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Angie Bjorklund

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Angie Bjorklund
Personal information
Born (1989-07-14) July 14, 1989 (age 35)
Spokane Valley, Washington, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Career information
High schoolUniversity High School
CollegeTennessee (2007–2011)
WNBA draft2011: 2nd round, 17th overall pick
Drafted byChicago Sky
PositionForward
Career history
2011Chicago Sky
Career highlights
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
FIBA Under-19 World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2007 Slovakia Team

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.

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Seventh FIBA Women's U19 World Championship -- 2007". USA Basketball. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "Sports News & latest headlines from AOL".
  4. ^ "NFL, College Sports, NBA and Recruiting".
  5. ^ "Player Bio: Angie Bjorklund University of Tennessee Athletics". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
  6. ^ a b c "Angie Bjorklund". UTSports.com. April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  7. ^ "Parker, Tennessee earn back-to-back titles with rout of Stanford". Sports.ESPN.go.com. April 10, 2008. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  8. ^ "Bjorklund ties Tennessee career record for three pointers". spokesman.com. December 23, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  9. ^ "Santa Clara".
  10. ^ "Angie Bjorklund WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  11. ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
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