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Lyndsey Whilby Season 2018-19

PositionGuard
Height5-11
YearSophomore
HometownPowder Springs, Ga.
Previous SchoolTexas Tech

BEFORE PURDUE

• Played one season at Texas Tech University, appearing in all 30 games with nine starts
• Averaged 7.2 points and 2.3 rebounds in 22.7 minutes per game, leading the Red Raiders in scoring five times
• Posted a career-high 21 points on two occasions, hitting the mark vs. Incarnate Word and at Oklahoma
• Named Big 12 Freshman of the Week after the win over Incarnate Word
• Scored in double figures 10 times, including the last three games of the season
• Hit a career-best five 3-pointers in each of her 20-point outings, including 5-of-6 against the Sooners

HIGH SCHOOL

• Four-year varsity letterwinner at McEachern High School
• Helped her team to three straight Georgia AAAAAA State Championships (2014-16)
• Scored over 1,000 career points at McEachern
• Averaged 13.0 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game as a senior
• Coached by Phyllis Arthur

NOTEWORTHY

• Tabbed a three-star recruit and the No. 30 guard in the 2017 recruiting class by ESPN Hoopgurlz
• Earned a four-star recruiting ranking from Prospects Nation
• 2017 Atlanta Journal Constitution First Team AAAAAA All-Region and Second Team All-State
• Earned All-Metro Atlanta second-team honors by the Atlanta Tipoff Club
• Selected for the 2017 Georgia North/South Senior All-Star team
• Played AAU for the WP Celtics under head coach Renardo Hudson

PERSONAL

• Full name: Lyndsey Simone Whilby
• Intended Major: Computer Science
• Birthday: July 18, 1999
• City Born: Stamford, Conn.
• Parents: Leonard Whilby Sr. and Regina McClain
• Siblings: Sister, Ashley, Brother, Leonard Jr.

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Junior
2019-20

GUARD
5-11 / -