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Val Whiting

© Colleen Bittner

Val Whiting has seen a lot. She has played basketball in three different countries, and countless states. They say knowledge comes with experience, and Val has a lot of knowledge.

Val attended Stanford University, and with the basketball program there she earned many personal honors. She was named Pac-10 player of the year, she is a Kodak All-American, and was named a member of the NCAA All-Regional team.

When Val graduated from Stanford in 1994, she was the leading scorer at the university with 2,077 points. She also had the highest number of career rebounds. After graduation Val had a dilemma that graduating basketball players do not have anymore. She had to decide whether to leave the country she has grown up in and go play overseas, or stay home and give up playing basketball.

Whiting was accepted into medical school after college, but instead she decided she wanted to keep playing. She was put on a team in a town named Viterbo, in Italy, which many foreign players referred to as vi-terrible. She doesn't candy coat her experience there. "I hated it." She says. Viterbo turned out to be a not very friendly, small town of sorts. There was virtually no fan support whatsoever. She was hardly ever paid on time, and things were defiantly less than perfect. Her experience in Italy wasn't completely bad however. She loved the good competition; there were some extremely good players to play against.

Val Whiting grew up in Wilmington, Delaware. Sports have always been big part of her life. Val and her sister Tina played many sports in their neighborhood with the boys. Sports background aside, Val's main goal in 7th grade was to become a cheerleader. She tried out, but was cut from the squad. At the suggestion from a teacher, Val tried basketball. She didn't enjoy having to learn the rules and the plays, but she was built for the sport, so she played anyhow. In high school she began working hard at her game, and she led her team to four state championships. She averaged 16.1 rebounds, 3.5 blocks, 4.7 assists, 3.5 steals, and most impressively, 30.3 points per game.

It doesn't matter if she is in the country or not, wherever she is, Val Whiting shines on the court.

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