Jayne Appel

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::summary American basketball player ::

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Field	Value
name	Jayne Appel-Marinelli
number	32
position	Center
height_ft	6
height_in	4
league	WNBA
birth_date
birth_place	Berkeley, California, U.S.
high_school	Carondelet (Concord, California)
college	Stanford (2006–2010)
draft_year	2010
draft_round	1
draft_pick	5
draft_team	San Antonio Silver Stars
draft_league	WNBA
career_start	2010
career_end	2016
highlights	* 2x All-American – State Farm Coaches', USBWA (2009, 2010)
wnba_profile	jayne_appel
medal_templates
weight_lbs	210
years1	–
team1	San Antonio Stars
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| name = Jayne Appel-Marinelli | number = 32 | position = Center | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | league = WNBA | birth_date = | birth_place = Berkeley, California, U.S. | high_school = Carondelet (Concord, California) | college = Stanford (2006–2010) | draft_year = 2010 | draft_round = 1 | draft_pick = 5 | draft_team = San Antonio Silver Stars | draft_league = WNBA | career_start = 2010 | career_end = 2016 | highlights = * 2x All-American – State Farm Coaches', USBWA (2009, 2010)

• 2x Second-team All-American – AP (2009, 2010)
• Pac-10 Player of the Year (2009)
• 3x First-team All Pac-10 (2008–2010)
• Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (2007)
• Pac-10 All-Freshman Team (2007)
• McDonald's All-American Game MVP (2006) | wnba_profile = jayne_appel | medal_templates = | weight_lbs = 210 | years1 = – | team1 = San Antonio Stars

** Jayne Appel-Marinelli** (born May 14, 1988) is an American former basketball center who played for the San Antonio Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in 2016. She played collegiate basketball at Stanford University.

Early life

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.

College career

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.

Appel scored a career high 46 points against Iowa State on March 30, 2009, which is the third-highest mark in NCAA tournament history.

Appel became the leading rebounder in Pac-10 history on February 27, 2010, surpassing Lisa Leslie's record of 1,214 career rebounds.

Appel suffered a sprained ankle and a stress fracture in her right foot during Stanford's first-round game of the 2010 NCAA tournament on March 20. She continued to play, keeping the extent of her injury secret until the day of the WNBA draft. Stanford advanced to the Final Four, ultimately losing to Connecticut to finish the season 36–2.

USA Basketball

Appel played for the USA 2006 U18 team in Colorado. The team won all four games, earning the gold medal and qualifying for the U19 World Championship.

Appel played for the USA team in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team won all five games, earning the gold medal for the event.

Appel was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009, one of only three college players to be invited. The team selected to play for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics is usually chosen from these participants.

Appel was selected to be a member of the National team representing the US at the World Championships held in September and October 2010. The team was coached by Geno Auriemma. Because many team members were still playing in the WNBA until just prior to the event, the team had only one day of practice with the entire team before leaving for Ostrava and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Even with limited practice, the team won its first games against Greece by 26 points. The team continued to dominate with victory margins exceeding 20 points in the first five games. Several players shared scoring honors, with Swin Cash, Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi, Lindsay Whalen, and Sylvia Fowles all ending as high scorer in the first few games. The sixth game was against undefeated Australia — the USA jumped out to a 24-point lead and the USA prevailed 83–75. The USA won its next two games by over 30 points, then faced the host team, the Czech Republic, in the championship game. The USA team had only a five-point lead at halftime, which was cut to three points, but the Czechs never got closer. Team USA went on to win the championship and gold medal. Appel averaged 1.8 points per game.

Appell was one of 21 finalists for the U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team Roster. The 20 professional women's basketball players, plus one collegiate player (Brittney Griner), were selected by the USA Basketball Women's National Team Player Selection Committee to compete for the final roster which will represent the US at the 2012 Olympics in London.

