Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton Season 2006-07

Boilermaker All-American Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton heads into her sixth season on the Purdue sidelines. The Naperville, Ill., native played professional basketball between her playing days with the Boilermakers and her coaching position, most recently with the WNBA's Washington Mystics. It is technically Wisdom-Hylton's second stint on the Boilermaker coaching staff as she served in a temporary capacity as an assistant coach for part of the 2009-10 season. Working primarily with the post players, Wisdom-Hylton has been a key part of the development of recent standouts Sam Ostarello, Drey Mingo, Whitney Bays and Liza Clemons. She's helped the Boilermaker interior players post several marks in the Purdue record books, including Ostarello's single-season rebounding mark in 2012-13, and Bays' single-season double-double total in 2014-15. Wisdom-Hylton graduated from Purdue in May of 2009 and was the 13th overall pick in the first round of the 2009 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. She played two seasons with the Sparks, one with the Chicago Sky and her final season with the Mystics. Wisdom-Hylton also played professionally on the international level, competing for teams in Austria, France, Greece and Israel. As a senior at Purdue, Wisdom-Hylton led the Boilermakers in scoring, rebounding, blocked shots and field goal percentage. She holds the school record for career rebounds (968) and blocked shots (281). Wisdom-Hylton was part of a senior class that led the Boilermakers to a 25-11 record and the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight, the second appearance in the regional final for the group. For her college career, Wisdom-Hylton averaged 11.9 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.3 steals, 2.1 blocks and 2.0 assists while shooting 52.4 percent from the floor. She is the only player in Big Ten history to accumulate at least 1,500 points, 900 rebounds, 300 steals and 200 blocks in a career. The 6-foot-2 forward was named honorable mention All-American, first team All-Big Ten and Academic All-Big Ten in her final year at Purdue. She was the 2007 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, a three-time member of the Big Ten All-Defensive Team, two-time honorable mention All-American, two-time NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team, two-time Big Ten All-Tournament Team, a member of the 2005 Big Ten All-Freshman Team and three-time All-Big Ten, including a first team selection as a junior and a senior. Wisdom-Hylton also won two gold medals with USA Basketball, the first at the 2006 FIBA Americas U20 Championship and then again in 2007 at the U21 World Championship in Moscow. It was there that Wisdom-Hylton tore her ACL, causing her to take a medical redshirt as a true senior. A standout at Neuqua Valley High School, Wisdom-Hylton averaged 15.0 points, 10.6 rebounds, 5.2 blocks and 4.9 steals as a senior, totaling 1,752 career points and 1,200 career rebounds. She is believed to be the first female in Illinois high school history to record 1,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 500 assists, 500 blocked shots and 500 steals.