Whitney Hand

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-1
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Liberty Christian
Hometown:
Fort Worth, Texas

SEASON	GP-S	FG	%	3FG	%	FT	%	REB	RPG	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS	PPG
2009	33-33	106-268	.396	62-166	.373	29-35	.829	97	2.9	54	64	17	40	303	9.2
2010	5-5	23-54	.426	10-26	.385	11-14	.786	22	4.4	11	13	2	6	67	13.4
2011	23-22	100-257	.389	38-128	.297	51-62	.823	130	5.7	64	60	13	33	289	12.6
2012	34-34	152-382	.398	39-123	.317	109-130	.838	241	7.1	140	84	14	29	452	13.3
2013	9-9	33-62	.532	15-29	.517	19-23	.826	65	7.2	27	27	5	12	100	11.1
CAREER	104-103	414-1023	.405	164-472	.347	219-264	.830	555	5.3	296	248	51	120	1211	11.6

COLLEGIATE ACCOLADES
• AllState Good Works Team (2013)
• Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2012)
• All-Big 12 First Team (2012)
• Capital One Academic All-District 7 First Team (2012, 2013)
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2009)
• All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (2009)
• All-Big 12 Freshman Team (2009)
• NCAA Championship All-Region (2009)
• Big 12 Freshman of the Week (4x, 2009)

2012-13 - REDSHIRT SENIOR: Team co-captain…Suffered season-ending ACL tear in ninth game of season versus North Texas on Dec. 5…Member of Inaugural WBCA AllState Good Works Team…Averaged 11.1 points and 7.2 rebounds…Selected 32nd overall, in the third round, by the San Antonio Silver Stars in the 2013 WNBA Draft…One of just two Big 12 student-athletes to record a 4.00 GPA during academic year … Academic All-Big 12 First Team…Academic All-District First Team…Finished her basketball career collecting 1,211 points, 555 rebounds, 296 assists, 120 steals and 51 blocks and started 103 of 104 games played.

2011-12 - REDSHIRT JUNIOR: Led Sooners in minutes played (36.2), free throw percentage (.838), rebounds (241) and assists (140) ... All-Big 12 Championship Team member ... Averaged 17.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in two Big 12 tournament games ... All-Big 12 First Team ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Capital One Academic All-District First Team ... Among Big 12 players, ranked 12th in scoring (13.3), ninth in rebounds per game (7.1), eighth in assists per game (4.1), third in free throw percentage, sixth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.7) and third in minutes played ... Began season with first of five double-double performances, an 18-point, 10-rebound effort versus Sacramento State (Nov. 13) ... Scored season-high 24 points twice, once versus Texas Tech (Jan. 11) where she was 11-for-11 from free throw line and then versus Texas A&M (March 9) in Big 12 Championship Semifinal ... Crossed 1,000 career points with 11-point performance versus Texas A&M (Feb. 21) ... Paired with Aaryn Ellenberg to become just fourth set of Sooner teammates to each reach 1,000 career points in the same season ... Averaged 14.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 1.5 turnovers in the NCAA tournament ... Led OU scoring in 10 games and rebounding in 13 ... Preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention ... Voted co-captain by teammates.

2010-11 - REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE: Returned from a 401-day absence following an ACL tear to total then-career highs of 24 points and 11 rebounds in her hometown of Fort Worth against TCU (Jan. 2) ... Averaged 12.6 points and 5.7 rebounds in 23 games played ... Led team with 34.8 minutes per game of court time ... Averaged 20.5 points in NCAA first and second rounds after matching previous career high of 24 points against James Madison (March 20) and then scoring 27 points against Miami (March 22) ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection.

2009-10 - SOPHOMORE: Made five starts, averaging 13.4 points and 4.4 rebounds, before tearing ACL shortly before halftime of OU's blowout win of San Diego State in the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam (Nov. 27) ... Scored over 14 points per game in first four contests and had 10 at time of first-half injury ... Made 10 of 26 (.385) 3-pointers, 13 of 28 (.464) 2-pointers and 11 of 14 (.786) free throws.

