Angie Bjorklund

Angela Deanne Bjorklund (born July 14, 1989) is an American former NCAA basketball player for the Tennessee Lady Vols. She played professionally for the Chicago Sky, who drafted her in the 2011 WNBA draft. Her older sister, Jami, was a forward for Kelly Graves' Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team from 2005 to 2009, playing alongside Sky teammate at the time; Courtney Vandersloot.

High school career Bjorklund attended University High School in Spokane Valley, Washington.

Bjorklund was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2007 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored eleven points.

College career Bjorklund became the 10th Lady Vol freshman to start their basketball career in the starting lineup. She played all 38 games during her freshman season, where Tennessee won the National Championship against Stanford by a final score of 64–48, earning Pat Summitt her eighth and eventually, final National Championship as head coach. Bjorklund finished her college career with 300 3-pointers, becoming the Lady Vols all-time 3 points record, which was previously held by Shanna Zolman, who had 266 3-pointers in her career.

In 2011, she became the 29th Lady Vol ever selected in the WNBA draft.

Post basketball career Bjorklund was hired as the Santa Clara University Director of Women's Basketball Operations position prior to the 2013–14 season under Jennifer Mountain, who was assistant coach during her sister Jami's freshman, sophomore, and junior years at Gonzaga. She has also been a graduate assistant coach and a sport psychologist at the University of Idaho.

In 2025, she was inducted into the Hooptown USA Hall of Fame.

Personal life Bjorklund comes from a family of athletics. Her sister is Jami Bjorklund, who also played high school and college basketball. Their Uncle Steve Ranniger played basketball at Oregon; grandfather Duane Ranniger played basketball at Washington State; and grandfather Leon Bjorklund ran track at Washington. Her parents are Jim and Kris Bjorklund. In addition to basketball, she also played soccer and volleyball throughout most of her childhood.

She has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Tennessee and a Master's degree in sport psychology from the University of Idaho.

She currently lives in Spain with her partner Rosó Buch, a Spanish basketball player.

Career statistics Denotes season(s) in which Bjorklund won an NCAA Championship

WNBA

College + NCAA statistics Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2007–08 * Tennessee 38 318 38.6 36.8 87.0 3.2 1.4 0.8 0.1 8.4 2008–09 Tennessee 28 344 38.2 40.8 79.2 3.0 2.6 1.1 0.3 12.3 2009–10 Tennessee 35 487 41.7 42.7 74.4 2.7 2.9 0.9 0.2 13.9 2010–11 Tennessee 31 320 43.5 45.1 76.0 2.6 2.2 0.8 0.3 10.3 Career 132 1469 40.5 41.3 78.5 2.9 2.2 0.9 0.2 11.1