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Anna Wilson
No. 3 – Stanford Cardinal
PositionGuard
LeaguePac-12 Conference
Personal information
Born (1997-07-12) July 12, 1997 (age 27)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Career information
High school
CollegeStanford (2016–present)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
FIBA U17 Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 Czech Republic Team

Anna Christine Wilson (born July 12, 1997) is an American college basketball player for the Stanford Cardinal in the Pac-12 Conference of NCAA Division I women's basketball. At the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women, Wilson won a gold medal as a part of Team USA; for the Bellevue High School Wolverines, for whom Wilson played as a senior, Wilson averaged 15.3 points per game as the Wolverines finished with an undefeated season. At Stanford, Wilson played primarily a bench role until her fifth-year senior year, where she started every game and won the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game with the Cardinal. Her brother Russell Wilson is a quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League.

Early life

Anna Christine Wilson was born on July 12, 1997[1][2] to Tammy and Harrison Wilson III,[3] her mother a nurse and her father a lawyer.[4] Her father played football and baseball at Dartmouth College.[5] By age five, Anna played basketball, and, as she got older, her father coached her at a local YMCA.[6]

Wilson won a gold medal as a part of Team USA at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women as the United States defeated Spain in the final, 77–75; Wilson played three minutes and five seconds and missed her only field goal attempted.[7][8] She originally attended Collegiate School in Richmond, Virginia, before she moved to Bellevue, Washington for her senior year. For the Bellevue High School Wolverines, Wilson played as a point guard, and averaged 15.3 points per game, 3.2 steals per game, and 4.6 assists per game as the team finished with an undefeated record and won a Class 3A girls state championship.[9] ESPN HoopGurlz ranked Wilson as a five-star prospect, and the 42nd-best player in the United States, while recruiting website Prospects Nation ranked Wilson as the 34th-best player and as a four-star prospect.[10][11] She graduated high school in 2016.[12] Wilson was selected for the McDonald's All-American Game, an all-star girls' basketball game which comprises many of the top-ranked American and Canadian high school basketball graduates played the same day as a counterpart boys' game; before the game, Wilson suffered a concussion in practice, which was her third.[4] As a high school sophomore, Wilson verbally committed to attend and play for Stanford University,[4] and had offers from Wake Forest, Maryland, Marquette, Wisconsin, and Virginia.[6]

College career

Wilson only played in six games her freshman year due to health issues: Wilson missed the first eleven games of her freshman year at Stanford as she recovered from her concussion, and missed the final eleven games of the season with a right foot injury. She made her Stanford debut against the Yale Bulldogs, where she scored eleven points over seventeen minutes played in a 102–44 Stanford victory.[13][14] She finished her freshman year with seventeen points over forty-eight minutes played.[15] Wilson made her first career start against the UNLV Lady Rebels during her sophomore year and scored eight points. She scored a career-high twenty-one points against the Ohio State Buckeyes in a game Stanford lost 94–82.[15][16] She finished the year with an average of 3.3 points per game over 10.7 minutes per game and two games started, though she missed the last seven games of the season because of a left foot injury.[15]

In her junior year, Wilson averaged 2.7 points per game over thirty-two games played and three games started as Stanford won the 2019 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament but lost in the Elite Eight round of the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 84–68.[15][17] As a senior, she averaged 2.5 points per game in a bench role as Stanford lost in the final of the 2020 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament to the Oregon Ducks, and the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15][18] Wilson was granted another season of eligibility at Stanford under the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA's) hardship-waiver rule, which states an athlete may gain another year of eligibility if he or she sustained an injury or illness in the first half of the team's season, and the player only played in up to thirty percent of the team's games,[13] after an appeal of an initial denial.[19]

As a fifth-year senior, Wilson started every game, and was noted for her defensive ability.[20][21][22] She finished with career highs in minutes per game, at 23.6, field goal percentage, at .509, and rebounds per game, with 3.7,[15] as the Cardinal defeated the Arizona Wildcats 54–53 to win the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game; Wilson, who started the game, played thirty-one minutes, accumulating five points, three assists and four rebounds.[23] In March, Wilson was named Pac-12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year, along with Aari McDonald of Arizona.[24] She is eligible to return for a sixth season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which shortened the 2020–2021 season.[21]

Personal life

Wilson is the sister of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson.[3] In addition to Russell, Anna has another brother, Harrison Wilson IV, who played college football as a wide receiver, and college basketball, for the University of Richmond.[6] She is an art practice major at Stanford.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Anna Christine Wilson". FIBA. Archived from the original on April 12, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "Anna Wilson Basketball Profile". EuroBasket. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Ringer, Sandy (January 14, 2016). "Russell Wilson's Sister, Anna, Makes her Own Name as a Bellevue High Basketball Star". The Seattle Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b c Wilson, Anna; Barnes, Katie (April 7, 2020). "Anna Wilson: I'm More than a Basketball Player and More than Russell Wilson's Sister". ESPN. Archived from the original on April 6, 2021.
  5. ^ Barber, Bonnie (January 7, 2014). "Seattle Seahawks Take Flight With Son of 'Harry B.' '77". Archived from the original on September 22, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Thomases, Jake (March 14, 2013). "Anna Wilson Dazzles in Superstar's Shadow". ESPN. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "Anna Wilson". USA Basketball. March 18, 2021. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021.
  8. ^ "Final Score". FIBA. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  9. ^ Evans, Jayda (June 14, 2016). "Russell Wilson to Sister Anna on Bellevue High Graduation Day: 'You Turned Out to be Way Cooler than a New Baseball Glove'". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on September 25, 2016.
  10. ^ "Anna Wilson". ESPN. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  11. ^ "Anna Wilson". Prospects Nation. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  12. ^ Mathews, Liz (April 5, 2021). "Russell Wilson Cheers on Sister Anna and Stanford Women to NCAA Title". USA Today. Archived from the original on April 5, 2021.
  13. ^ a b FitzGerald, Tom (April 22, 2017). "Stanford Freshman Anna Wilson Might Seek Additional Year". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017.
  14. ^ "Final". ESPN. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g "Anna Wilson". Stanford University. Archived from the original on March 31, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  16. ^ "Play4Kay Showcase: Final/OT". ESPN. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  17. ^ "Notre Dame beats Stanford to get back to Final Four". NCAA. April 1, 2019. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020.
  18. ^ Northam, Mitchell (March 12, 2020). "2020 Women's College Basketball Conference Tournaments: Schedules, Brackets, Scores, Auto Bids". NCAA. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020.
  19. ^ Smith, Michelle (March 21, 2021). "Michelle Smith Pac-12 Women's Basketball Feature: Stanford's Anna Wilson". Pac-12. Archived from the original on March 23, 2021.
  20. ^ Schnell, Lindsey (March 29, 2021). "Stanford's Anna Wilson Finds Joy, Purpose in Defense. We Should Celebrate Her for It". USA Today. Archived from the original on April 1, 2021.
  21. ^ a b McCauley, Jamie (March 3, 2021). "Fifth-Year Guard Anna Wilson Emerges as a Top Stanford Defender". The Spokesman-Review. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021.
  22. ^ Gutmann, Harold (March 29, 2021). "Stanford's Anna Wilson Steps Up Scoring in Sweet 16, but Another Defensive Challenge Awaits in Louisville". The Mercury News. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021.
  23. ^ "NCAA Women's Championship pres. by Capital One – National Championship". ESPN. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  24. ^ "2020–21 Pac-12 Women's Basketball All-Conference Honors and Annual Performance Awards Presented by Nextiva". Pac-12. March 1, 2021. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021.
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