2008-09 - FRESHMAN: Averaged 9.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 37.3 3-point field goal percentage in 33 games started ... Big 12 Freshman of the Year ... All-Big 12 honorable mention ... Big 12 All-Freshman Team selection ... NCAA Championship All-Oklahoma City Region Team member ... Ranked fourth in Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage ... Four-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week (Dec. 1, Jan. 12, Jan. 26, Feb. 9) ... Averaged 13.0 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.0 steals during NCAA Championship ... Scored season-high 22 points versus Purdue in Oklahoma City Regional Semifinal (March 29) ... Led Oklahoma to first win over defending national champions Tennessee with 20-point performance ... Made 8-of-9 field goals, including 4-of-5 3-point attempts, in win over Lady Vols (Feb. 2) ... Also scored 20 points in win versus Marist (Nov. 26) ... Became just seventh true freshman under Sherri Coale to start first career game, netting 11 points versus UC-Riverside (Nov. 15).

HIGH SCHOOL ACCOLADES
• Nation's No. 14 Overall Player (SLAM Magazine)
• Nation's No. 5 Shooting Guard (SLAM Magazine)
• Texas' No. 1 Shooting Guard (SLAM Magazine)
• Nation's No. 33 Overall Player (Blue Star Report)
• Nation's No. 39 Overall Player (ESPN Hoopgurlz)
• High School All-American (Women's Basketball Coaches Association)
• Texas Player of the Year (Chevrolet's Inside High School Basketball)
• 2008 TAPPS Large Division Player of the Year (Texas Association of Basketball Coaches)
• 2008 TAPPS All-State Class 5A First Team
• 2008 TAPPS All-District 1-5A MVP
• 2008 TAPPS All-District 1-5A First Team
• 2008 TAPPS Academic All-State Basketball
• 2008 TABC All-Star Game Selection
• 2008 TABC Private High School (Large Division) Player of the Year
• 2008 All-Texas First Team (Premier Basketball Report)
• 2008 TAPPS Class 5A Female Athlete of the Year
• Greater Denton Sports Commission Female Athlete of the Year Runner-Up
• 2007 TAPPS All-State Class 5A First Team
• 2007 TAPPS All-District 1-5A Co-MVP
• 2007 All-Area MVP (Denton Record Chronicle)

LIBERTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: Second leading scorer in Texas' history with 3,649 points; trailed Adrian McGowen (2003-06), who is the national record holder with 5,424 ... Averaged 25.1 points, 12.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists as senior ... Made 49 percent of field goals and led state (all divisions, all classes) with 84.5 free throw percentage and 108 3-pointers made ... Led the WBCA All-America game with four steals and had 10 points and four assists while starting at point guard for the winning team ... Averaged 17 points, 9.4 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 5.4 steals and 45 percent from 3-point range as a junior ... Played at point guard, shooting guard, small forward and power forward positions during high school career ... Led Liberty Christian to 37-3 overall record (10-0 in league); team ended season ranked No. 10 in Texas by MaxPreps ... Led Liberty Christian to consecutive state championships in 2007 and 2008 ... Coached by Ken Burroughs.

OTHER: Led club team, Essence (Florida), to 2007 Nike Nationals Gold Division Championship with a 21-point, eight-rebound performance ... Defeated Dallas Mavericks' Jason Terry in a 3-point contest ... Three-time all-state in volleyball ... Also participated in track ... Volleyball team won 2006 state championship and finished runner-up in 2007 ... Graduated with 4.25 GPA ... Ranked No. 3 in class.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Rich and Susan Hand ... Father is a former major league pitcher who played in the Indians, Rangers and Angels organizations ... Has five siblings -- brother Cody and sisters Jessica, Jordyn, Hannah and Rebekah ... Married OU quarterback Landry Jones in June 2012.