Jayne Appel

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. The team selected to play for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics is usually chosen from these participants.

Career statistics

WNBA Regular season

Playoffs

College 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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