Angie Bjorklund

Angela Deanne Bjorklund (born July 14, 1989) is an American former NCAA basketball player for the Tennessee Lady Vols. She played professionally for the Chicago Sky, who drafted her in the 2011 WNBA draft. Her older sister, Jami, was a forward for Kelly Graves' Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team from 2005 to 2009, playing alongside Sky teammate at the time; Courtney Vandersloot.

Angie Bjorklund

Personal information
Born	(1989-07-14) July 14, 1989 (age 36) Spokane Valley, Washington, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Career information
High school	University High School
College	Tennessee (2007–2011)
WNBA draft	2011: 2nd round, 17th overall pick
Drafted by	Chicago Sky
Position	Forward
Career history
2011	Chicago Sky
Career highlights
NCAA champion (2008) First-team All-SEC (2010) SEC Freshman of the Year (2008) SEC All-Freshman Team (2008) McDonald's All-American (2007)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's basketball Representing the  United States FIBA Under-19 World Cup 2007 Slovakia Team

Early life

Bjorklund was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2007 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored eleven points.^[1]

USA Basketball

Bjorklund was a member of the USA Women's U19 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia. The event was held in July and August 2007, when the USA team defeated Sweden to win the championship. Bjorklund helped the team the gold medal, scoring 7.4 points per game.^[2][3][4][5]

College career

Bjorklund became the 10th Lady Vols freshman to start their basketball career in the starting lineup.^[6] She played all 38 games during her freshman season, where Tennessee won the National Championship against Stanford by a final score of 64–48, earning Pat Summitt her eighth and eventually, final National Championship as head coach.^[6][7] Bjorklund finished her college career with 300 3-pointers, becoming the Lady Vols all-time 3 points record, which was previously held by Shanna Zolman, who had 266 3-pointers in her career.^[6][8]

Post basketball career

Bjorklund was hired as the Director of Basketball Operations position prior to the 2013–14 season under Jennifer Mountain, who was assistant coach during her sister Jami's freshman, sophomore, and junior years at Gonzaga.^[9]

Career statistics

Legend

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

*	Denotes season(s) in which Bjorklund won an NCAA Championship

WNBA

WNBA regular season statistics^[10]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2011	Chicago	7	0	6.1	18.2	20.0	100.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1
Career	1 year, 1 team	7	0	6.1	18.2	20.0	100.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1

College

NCAA statistics^[11]

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2007–08 *	Tennessee	38	318	38.6	36.8	87.0	3.2	1.4	0.8	0.1	8.4
2008–09	Tennessee	28	344	38.2	40.8	79.2	3.0	2.6	1.1	0.3	12.3
2009–10	Tennessee	35	487	41.7	42.7	74.4	2.7	2.9	0.9	0.2	13.9
2010–11	Tennessee	31	320	43.5	45.1	76.0	2.6	2.2	0.8	0.3	10.3
Career		132	1469	40.5	41.3	78.5	2.9	2.2	0.9	0.2	11.1