Helen Darling
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August 29, 1978 Columbus, Ohio |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 164 lb (74 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Brookhaven (Columbus, Ohio) | ||||||||||||
| College | Penn State (1996–2000) | ||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2000 / Round: 2 / Pick: 17th overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the Cleveland Rockers | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2000–present | ||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | ||||||||||||
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| 2000–2003 | Cleveland Rockers | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Charlotte Sting | ||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | San Antonio Silver Stars | ||||||||||||
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Helen Marie Darling (born August 29, 1978) is an American professional basketball player, who played most recently for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA); as of May 15, 2011 Darling was an unsigned free agent.
In her WNBA career, Darling has more than 1,000 career points, 650 assists and 250 career steals and has appeared in 19 career WNBA playoff games.
Darling is the daughter of Patricia Smith and Donald Darling, and has three brothers Donald, Ronald and Dewand Darling and one sister Alicia Smith. She is also the mother of triplets two boys Ja-Juan, Jalen and a girl Nevaeh, born on April 13, 2002.
Darling attended Brookhaven High School (Columbus, Ohio) where she was named a High School All-American by the WBCA. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1995, scoring six points.
Over the course of her college career at Penn State, Darling averaged 10.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 2.49 steals in 126 games and is the only player in Penn State history to amass 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 600 assists for her career. Darling is also the only player in Penn State history to earn Big Ten Player of the Year honors. A four-year starting point guard, she helped lead the Penn State Lady Lions to their first and only Final Four appearance in 2000. Darling earned her degree in education from Penn State in December 2001. She received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association as the best senior player under 5 ft 8 in (1.7 m) in 2000.
Darling played on the team presenting the USA at the 1999 World University Games held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The team had a 4–2 record and earned the silver medal. Darling scored 2.5 points per game.
On April 25, 2000, Darling was drafted by the Cleveland Rockers in the second round (No. 17 overall) of the 2000 WNBA Draft. In her rookie season, Darling played in all 32 regular season games recording 4.8 points, 2.0 assists and 1.15 steals. For the playoffs she averaged 5.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists in six Rockers playoff games. During the 2001 WNBA season, Darling was one of only two Rockers players to start all 32 regular season games helping the Rockers earn the No.1 seed in the Eastern conference. Darling finished the season averaging 6.1 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals. In the three games against Charlotte during the playoffs, Darling averaged 6.0 points, 6.3 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 2.3 steals.
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