Mikaelar Whippy

Mikaelar Whippy (born March 31, 1986) is a female basketball player from Fiji[1] who played for the Fiji women's national basketball team at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008.

Mikaelar Whippy
Personal information
Born (1986-03-31) March 31, 1986
Suva, Fiji
NationalityFijian
Listed height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Career information
CollegeLong Island University, Brooklyn, NY
Career history
As coach:
2008–2010LIU Director of basketball operations

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.[2] 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.[3]

LIU Brooklyn statistics

Source[4]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
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.[5]

References
  1. Weinreb, Michael (February 24, 2007). "Long Island University Taking Diverse Road to Success" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. "Player bio at liuathletics.com".
  3. "Coaching bio at liuathletics.com".
  4. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  5. "Whippy sets sights on Europe outing fijitimes.com".
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