Rachael Vanderwal

Rachael Vanderwal (born 27 June 1983) is a 5'9 (1.75m) point guard for Great Britain women's national basketball team. She is part of the squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] She has dual citizenship with Great Britain and Canada.

Rachael grew up in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. She figure skated until the age of 12, when she took up the sport of basketball. She played for Bishop Ryan Secondary School in Hamilton winning the provincial championship her final year in 2001. She played for Boston University in the NCAA Division 1 from 2002-2006 in the America East Conference. She captained the squad her sophomore, junior and senior years. As a freshman, BU won the America East and went to the NCAA tournament, playing the national champions University of Connecticut in the first round. She received All-Conference first team and All-Defensive team her senior year. She remains in the career top ten in minutes played.

Rachael has played professionally in the Irish Superleague from 2007-2014. Her first two seasons where with Donoughmore, Cork where she won National Cup and League Titles and Player of the Year back to back. In 2009 she transferred to the University of Limerick where she led the league in scoring. The UL huskies have dominated the Irish Superleague in recent years winning 4 regular season titles, 3 national cups and 3 league playoffs from 2010-2014, with Rachael playing a dominant role. Rachael won Player of the Year three years in a row from 2011-2013.

She made her Great Britain Senior debut in 2010 against Portugal. She has played with the senior team ever since, participating in Eurobasket 2011, the London Olympics 2012, and most recently Eurobasket 2013. She received her 50th cap in the London Olympics against Brazil.

YEAR BY YEAR STATS:

Great Britain Senior Women

Year PPG RPG APG

2013 EuroBasket Women Finals 5.7 2.8 0.8

2012 Olympic Games 2.8 2.0 0.8

2011 EuroBasket Women Finals 2.0 1.7 1.0

2010 European Division A 1.0 0.6 0.6

Professional (Club) Career

Year Team PPG RPG APG

2008-9 Cork 24 - 3.6

2009-10 Limerick 22.2 - 3.5

2010-11 Limerick 16.5 - 2.1

2011-12 Limerick 19.7 3.1 3.9

2012-13 Limerick 19.2 4.5 3.2

Boston University Career

Year PPG RPG APG

2002-03 3.1 1.7 1.1

2003-04 4.1 2.8 2.4

2004-05 11.3 4.9 4.8

2005-06 12.7 6.4 3.5

Personal Achievements:

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