Sami Whitcomb
| No. 32 – Perth Lynx | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
| League | WNBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
July 20, 1988 Ventura, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Buena (Ventura, California) |
| College | Washington (2006–2010) |
| WNBA draft | 2010 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2011–2012 | ChemCats Chemnitz |
| 2012–2013 | Wolfenbüttel Wildcats |
| 2013–2016 | Rockingham Flames |
| 2013 | ŠKBD Rücon |
| 2015–present | Perth Lynx |
| 2017–present | Seattle Storm |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Samantha Allison "Sami" Whitcomb (born July 20, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Perth Lynx of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college basketball for the University of Washington before spending the 2010 preseason with the Chicago Sky of the WNBA. After two seasons in Germany, she arrived in Australia in 2013 where she joined the Rockingham Flames. With the Flames, she became one of the WSBL's best players of the modern era, as she won a trio of MVP awards between 2013 and 2015 and led the Flames to back-to-back championships in 2014 and 2015. After a standout season with the Lynx in 2016–17, Whitcomb signed with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA in February 2017.
Born and raised in Ventura, California, Whitcomb played soccer as a child before taking up basketball at age 12.
Whitcomb attended Ventura's Buena High School where she was a four-year letterwinner and one-year team captain for the basketball team. She won numerous awards during her time at Buena including the 2004–05 Co-County Player of the Year from the league coaches, and the Ventura County Star's 2005–06 Girls' Basketball Player of the Year. She also helped her team win three Channel League titles as a sophomore, junior and senior. As a senior in 2005–06, she averaged 17.3 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.6 steals per game.
Whitcomb was also a two-time letterwinner in track and field during her sophomore and junior years. In 2005, she placed second in the league in shot put and first in the county for seeded throwers.
As a freshman at Washington in 2006–07, Whitcomb appeared in 21 games and received four starting assignments. She missed eight games mid-season after suffering a broken right hand in a December 2 practice in Columbus, Ohio. She led the team with an 81.0 free-throw shooting percentage (17-for-21), was fourth on the squad with 15 three-pointers made, and averaged 4.3 points and 1.6 rebounds per game.
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