“Our hang outs were different from what we’d usually because we were limited in what we could do. For the 2013–14 season, Whitcomb moved to Slovakia to play for ŠKBD Rücon Spišská Nová Ves. Whitcomb is the daughter of Jan and Sander, and has an older brother, Jason. [23] The Storm went on to defeat the Las Vegas Aces 3–0 in the Finals to garner Whitcomb her second WNBA championship. Whitcomb returned to Germany for the 2012–13 season, signing with the Wolfenbüttel Wildcats in July 2012. [14], On February 1, 2018, Whitcomb re-signed with the Storm on a multi-year deal. The Seattle Storm will be without one of their top sharpshooters for the WNBA Finals. [43] In 26 games, she averaged 25.3 points per game. ... Former world champion bobsledder Nicola Minichiello and wife, bobsled coach Jo Manning. “I’m super excited to be back. sign up to the wnbl newsletter for news and updates. We feel like we have sort of unfinished business from the 2019 year,” she said. [73], In May 2017, Whitcomb applied for Australian citizenship. [11][12] Her six second-half three-pointers tied the WNBA record for most three-pointers in a half. Don’t for a second think that Whitcomb isn’t still fully committed to her Seattle Storm, though, and she’ll be glued to the screen for every game of the WNBA Finals as she hopes she gets her second championship with the club in three years. She also earned Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention honors. Sami Whitcomb, American, and Kate Malpass, Australian Cyesha Goree, American, and Tatsiana Likhtarovich, Belorusian Jacki Gemelos, American-Greek, and Sabrini Cinili, Italian. [75] On February 1, 2018, Whitcomb was naturalized at a ceremony in Perth before flying to Italy the next day for the Opals' training camp. She led the Huskies in scoring (12.8 ppg), steals (2.3 spg), three-pointers made (54) and free-throws made (71), while she was second in rebounding (3.9 rpg) and third in assists (1.2 apg). That was a Tigers team coming into the season that lost the likes of Kate Malpass, Stacey Barr, Emma Lobb and now Zoe Harper as well. The Willetton captain had a huge night and made sure her team made up for the heartbreak of 12 months ago when Sami Whitcomb and the Rockingham Flames denied her and the Tigers. Her nine steals were two away from matching the UW school record. [40] Her 41 points in the 68–63 win over the Willetton Tigers earned her back-to-back grand final MVPs as the Flames claimed their second consecutive championship. But with her and wife Kate Malpass expecting their first child any day now, she wanted to be back home to be with her family although the ramifications of COVID-19 have meant that has become a little more complicated than it otherwise would have been. [36], Following the 2012–13 season in Germany, Whitcomb began travelling through Europe hoping another team would sign her when she received a call to come to Australia to play for the Rockingham Flames in the State Basketball League (SBL). Sam Briggs (white pant) and her wife Nicole Holcomb (black skirt) Denise Thomas (right) and her wife Cassidy Lance-M ... Sami Whitcomb, American, and Kate Malpass, Australian Cyesha Goree, American, and Tatsiana Likhtarovich, Belorusian Jacki Gemelos, American-Greek, and Sabrini Cinili, Italian. I’ve been away from Perth for most of this year and I was really only in Perth for a month and-a-half or whatever it was in that interim when I was back from France and before I went to WNBA,” Whitcomb told the SBL Shootaround podcast. She missed eight games mid-season after suffering a broken right hand during practice. “We are really excited to be mums and to meet him and this is obviously going to be the most exciting adventure that we will go on as partners.”. [46] She earned eight Team of the Week recognitions,[47] was named Player of the Week for Round 3,[48] and helped the Lynx reach their first WNBL Grand Final since 1999. [30], Whitcomb was set to return to Germany to play for TSV 1880 Wasserburg in the 2014–15 season,[31] but later asked for the termination of her contract citing the need for a break from playing. It has had its positives and negatives but in the end for Whitcomb what it did was highlight just how close the group at the Storm are and the chemistry they have. Backup guard Sami Whitcomb has left the bubble in Bradenton, Florida, to return to Australia to be with her wife for the birth of their first child, the team said in a press release. In May 2015, Whitcomb signed with the Perth Lynx for the 2015–16 WNBL season. [3], After going undrafted in the 2010 WNBA draft, Whitcomb signed a training camp contract with the Chicago Sky on April 25, 2010. “I was going to fly into Singapore and I had booked a separate flight to Perth, but then at the airport they told me I wasn’t allowed to do that even though they had booked it for me. [49] In the grand final series, the Lynx were defeated 2–0 by the Townsville Fire despite Whitcomb's 20 points in game one and 15 points in game two. She earned All-Pac-10 honorable mention honors and was named to the Pac-10 All-Defensive honorable mention team for a second-straight season. [27] In 20 games, she averaged 18.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.6 steals per game. [24] For the season, Whitcomb led Seattle's reserves with a career-high 8.1 points per game alongside 2.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 16.5 minutes. “That’s always something that teams that win is a special opportunity and you want that chance to win again, and defend it. Already, Whitcomb had missed much of Kate's pregnancy. She was waived by the Sky on May 9 after appearing in two WNBA preseason games. She finished the season with averages of 24.