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  Candice Wiggins
Candice Wiggins

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
San Diego, Calif.

High School:
La Jolla Country Day

Height:
5-11½

Position:
G

Experience:
3V

Major:
Communication

2006-07: Game-by-Game Stats ... Kodak/WBCA All-American ... Second-Team Associated Press All-American ... Wooden Award finalist ... Wade Trophy finalist ... Naismith Trophy candidate ...named Pac-10 Tournament's Most Outstanding Player, after averaging 21.7 ppg in three contests while making 14-25 three-pointers overall ... All Pac-10 selection ... two-time Pac-10 Player of the Week ... started 28 of the 29 games she appeared in, averaging 30.6 minutes played ... team leader in scoring (16.9 ppg) and three-pointers (82) while ranking second in assists (96) ... pulled down 4.1 rebounds per game ... scored in double figures 25 times ... led team in scoring 11 times ... tallied eight 20-point games ... scored 21 points against Missouri on Nov. 21 ... scored 18 points (12 on three-pointers) against Tennessee on Nov. 24, including a 60-foot buzzer-beater as time expired to end the first half ... against Georgia on Nov. 26, scored 24 points (15 off three-pointers) with eight rebounds ... led all scorers with 19 points in a win over Texas Tech on Dec. 3 ... single-handedly guided the Cardinal to a win over Arizona State on Dec. 30, scoring 21 points with five three-pointers in 34 minutes ... torched California on Jan. 6 with 18 points (including six triples), eight rebounds and seven assists ... notched her first double-double since 2005 in a win at Washington on Jan. 11 with 17 points and 10 rebounds ... led the Cardinal with a season-best 30 points (9-9 free throws, 10 in overtime), seven assists and five rebounds in an overtime win at Arizona State on Jan. 27 ... poured in 21 points with six assists at UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 1 ... scored a game-high 23 points (12 on threes) vs. Washington on Feb. 10 ... at Oregon on Feb. 17, totaled 17 points, eight boards and four assists ... scored 29 points, including a career-best eight triples, against USC on Mar. 4 in the Pac-10 Tournament semifinals ... poured in game-high 20 points against Arizona State on Mar. 5 in Pac-10 Tournament final ... against Florida State in an NCAA Tournament loss on Mar. 19, scored 19 points to match five rebounds and five assists.

2005-06: Game-by-Game Stats Kodak/WBCA All-American ... Second-Team Associated Press All-American ... 26th player in school history to score 1,000 points during the season ... did so in the second-fastest pace, taking just 54 games to reach the milestone ... 2006 Pac-10 Player of the Year ... one of 12 finalists for the Wade Trophy ... midseason watch list candidate for the Wooden Award and the Naismith Award ... led Stanford and ranked fifth in the nation with 21.8 points per game ... second on the team in three-pointers with 90 (ranks second in school history) ... Bay Area's Most Dynamic Amateur Athlete of 2005 by KNTV-11 (NBC) ... notched a career-best 37 points against Oregon ... Pac-10 Player of the Week on Jan. 9 ... reached the 30-point mark five times, including a 34-point effort against Florida State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... averaged 26.0 ppg in the NCAA Tournament ... tied school record with 16 free throws against Arizona State on Jan. 21 and set a new record with 19 attempts ... scored in double-figures in all 34 games.

2004-05: Game-by-Game Stats Kodak/WBCA All-American ... Second-Team Associated Press All-American ... named USBWA Co-Freshman of the Year ... Pac-10 Player of the Year and Pac-10 Freshman of the Year ... first Pac-10 freshman to earn the Player of the Year honor in women's basketball and only the third women's basketball player in Division I history to earn the conference player of the year honor ... named to Wooden Award Final Voting Ballot and the Midseason Naismith Trophy List (the only freshman on either list) ... Pac-10 Tournament MVP ... led team with 17.5 points per game (which ranked No. 14 in Stanford history for points per game in a single season) ... scored 612 points as a rookie, the fifth-best single season total in Cardinal history ... led club with 85 steals .... topped the squad in free throws, making a single-season school record 162 of her 194 attempts (.835) ... scored 24 points in collegiate debut at Utah ... Great Alaska Shootout MVP ... recorded season-high 31 points at Arizona State on Jan. 7 ... added 28 points two days later at Arizona to earn her first Pac-10 Player of the Week honor ... averaged 16.7 points and 9.0 rebounds per game at Pac-10 Tournament ... scored 29 points in her NCAA Tournament debut against Santa Clara ... averaged 19.3 points per game during NCAA Tournament ... contributed 19 points and eight rebounds in Stanford's Elite Eight game against Michigan State ... spent the following summer with the USA U-19 World Championship Team as the Americans won gold in Tunisia ... named to All-U19 World Championship Team, finishing the tournament averaging 15.8 points per game, while shooting 57.1% from the field and 42.9% from three-point range.

High School: Captained the USA Junior National Team during the summer of 2004 ... scored 23 points in the final as she led the U.S. to a gold medal at the FIBA America's Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament ... honored as California's Ms. Basketball in 2004 ... First-Team All-America selection by Parade Magazine and Student Sports ... earned Second-Team All-America honors from USA Today and Street & Smith's ... selected as a McDonald's All-American (West Team) ... 2003-04 adidas Top Ten Camp MVP ... four-year team captain ... guided La Jolla Country Day to two state titles (2001, 2002) and two runner-up finishes (2003, 2004) ... rated as the No. 1 shooting guard and No. 7 overall player in the All-Star Girls Report ... honored as the Coastal South League and CIF Division IV Player of the Year in each of her four seasons.

Personal: Born in Baltimore, Md. ... daughter of Angela Wiggins and the late Alan Wiggins ... brother, Alan Jr., was a four-year letterwinner with the San Francisco men's basketball team.

Wiggins' Career Statistics

YearG-GSMin.Avg.FG-ATPCT.3P-ATPCTFT-ATPCTREBAVGPF-FOATOBSTPAVG
04-0535-3494326.9207-429.48336-107.336162-194.8351885.477-099103198561217.5
05-0634-34107631.7248-520.47790-208.433154-187.8251624.878-112089216874021.8
06-0729-2888830.6176-383.46082-186.44156-71.7891194.155-19651124449016.9
Career98-96290729.7631-1332.473208-501.415372-452.8234694.8210-231524352197184218.7

Career Highs
Pts: 37, at Oregon (1/7/06)
Rebs: 16, at UCLA (2/20/05)
Assists: 8, vs. California (1/14/06)
FG: 14, at Oregon (1/7/06)
3-Pts.: 8, vs. USC (3/4/07)
FT: 16, vs. Arizona State (1/21/06)
Steals: 6, 3x, last vs. California (1/14/06)
Blocks: 2, 8x, last at Arizona (1/25/07)
Mins: 45, 2x, last at Arizona State (1/27/07)


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