

College

Whiting won two NCAA championships and went to the Final Four three years. At the end of her last year, she graduate as the school's second all-time leading scorer and all-time leader in rebounds and blocks.

Awards and honors

College

• Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame (inducted in 2000)
• In 2010 she was named one of the Top 25 NCAA Players of the Past 25 years.
• Two-time Kodak All-American
• Pac-10 Player of the Year (1992–93)
• All-Pac-10 Team (1992 and 1993)

American Basketball League

• All-Star
• All-ABL Selection

Delaware

• The Hall of Fame of Delaware Women
• The Delaware Basketball Hall of Fame
• Delaware Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame
• Delaware Sports Hall of Fame.

International play

• Was named to USA Basketball Pan-American Games Team in 1995

Personal life

Raymond earned a BS in Biological Sciences from Stanford. She deferred her acceptance to University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine due to her love of basketball. She played overseas, is a mother and wife, and became a business owner after basketball.