Val Whiting ’89

Val was one of the great high school basketball players of the 1980s and was the first athlete from Delaware to play in the WNBA. At Ursuline, she was a three-time state player of the year, scoring 1,347 points in her career and led the team to 4 state titles. She went on to play at Stanford University, where she led the Cardinals to two national championships. Val graduated as Stanford’s second-leading scorer and leader in rebounds and blocks, earning a place in the university’s Athletic Hall of Fame. She played overseas as well as in the American Basketball League and the WNBA.