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, while knocking down 105 three-pointers throughout the year, besting her own WNBL record for most three-pointers made in a season. [28] In 20 games, she averaged 18.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.6 steals per game. “It’s been a long time coming really and it is an emotional journey but we are super thrilled to be at the part of it now where we are actually going to get to meet him and start the more fun part of it. “We didn’t feel like we got that and i know our team isn’t exactly the same, but for the most part the core group is back and it’s special we’ve now got the chance to prove we are the best team again. While Whitcomb hopes to earn another WNBA championship over the coming days and can’t wait to get back underway in the WNBL at the Lynx, ultimately what’s occupying most of her mind right now is looking forward to her and Kate welcoming their son into the world. [3], Whitcomb was also a two-time letterwinner in track and field during her sophomore and junior years. [14], Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 WNBA season was reduced to a 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present. [28] In the 2013 season, Whitcomb was crowned the league's Most Valuable Player and earned All-Star Five honors. But the process had stalled by June because of the challenges associated with applying from overseas. A second wave of the coronavirus in Australia has changed mandatory quarantines for those entering the country, and Sami Whitcomb hopes to be back home by the November due date for her son. She has no doubt that’s a big reason they are now closing in on that championship. Nurse, from Hamilton, was the Liberty’s 10th overall selection in the 2018 WNBA Draft. She led the team with an 81.0 free-throw shooting percentage (17-for-21), was fourth on the squad with 15 three-pointers made, and averaged 4.3 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. “So we swept in the semis to make it to the Finals again which is really exciting, and then I was kinda faced with the difficult decision of staying for the Finals Series and potentially missing the birth of Kate and I’s first child or leaving at the stage,” Whitcomb said. She made her debut in the WNBA in 2017 and won championships with the Seattle Storm in 2018 and 2020. But it still meant I was going to leave the team and miss the Finals so there were still aspects for it that were hard and unfortunate to have to experience. “Sometimes you’d want to be alone to get a lot of that balance and not everything being basketball so it was hard to find that balance. She tallied 652 points throughout her 27 games, the highest single season points total in the WNBL's 36-year history. As a senior in 2005–06, she averaged 17.3 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.6 steals per game. She was there for the first ultrasound, getting to hear their baby's heartbeat and learning they would have a boy. While Kate isn't due until mid-November, Whitcomb said Kate has a higher chance for an early delivery because she underwent in vitro fertilization. “Kate and I decided that it was more important for me to be back for that so I got on a flat earlier this week and even with that I had tried to fly to Perth, and the route I was going to take I had book in two separate itineraries. [77] In September 2018, she was added to the Opals squad for the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, replacing the injured Leilani Mitchell. [71][72] However, on November 4, 2020, she opted out of joining the Lynx for the WNBL Hub season in Queensland in order to be alongside her wife in Perth for the birth of their first child. Photo: Seattle Storm. But really in the big picture as much as basketball means to Whitcomb and as much as she would have wanted to be there to help the Storm try and win another WNBA championship, nothing trumps being there for your family for the important milestone moments. “I love Alex Ciabattoni and I think she’s an amazing player as well, and Tayah Burrows was here when I was training before going to the WNBA and I’ve followed the West Coast Classic and seen how well she’s done in that. She averaged 11.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game over 89 contests (59 starts) during her three-year tenure with New York. [33], Whitcomb returned to Basket Lattes for the 2019–20 season. American-born Opals sharpshooter Sami Whitcomb has revealed to Megan Hustwaite the sliding doors moment that led her to Australia during the latest episode of the new SBS series, Courtside 1v1. She also helped her team win three Channel League titles as a sophomore, junior and senior. But I’m definitely very excited to be back home for the foreseeable future.”