Jayne Appel's debut

posted by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
Monday, May 31, 2010 at 10:58am PDT

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C and R’s favorite ex-Stanford player, Jayne Appel made her WNBA debut this weekend, playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars. Well, it was really Friday, May 28th. She played 2 and a half minutes and had one assist to help tie the game. We think assists will be a big part of her WNBA game in the future. Unfortunately, San Antonio would go on to lose to ex-Stanford Nicole Powell’s new team, the New York Liberty.

In Jayne’s second game with the Silver Stars, played on Sunday, she scored 2 points in 13 plus minutes. Let’s hope she sees more minutes and sinks more shots.

We know, we know, not great numbers, but she is coming off a debilitating injury and at least she is in the WNBA. All the Cal players got cut, (Alexis Gray Lawson, Devanei Hampton, Ashley Walker) as well as Ashley and Courtney Paris. Courtney Paris, a perennial all-American, holds the 2009 single season rebounding record, single season and career double doubles, and consecutive games with a double double, among other records. She only lasted a year in the WNBA. So hats off to Jayne.

She also wrote a great article about what it was like in the whirl-wind days following the loss to UConn in the title game and becoming a pro basketball player. And did you know Jayne is now wearing number 32 instead of her Stanford 2?See the original post at C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog

http://womenssportsinformation.com/blog.html

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girlzcanplay2

Most significantly, Jayne had 5 rebounds in her second game, 2nd only to Michelle Snow's 6. I believe Jayne will not only stick in the league, but flourish, and have a significant impact on her team's success.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 10:28am PDT

cindyl

Oopsies, our bad, C and R forgot to check the rebounding stats column. We agree that rebounding is an important contribution from Jayne. We corrected this over slight somewhat in our next post.
http://candrsstanfordwomensbasketballblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/memorial-weekend.html

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 2:05pm PDT

girlzcanplay2

Hey C and R, thanks! I am a huge Jayne Appel fan, so I really notice when she doesn't get all the credit she deserves. The commentators on the broadcast had a lot of great things to say about Jayne.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 11:45pm PDT

cindyl

C and R are glad to hear that the WNBA commentators had great things to say about Jayne. So often they take the easy way out and only look at points scored when talking about a player's worth to her team. BTW, R is a huge huge Jayne Appel fan, too. (C is just a huge fan)

Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 8:52am PDT