No. 32 – San Antonio Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Berkeley, California |
May 14, 1988 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
High school | Carondelet (Concord, California) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
College | Stanford (2006–2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the San Antonio Silver Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2010–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–present | San Antonio Stars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jayne Appel (born May 14, 1988) is a center for the San Antonio Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played collegiate basketball at Stanford University.
Born in Berkeley, California, Jayne has two older brothers, Mike and Tommy, and one younger brother, Nate. Jayne's father, Joseph Appel, played basketball at Saint Mary's College of California.
Appel was a four-time letter winner in basketball at Carondelet High School in Concord, California. She was also a three-year letter winner in water polo.
As a senior, Appel was a McDonald's All-American as a senior and named MVP of the All-American game. She was named Gatorade State Player of the Year in basketball, rated as the 3rd best in the high school class of 2006 by hsgirlshoop.scout.com and named a WBCA All-American. She played for the U18 women's national team at the FIBA Americas.
She was offered scholarships by Connecticut, Tennessee, Duke, USC, UCLA, and Stanford, eventually accepting Stanford's offer.
As a freshman at Stanford Appel averaged 13.2 ppg and 7.5 rpg off the bench. She was named the 2007 Pac-10 conference freshman of the year. As a sophomore, she averaged 15.0 ppg and 8.8 rpg. She scored 16 points and pulled down 5 boards in the 2008 national championship against Tennessee, which Stanford lost 64–48. Appel was named first team All-Pac-10 after the season.