. Guest. In a separate trade with Seattle, the Liberty got guard Sami Whitcomb for the rights to Stephanie Talbot. “If anything I think this whole year with the pandemic and everything has just reminded us of what’s important and what our priorities are. “And then with Darcee and Katie signing, they were a big part of why I wanted to come to Perth because I have so much respect for both of them as players and competitors. Find more ways to say discordant, along with related words, antonyms and example phrases at Thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus. “It’s different certainly in that you are surrounded by all of the other teams and the refs, there’s no sort of avoiding each other in that sense. She went on to score a career-high 32 points against Washington State on January 29, 2010. “Across the board all of those local girls, it’s really exciting just to be able to bring them all together and be able to play together in Perth. [21] After appearing in all three games of the Storm's 3–0 semifinal series sweep over the Minnesota Lynx,[20][22] she left the WNBA bubble in Bradenton, Florida, and returned to Perth, Australia, to be with her wife Kate for the birth of their first child. Whitcomb re-joined the Lynx for the 2016–17 season and earned Player of the Week honors for Round 3,[54] Player of the Month honors for October,[55] and had 13 Team of the Week recognitions. After an absence of two years, Whitcomb will resume her WNBL career with the Perth Lynx for the 2020/21 season in a significant boost for the club under coach Ryan Petrik who was the one that brought her down under in the first place to play at the Rockingham Flames in the SBL. SEATTLE -- Seattle Storm Guard and former Washington Husky, Sami Whitcomb, is back with her family in Perth, Australia after getting stranded in France for a month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [53] She appeared in all 27 games for the Lynx in 2015–16, averaging 19.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.8 steals per game. It's then time to chat with the legend herself Sami Whitcomb and boy is there a lot of ground to cover. She won numerous awards during her time at Buena, including the 2004–05 Co-County Player of the Year from the league coaches and the Ventura County Star's 2005–06 Girls' Basketball Player of the Year. “A big part of deciding to play with the Lynx and come back to Perth was Ryan becoming the head coach, I have a lot of confidence in him as a coach and obviously I’m familiar with him,” she said. But with her and wife Kate Malpass expecting their first child any day now, she wanted to be back home to be with her family although the ramifications of COVID-19 have meant that has become a little more … “It sucks I was in a position to have to choose but at the end of the day it wasn’t like I sat there for two or three days to decide. Guest. It’s something that we’ve wanted for some time and have been working at for some time because it’s obviously not quite as simple for us as it is for other couples,” Whitcomb said. [33] The team finished runners-up in both the French Basketball League and European Cup. Samantha Allison Whitcomb (born July 20, 1988) is an American-Australian professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Her production subsequently increased and she was rewarded for her efforts with a Pac-10 All-Defensive honorable mention team selection. Obviously basketball is important to me and it’s something I love to do, but at the end of the day family comes first,” Whitcomb said. She might be back in Australia a little bit earlier than she hoped but Sami Whitcomb is confident her Seattle Storm can become WNBA champions without her as she prepares to become a mother for the first time ahead of returning to the Perth Lynx. I knew what I was doing and it was just about making it happen, and then when I knew I was leaving it was always going to be sad but I really had no alternative.”. On January 4, 2008, she recorded a near triple-double with nine points, nine steals and seven rebounds against Washington State. 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While initially giving up on a professional career in 2010, Whitcomb still had the urge to play, and in June 2011, Whitcomb signed in Germany with ChemCats Chemnitz for the 2011–12 season. The positive at least in her hotel in Sydney is that Whitcomb has access to fresh air, a kitchen and a laundry despite being locked inside for two weeks, but she’ll be glued to the WNBA Finals and with the Storm already up 1-0 over the Las Vegas Aces, she’s confident of a second championship in three years. ... W hat an autumn it was for former Husky basketball star Sami Whitcomb, ’10. But as Sami and Kate sipped coffee while the rest of the city slept, the enormity Whitcomb’s recent achievements couldn’t be glossed over. With no imports in the WNBL this season, the addition of a WNBA star like Whitcomb is massive for the Lynx and to add in the chemistry she’ll have with not only Petrik, but former Rockingham teammate Darcee Garbin and others in the group is going to make her return exciting to watch. On January 31, 2009, she scored a then career-high 29 points against Arizona State. Guest. That chemistry we have is a product of some of us playing together for six years and I’ve been there for four years now. [7][8][9] In her debut on May 13, she recorded three points and three rebounds in just under seven minutes off the bench in a 78–68 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks. [62] She helped the Lynx record their first 10-game win streak since 1993,[63][64] with the streak finally ending after 14 straight wins culminating in claiming the minor premiership with a first-place finish and a 15–6 record. Born and raised in Ventura, California, Whitcomb played soccer as a child before taking up basketball at age 12. Currently, she is living happily with he… Her 11.2 points per game were ranked second on the team, while her 62 steals was a team high and her 74 assists were also second. The support of everyone at the Storm was fully supportive of the decision too. That all adds up to quite the exciting time for Whitcomb with motherhood on the way and she still is confident the Storm will earn her another WNBA championship ring as she now prepares for her eventual Perth return with the Lynx. [57] In the semi-finals, Whitcomb scored a career-high 41 points. “I’m interested to see what they come up with and how it’s going to look, and what that will mean for me moving forward. Australian Basketball star Sami Whitcomb (R) with her partner Kate Source: supplied. [50][51] For the season, Whitcomb earned WNBL All-Star Five honors[52] and finished third in MVP voting. “Vegas is a very good team as well but I just think that our experience and desire to win in these circumstances is hopefully going to be what sets us apart and gives us that victory ultimately.”