Wendy Palmer (Utah, 1997-99; San Antonio 2005)

WNBA	USA Basketball	Overseas	College	High School	Personal
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NO: 4
POS: Forward
HGT: 6-2
DOB: August 12, 1974
SCHOOL: Virginia ‘96

*WHERE IS PALMER NOW?

• Nike NXT product analyst since October 2021.

(*As of February 2024)

WNBA TRANSACTIONS

February 27, 1997	Selected No. 9 overall in the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft.
July 30, 1999	Traded to Detroit.
April 9, 2004	Signed as a free agent with Connecticut.
April 21, 2005	Signed with San Antonio.
February 22, 2006	Signed with Seattle.

WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Had an 11-year WNBA career that included stints in Utah (1997-99), Detroit (1999-2002, Orlando (2002), Connecticut (2003-04), San Antonio (2005) and Seattle (2006-07).
• Was a 2000 All-Star and tallied 3 points and 2 rebounds for the West.
• Named the 2004 WNBA Most Improved Player and 1997 All-WNBA Second Team.
• Palmer’s best year was her rookie season where she averaged 15.8 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. She finished her career with averages of 10.1 points and 5.7 rebounds per game over 311 games.
• Suffered a partially torn Achilles tendon in her left foot early in the 2006 season, in which she played just five games.

WNBA REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

YEAR	TEAM	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2007	SEA	34	3	474	156/4.6	55	132	.417	3	21	.143	43	55	.782	44	101	145/4.3	17	15	7	36	75
2006	SEA	5	2	120	47/9.4	16	33	.485	1	3	.333	14	19	.737	13	25	38/7.6	3	5	3	10	17
2005	SAN	34	29	882	326/9.6	125	242	.517	24	56	.429	52	70	.743	53	140	193/5.7	33	20	7	42	74
2004	CON	33	33	786	297/9.0	108	253	.427	13	41	.317	68	85	.800	47	135	182/5.5	30	23	5	40	77
2003	CON	32	1	433	149/4.7	58	147	.395	10	46	.217	23	28	.821	29	77	106/3.3	16	11	3	35	62
2002	DET	16	16	464	184/11.3	65	153	.425	19	60	.317	35	53	.660	27	69	96/5.8	20	13	2	34	44
2002	ORL	16	16	501	180/11.5	65	148	.439	23	60	.383	27	39	.692	20	73	93/6.0	21	22	6	23	46
2002	TOT	32	32	965	364/11.4	130	301	.432	42	120	.350	62	92	.674	47	142	189/5.9	41	35	8	57	90
2001	DET	22	22	651	233/10.6	91	215	.423	11	33	.333	40	59	.678	38	116	154/7.0	23	23	4	48	64
2000	DET	32	30	914	441/13.8	167	373	.448	12	48	.250	95	135	.704	67	152	219/6.8	39	20	10	65	112
1999	UTA	20	4	446	167/12.7	57	141	.404	9	30	.300	44	68	.647	23	60	83/9.5	30	3	8	32	57
1999	DET	11	10	295	140/8.4	47	100	.470	4	16	.250	42	55	.764	27	78	105/4.2	12	6	4	26	44
1999	TOT	31	14	741	307/9.9	104	241	.432	13	46	.283	86	123	.699	50	138	188/6.1	42	9	12	58	101
1998	UTA	28	21	761	377/13.5	145	307	.472	6	17	.353	81	124	.653	70	116	186/6.6	30	18	5	56	75
1997	UTA	28	28	936	443/15.8	157	420	.374	12	48	.250	117	173	.676	76	149	225/8.0	48	47	6	71	86
Career		311	215	7663	3140/10.1	1156	2664	.434	147	479	.307	681	963	.707	534	1291	1825/5.9	322	226	70	518	833

WNBA POSTSEASON CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Competed in postseason play in 1999, 2003, 2004 and 2007, advancing as far as the Finals with the Sun in 2004, where they fell to Seattle.
• Started all 8 games in 2004 and averaged 5.5 ppg and 4.4 rpg.

WNBA POSTSEASON STATISTICS

YEAR	TEAM	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2007	SEA	2	0	27	17/8.5	8	16	.500	1	2	.500	0	1	.000	4	4	8/4.0	0	0	1	2	6
2004	CON	8	8	156	44/5.5	18	49	.367	3	12	.250	5	8	.625	10	25	35/4.4	1	3	3	8	11
2003	CON	4	0	64	29/7.3	13	22	.591	1	4	.250	2	3	.667	1	11	12/3.0	3	0	0	7	9
1999	DET	1	1	37	10/10.0	4	11	.364	0	2	.000	2	3	.667	4	5	9/9.0	2	1	1	1	3
Career		15	9	284	100/6.7	43	98	.439	5	20	.250	9	15	.600	19	45	64/4.3	6	4	5	18	29

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USA BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS

• Won a gold medal with the 1994 USA R. William Jones Cup Team (8-0), and averaged team-highs of 18.9 ppg and 9.3 rpg.

USA BASKETBALL STATISTICS

TEAM

G

FGM-FGA

PCT

3PM-3PA

PCT

FTM-FTA

PCT

REB/AVG

PTS/AVG

AT

BK

ST

1994 JCUP

8

63-128

.492

3- 5

.600

22- 40

.550

74/ 9.3

151/ 18.9

9

1

10

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OVERSEAS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Competed professionally in Brazil, Hungary, Italy, Russia, Spain and Turkey.
• Played for Galatasaray (1999) in the EuroLeague and for WBC Dynamo (2004) and DKSK BorsodChem (1998) in the EuroCup.

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COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS

• During her four-year career at Virginia, the Cavaliers posted a 106-23 (.822) record, advanced to the 1993, 1995 and 1996 NCAA Elite Eights and the 1994 Sweet 16, and captured four ACC regular season and one (1993) ACC Tournament championships.
• Named 1995 NCAA All-Tournament.
• Was a 1995 and 1996 Associated Press, USBWA and WBCA All-American.
• 1995 and 1996 ACC Player of the Year, listed as All-ACC in 1994, 1995 and 1996 and was an ACC All-Freshman selection in 1993. Earned ACC All-Tournament Team honors in 1994, 1995 and 1996.
• Virginia retired her No. 31, and she was an ACC WBB Legends selection in 2005.
• Posted a Virginia record 58 double-doubles.

COLLEGE STATISTICS

YEAR	G-GS	FG-FGA	Pct.	3FG-A	Pct.	FT-FTA	Pct.	Reb	Avg.	Ast	TO	Blk	St	Pts	Avg
1992-93	31-0	156-254	.614	0-0	.000	52-110	.473	213	6.9	21	45	11	39	364	11.7
1993-94	32-32	221-389	.568	1-1	1.000	97-162	.599	323	10.1	60	81	12	73	540	16.9
1994-95	31-29	227-401	.566	15-37	.405	77-120	.642	327	10.5	63	77	4	49	546	17.6
1995-96	32-32	176-368	.478	15-58	.259	101-170	.594	358	11.2	63	73	8	58	468	14.6­­­­
TOTALS	126-93	780-1412	.552	31-96	.323	327-562	.582	1221	9.7	207	276	35	219	1918	15.2

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HIGH SCHOOL

• Attended Person High School, and was a 1992 WBCA High School All-American.
• Scored 11 points in the inaugural WBCA High School All-American Game.

PERSONAL

• Born in Timberlake, North Carolina.

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