Janel McCarville (born on November 3, 1982 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin) was a standout collegiate women's basketball player at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities), nicknamed the Golden Gophers. November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime... Stevens Point is a city located in Portage County in central Wisconsin. ... The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system. ... Goldy the Gopher is the team mascot The Minnesota Golden Gophers are the college sports team for the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. ...

McCarville started all four years during her time with the Golden Gophers, playing alongside her teammate Lindsay Whalen, and turned the program around from being the worst in the Big Ten conference into a Final Four team in 2004. Goldy the Gopher is the team mascot The Minnesota Golden Gophers are the college sports team for the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. ... Lindsay Whalen is a basketball player from the United States. ... The Big Ten Conference is a college athletic conference located in the northern United States, stretching from Iowa in the west to Pennsylvania in the east. ... The playoff term Final Four was originally popularized to refer to the final four teams in the NCAA Basketball Tournament; these are the champions of the tournaments four regional brackets, and the only teams remaining on the tournaments final weekend. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

McCarville is in the top five of every major statistical category at for the Golden Gophers' women's team, including points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. McCarville holds the NCAA record for most rebounds in the tournament, with 75 rebounds in five games. She also holds the NCAA record for tournament rebound average, with 15 per game. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...

On April 16, 2005, she was picked by Charlotte Sting as the number one overall selection during the WNBA Draft. April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Charlotte Sting are a Womens National Basketball Association team. ... Since 1997 the WNBA has administrated a yearly draft of college and professional womens basketball players. ...

External Links

• Press Release of the 2005 WNBA Draft (http://www.wnba.com/draft2005/draft2005_release.html)
• 2005 WNBA Draft Profile (http://www.wnba.com/draft2005/prospect_janel_mccarville.html)