Candice Wiggins

About Candice Wiggins

Candice Dana Wiggins (Born February 14, 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland) was the starting shooting guard for Stanford University women's basketball team. Wiggins is the all-time leading scorer in Stanford women's basketball history and in the Pac-10 Conference women's basketball history. She was selected 3rd overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2008 WNBA Draft.

Candice Wiggins was born in Baltimore, Maryland where her father, Alan Wiggins played Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles. When Alan retired, he and his wife Angela, daughters Cassandra and Candice, and son Alan Jr. moved to San Diego, California. Candice's father died of AIDS soon after their move, when Candice was only 4 years old. When Candice was 3 she was hit by a car and almost lost one of her eyes. She still has the scar under that eye. When Candice was in the first grade, she scored 30 points against 4th graders in basketball. By the time she was in 5th grade, she had to play on the boys' teams so she could play at a competitive level.

Wiggins attended La Jolla Country Day School in La Jolla, California for high school. She excelled at Volleyball, Track, and most of all Basketball. She was a four year letter-winner in both volleyball and basketball. In all four years of high school she was named CIF Division IV Player of the year for basketball. Candice was a McDonald's All-American as a Senior. She also led La Jolla Country Day to the state championship game in each of her four seasons, winning it twice. She also captained the United States Junior National Team that won gold. Candice excelled in the classroom, maintaining a 3.8 grade point average throughout her four years at the competitive La Jolla Country Day. She chose Stanford over Duke University and UCLA mainly because she felt the academics and athletics were the best combination in the country. Many high school recruiting services listed her as the best shooting guard in the nation and a top 5 player in the Class of '04.[citation needed]