Crystal Langhorne

Crystal Langhorne
No. 1 – Seattle Storm
Position Forward
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1986-10-27) October 27, 1986
Queens, New York
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Willingboro (Willingboro, New Jersey)
College Maryland (2004–2008)
WNBA draft 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall
Selected by the Washington Mystics
Playing career 2008–present
Career history
2008–2013 Washington Mystics
2014–present Seattle Storm
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals
Competitor for  United States
U18 and U19
2005 U19 Tunis, Tunisia Team Competition

Crystal Langhorne (born October 27, 1986) is an American basketball player for the Seattle Storm. She played for the University of Maryland Terrapins. In 2008 she was drafted by the Washington Mystics of the WNBA.

High school

Langhorne is a graduate of Willingboro High School in Willingboro, New Jersey.[1] Langhorne was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored five points, and earned MVP honors.[2]

College

In 2006 she helped the Terrapins win the NCAA Championship, and in 2007 she starred in helping the USA win the FIBA World Championship under 21 for women. She is the first player in the University of Maryland's history to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds for either the men's or women's teams, and only the 106th women's college basketball player to do so.[3]

Her jersey was retired and raised to the rafters at the Comcast Center during her last regular season home game.[4] She was the first Maryland player to have her jersey raised to the rafters while still active.

Maryland statistics

Source[5]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2004-05 Maryland 32 549 59.2 - 56.7 10.6 1.2 1.0 0.4 17.2
2005-06 Maryland 38 654 67.0 - 69.3 8.6 2.0 0.7 0.4 17.2
2006-07 Maryland 34 508 70.7 - 56.5 8.1 1.6 1.1 0.4 14.9
2007-08 Maryland 31 536 64.7 - 66.7 9.4 1.3 0.8 0.5 17.3
Career Maryland 135 2247 65.2 0.0 62.8 9.1 1.5 0.9 0.4 16.6

USA Basketball

Langhorne was a member of the USA Women's U19 team which competed in the 2005 U19 World Championships in Tunis, Tunisia. The USA team won all eight games, winning the gold medal. Langhorne led the team in scoring with 16.6 points per game and hit nine out of nine field goals attempts in the opening round game against South Korea.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Crystal Langhorne player bio – UMD. Accessed February 17, 2008.
  2. ↑ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
  3. ↑ #5/5 Terps and Virginia Tech Collide on Monday Night in Blacksburg – CSTV.com. "National player of the year candidate Crystal Langhorne became the first Maryland women's basketball player to score 2,000 points. She is the 106th player in NCAA history to have 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, and the first in Maryland men's or women's basketball history." Accessed February 17, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Player Bio: Crystal Langhorne". Umterps.com. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  5. ↑ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sixth FIBA Women's U19 World Championship -- 2005". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.

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