. Not only did she help the Seattle Storm capture its fourth WNBA championship, but she and her wife Kate welcomed their first child. But because we are all so close we found that balance a bit easier than other teams might have. She played college basketball for the Washington Huskies before making a name for herself in Australia with the Rockingham Flames in the State Basketball League (SBL) and the Perth … “Sami Whitcomb will be an instant fan favorite, not only for her elite shot-making ability, but also for her tenacity and drive,” New York general manager Jonathan Kolb said in … [78] She won a World Cup silver medal with the Opals. “I’m pretty optimistic and it sounds like thing are kind of improving and changing in terms of the restrictions between NSW and WA anyway so I’m hoping because I have had two weeks of quarantine here first that they will make an exemption,” she said. Given their history together in Rockingham as head coach and superstar where they won back-to-back championships in 2014 and 2015, it’s no surprise that when Petrik was appointed coach at the Lynx that Whitcomb was quick to sign on the dotted line to return too. She averaged a career-best 13.0 points per game, set a personal high with 175 rebounds, and was named Pac-10 Player of the Week on December 28, 2009. Sami and her spouse got their marriage recognition in Australia after the rule of same-sex marriage were changed. [32], For the 2018–19 season, Whitcomb played for French team Basket Lattes. A lot of them will be excited by that opportunity too so for sure that familiarity and crop of talent we are bringing together should be exciting. She also earned Pac-10 All-Academic second team honors. [10] On May 26, she scored a career-high 22 points and hit six three-pointers in 15 minutes off the bench in an 87–81 win over the New York Liberty. “And it’s a really exciting group of other players as well and I remember coaching against Alex Sharp and she’s a tremendous talent. [28][37] In 24 games, she averaged 22.4 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.8 steals per game. Her 567 total points was also the second best mark ever set in the WNBL regular season—Penny Taylor had 570 in 2002. The couple then had their marriage recognised in Australia when same-sex marriage laws changed. [38], In her fourth and final season with the Flames in 2016, Whitcomb once again earned All-Star Five honors[44] and averaged 24.7 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.8 steals in 25 games. Her great uncle, Roy Schmidt, played in the NFL with the Falcons, Packers and Redskins in the 1960s and 1970s. Sami Whitcomb is openly a lesbian and is married to her girlfriend Kate in 2017 since they have been together for a very long time and the couple got married in the United States.Further details about her spouse are not yet disclosed on the media. She graduated from Washington with a degree in history. She became an Australian citizen in 2018 and made her debut for the Australian Opals. [38], Whitcomb re-joined the Flames for the 2014 season and once again earned MVP and All-Star Five honors. [42] In 26 games, she averaged 25.3 points per game. [34] She scored a season-high 30 points. We would literally just play cards or sit by the pool but sometimes everyone wanted their own space too after we were around each other 24 hours a day. [13] In 34 games in 2017, she averaged 4.4 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 12.2 minutes per game. “It has been a long time away so I’m excited to be there for that and excited to at least see and hear what’s happening with the WNBL season and what it’s going to look like. Samantha Allison Whitcomb (born July 20, 1988) is an American-Australian professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). [6], On February 8, 2017, Whitcomb signed with the Seattle Storm ahead of the 2017 WNBA season. Nothing about life wherever you have been in the world in 2020 has been normal and for Whitcomb and the rest of the WNBA players, playing out of the bubble in Florida has been quite the experience. [39] In 27 games, she averaged 23.3 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.6 steals per game. That is all what is to come, but it’s fair to say it’s been quite the dramatic and hectic week for Whitcomb. [33] In June 2019, she was selected to the Opals' Asia Cup training squad. [20] On August 12, 2020, she tied her career high for 3-pointers in a game with six to finish with a season-high 20 points in a 100–63 win over the Atlanta Dream. “Hopefully I will qualify with having a very pregnant wife on compassionate grounds but I know that at the end of the day that these restrictions are for a reason so I’ll just deal with it as it comes.”. As her Seattle Storm teammates celebrated sweeping the Las Vegas Aces on Tuesday night in Bradenton, Florida, to win their second championship in the last three years, it was midday Wednesday in Sydney, Australia, where backup guard Sami Whitcomb was joining in via a Zoom call that the WNBA projected on a screen overlooking the […]
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