Mikaelar Whippy (born March 31, 1986) is a female basketball player from Fiji who played for the

Fiji women's national basketball team Fiji women's national basketball team is the national basketball team from Fiji, administered by the Fiji Amateur Basketball Federation. They played in the 2007 Oceania Championship in Dunedin. History Due to their gold medal win at the 2015 ...

at the

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008 The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 for women took place from June 9 to June 15, 2008. On December 9, 2007, FIBA announced that Spain would host the wildcard tournament. Through this tournament, the final five qualifying berths for ...

Personal

She was born in

Suva Suva () is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Divi ...

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

on March 31, 1986. She attended the

Church College of New Zealand Church College of New Zealand (CCNZ) was a private secondary school in Temple View, Hamilton, New Zealand, that was operated by the Church Educational System of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was closed at the ...

, a secondary school in

Temple View Temple View is a suburb of the city of Hamilton, New Zealand. Temple View was established in the 1950s out of the construction of the Hamilton New Zealand Temple and the Church College of New Zealand by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

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before pursuing a college basketball career in the U.S. at

Long Island University Long Island University (LIU) is a private university with two main campuses, LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York. It offers more than 500 academic programs at its main campuses, online, and at multiple non-residential. LIU ...

. At LIU, she majored in economics with a minor in accounting. Upon her graduation in 2008, she assumed the role of director of operations for women's basketball at LIU for the following two seasons and earned her master's degree in human resource management in 2010.

College career

At Long Island University, Whippy was a four-year starter and a two-year captain for the Blackbirds. Over her college career she averaged 8.2 points per game, totaling 952 points, 16th in school history. She pulled down 416 rebounds and is fifth all-time in assists with 285 total assists, averaging 2.5 per game. She sunk 40% of her 2-point shots and made 31% of her 3-point attempts.

LIU Brooklyn statistics

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International career

In 2008, Whippy became a member of the Fiji National Team and participated in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying tournament.

References

External links

''Fiji National Team'' australiabasket.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whippy, Mikaelar 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Suva Fijian people of I-Taukei Fijian descent Fijian people of British descent Fijian women's basketball players LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds women's basketball players Fijian expatriate basketball people in the United States