Chart: Janel McCarville bio and timeline

May 19, 2013 at 2:31AM
Minnesota's Janel McCarville, right, hugs teammate Lindsay Whalen near the end of the NCAA Mideast final game against Duke Tuesday, March 30, 2004, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) ORG XMIT: VARL120 ORG XMIT: MIN1305162100231251
* McCarville huggedGophers teammate Lindsay Whalen as they secured their Mideast Regional final victory over Duke in 2004. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

JANEL MCCARVILLE FILE

Age: 30 Ht./wt: 6-2, 205

WNBA career averages: 8.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists

Best season: In 2008 with New York, she averaged 13.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists

TIMELINE

1996 (approximately): Her father helps her hang a basketball hoop on a barn on the family farm.

2001: Leads her high school to the Wisconsin big-school finals and is named co-Wisconsin player of the year. That fall she begins playing for the University of Minnesota.

2003: On U.S. team that wins silver at Pan American Games.

2004: Leads Gophers to the Final Four.

2005: No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by the Charlotte Sting.

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2006-08: Plays for Good Angels Kosice in Slovakia.

2007: Claimed by the New York Liberty in the dispersal draft after the Sting folds and is named the league's most improved player.

2008: Named Eastern Conference player of week twice.

2009-10: Plays for Spartak Moscow.

2010-12: Plays for Famila Schio in Italy.

2011-12: Skips WNBA season after being threatened with fines for missing Liberty training camp.

2012: Signs with Canik Belediyesi in Turkey.

2013: Traded to the Lynx.

JIM SOUHAN

Minnesota's Janel McCarville, left, holds up a Charlotte Sting jersey with WNBA President Donna Orender after being selected as the No. 1 overall pick the WNBA Daft Saturday, April 16, 2005, in Secaucus, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun) ORG XMIT: MIN2013051715434992
* No. 1 overall in 2005 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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