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| Born | (1980-06-02)June 2, 1980 (age 45) Oregon City, Oregon, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Oregon City (Oregon City, Oregon) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Stanford (1998–2002) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2002: 2nd round, 29th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Miami Sol | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2002–2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Miami Sol | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | New York Liberty | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Botas Spor | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Chicago Blaze | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Ceyhan Belediyespor | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | San Jose Spiders | ||||||||||||||
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Lindsey Brooke Yamasaki (born June 2, 1980) is an American former professionalwomen's basketball player.
Yamasaki was born inOregon City, Oregon, to Syd and Kriss Yamasaki. She has a sister named Britt, and a brother named Kobi. Lindsey attendedOregon City High School, where she led the women's basketball team to four Oregon state championships and finished #1 in theUSA Today national rankings for three years. She was one of the most sought-after recruits for college basketball when she graduated in 1998 and was named the most highly recruited female athlete of 1998.[1] Yamasaki was named aWBCA All-American.[2] She participated in theWBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored sixteen points, and earned MVP honors.[2][3]
On full scholarship atStanford University, Yamasaki led the team to the Pac-10 regular season championship in her senior season, 2001–2002. Her Stanford women's basketball teams made the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball tournaments every year, but never won more than two games in the tournament. Yamasaki's 4-year statistics at Stanford were 13.9 points per game, 44.3% field goal percentage, 38.9% 3-point field goal percentage.[4]
During the2002 WNBA draft, the 6-foot-2-inch Yamasaki was the 13th pick in the 2nd round (29th overall) to the now-defunctMiami Sol, averaging 3.5 points per game in 15 games in 2002.[5] In 2003, she played 24 games for theNew York Liberty averaging 0.7 points. She also played in theNational Women's Basketball League for theSan Jose Spiders, in the Turkish Women's Basketbol League forCeyhan Belediyespor and Botas Spor, as well as for the San Antonio Silver Stars where she tore her right Achilles in June 2005. In 2006, she trained with the Seattle Storm in pre-season and was released by the team in May 2006, after which she decided to retire.
In 2008, Yamasaki was named as the first head coach of the first ever women's basketball team at theAcademy of Art University inSan Francisco.[6]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 2002 | Miami | 15 | 0 | 9.8 | 44.2 | 52.9 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.5 |
| 2003 | New York | 24 | 1 | 6.2 | 22.2 | 28.6 | — | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Career | 2 year, 2 teams | 39 | 1 | 7.6 | 35.7 | 41.9 | 50.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 1998–99 | Stanford | 30 | 420 | 39.6 | 38.9 | 72.1 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 14.0 |
| 1999–00 | 23 | 153 | 45.7 | 31.8 | 76.7 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 6.7 | |
| 2000–01 | 30 | 373 | 43.7 | 42.5 | 82.2 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 12.4 | |
| 2001–02 | 32 | 551 | 48.4 | 38.3 | 71.6 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 17.2 | |
| Career | 85 | 1124 | 44.3 | 38.9 | 75.5 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13.2 | |
Yamasaki was selected to be a member of the team representing the USA at the 2001 World University Games held inBeijing, China. After winning the opening game easily, the USA team faced Canada and lost a close game 68–67. The USA team defeated Japan to earn a spot in the quarterfinals. The USA team fell behind by 12 points against undefeated Russia, but came back to win the game by eleven points. The next game was against the unbeaten host team China, and the USA team won 89–78. The USA team won their next two games to set up the gold medal game; a rematch against the host team. China would stay close early, but the USA team prevailed and won the gold medal with a score of 87–67. Yamasaki averaged 6.9 points per game.[8]
