Haiden Denise Palmer (born March 28, 1991 in

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) is an American former

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player. She played college basketball for

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and Gonzaga before going on to play professionally. She won the Icelandic championship and Icelandic Cup with Snæfell in 2016 while being named the Foreign Player of the Year, Playoffs MVP and the Cup MVP. She later went on to play in Germany where she won the

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in 2018 with

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. In 2021, she win the Icelandic Cup again, this time with

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College career

Palmer started her college basketball with

in 2009 and averaged 10.8 points for the 2009–10 season. She left Oregon after the season, along with several of her teammates due to their dissatisfaction with coach LaVonda Wagner, and joined Gonzaga where she redshirted her first year. She was named the 2011–12 WCC Newcomer of the Year and the 2013 WCC Most Outstanding Player at the WCC Women's Basketball Championship. She helped Gonzaga to three WCC regular-season titles, two WCC Tournament Championships and three NCAA Tournaments, reaching the Sweet 16 in 2012. After her senior season in 2014, she was recognized as an honorable mention All-American by the

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Professional career

Palmer was drafted by the

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in the

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but was waived on May 12. Her first professional stop was with Indias de Mayagüez of the

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in 2014. She spent the 2014–2015 season with Elizur Natanya in Israel where she averaged 15.1 points and 7.2 rebounds in 19 games. In 2015 she signed with Snæfell of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna. Snæfell started the season by winning the

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on 11 October 2015, beating

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79–45, where Palmer had 22 points and 8 assists. In February 2016, she helped Snæfell to the Icelandic Basketball Cup finals. In the Cup finals, Haiden had a

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with 23 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in Snæfell's 78–70 victory over Grindavík and was named the Cup Finals MVP. Palmer led Snæfell to a 3–2 victory over

in the Úrvalsdeild finals. She was named the Finals MVP after she broke Olga Færseth's 22-year old scoring record by scoring 134 points in the five games. After the season she was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year. Palmer signed with Herner TC of the

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for the 2016–2017 season where she averaged 13.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.9 steals in 22 games. She moved to

in 2017 and helped the club to both the DBBL and cup finals. She also played for the club in the

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, averaging 11.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game. In July 2018, Palmer signed with TK Hannover of the DBBL. She spent the 2019–20 season with

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in the

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where she averaged 19.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game. On 25 June 2020, Palmer returned to the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, signing back with Snæfell. In her first game, she had 24 points and a season high 11 steals. On 24 March 2021, she scored a season high 39 points in a victory against KR. On two occasions she reached a season high 22 rebounds, in a loss against

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and a victory against Breiðablik in the last game of the season, where she also had 27 points and 11 assists, her fourth

of the season. In 19 games, she averaged a league leading 7.9 assist per game along with 21.7 points and 11.9 rebounds. On 6 July 2021, Palmer signed with

. On 18 August 2021, she helped Haukar to a 94–89 victory against

in the Icelandic Cup final with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists. On September 23, she scored 24 points in a victory against Portuguese club Clube União Sportiva in the EuroCup. On 3 October, Haiden had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists in a win against

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in the

. She left the team in December 2021 after averaging 9.6 points, 9.7 rebounds and 7.6 assists in 7 Úrvalsdeild games. In March, Palmer returned to Haukar, following

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's injury. On 10 April, she had 24 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists in game three of Haukar's semi-finals sweep against Valur.

Coaching career

In August 2022, it was announced that Palmer was named video coordinator for the

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women's basketball team.

Statistics

College statistics

Source

Awards and accomplishments

Club Honours

Germany

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(2018)

Iceland

* Icelandic league champion (2016) * Icelandic Basketball Cup (2016, 2021) *

(2015)

Individual Honours

Iceland

* Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year (2016) * Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP (2016) * Icelandic Cup MVP (2016)

College career

Professional career

Coaching career

Statistics

College statistics

Awards and accomplishments

Club Honours

Germany

Iceland

Individual Honours

Iceland

References

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