WNBA career

Appel was chosen by the San Antonio Silver Stars in the first round of the 2010 WNBA draft.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|- | align="left" | 2010 | align="left" | San Antonio |28||0||10.9||53.5||33.3||55.9||2.5||0.5||0.3||0.2||0.7||3.4 |- | align="left" | 2011 | align="left" | San Antonio |31||0||14.6||47.2||33.3||56.0||4.6||0.8||0.5||0.6||0.7||3.2 |- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | San Antonio |33||30||18.9||55.3||0.0||75.9||6.5||1.2||0.5||0.9||1.2||3.5 |- | align="left" | 2013 | align="left" | San Antonio |29||29||26.5||57.9||33.3||59.2||8.9||2.0||0.9||1.3||1.5||5.9 |- | align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | San Antonio |34||34||24.8||53.8||100.0||60.5||7.9||2.1||0.5||0.9||1.4||4.9 |- | align="left" | 2015 | align="left" | San Antonio |30||28||22.4||38.2||0.0||64.7||6.2||1.4||0.8||1.3||1.3||3.3 |- | align="left" | 2016 | align="left" | San Antonio |34||34||23.1||42.9||0.0||73.5||5.4||2.1||0.9||1.0||1.6||4.1 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 7 years, 1 team |219||155||20.3||49.8||21.1||63.9||6.1||1.5||0.6||0.9||1.2||4.0

Playoffs

|- | align="left" | 2010 | align="left" | San Antonio |2||0||12.0||50.0||0.0||75.0||3.5||1.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||5.5

|- | align="left" | 2011 | align="left" | San Antonio |3||0||8.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.7||0.3||0.7||0.0||1.3||0.0 |- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | San Antonio |2||2||13.0||66.7||0.0||0.0||4.5||1.0||0.0||0.5||1.0||2.0 |- | align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | San Antonio |2||2||19.5||0.0||0.0||0.0||5.5||2.0||0.5||0.0||1.0||0.0 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 4 years, 1 team |9||4||12.6||35.3||0.0||75.0||3.2||1.0||0.3||0.1||0.9||1.7

College

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Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2006–07	Stanford	33	436	53.8	-	64.5	7.5	1.0	0.8	1.8	13.2
2007–08	Stanford	39	586	58.8	-	70.6	8.8	2.8	0.9	2.2	15.0
2008–09	Stanford	38	613	60.2	-	65.3	9.2	2.8	0.7	1.8	16.1
2009–10	Stanford	37	490	52.1	-	62.8	8.7	2.5	0.7	1.6	13.2
Career	Stanford	147	2125	56.5	0.0	65.6	8.6	2.3	0.7	1.9	14.5
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Source

References

References

1. "2006 USA Basketball Women's U18 Nation Team Trials Media Guide". USA Basketball.
2. "SIXTH WOMEN'S FIBA AMERICAS U18 CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN – 2006". USA Basketball.
3. (February 27, 2010). "Jayne Appel breaks Pac-10 career rebounding record as Stanford routs Arizona". MercuryNews.com.
4. FitzGerald, Tom. (August 11, 2010). "WNBA DRAFT / Appel picked No. 5, has stress fracture". The San Francisco Chronicle.
5. (April 8, 2010). "SILVER STARS: Silver Stars Select Center Jayne Appel With The No. 5 Pick In The 2010 WNBA Draft". Wnba.com.
6. "USA Basketball Women's National Team To Tip-Off Training Tomorrow In D.C.". USA Basketball.
7. (April 8, 2010). "Tina Charles, Monica Wright and Kesley Griffin selected as top picks in 2010 WNBA Draft presented by adidas". WNBA.com.
8. "Women's Basketball Player stats".
9. (Nov 19, 2010). "Fifteenth Pan American Games -- 2007". USA Basketball.
10. "SIXTEENTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 2010". USA Basketball.
11. (Feb 13, 2012). "Twenty-One Finalists In The Mix For Final 2012 U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team Roster". WNBA.com.

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