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Trivia question - most blocks in high school

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grizz36 said:
There was a post player from Washington state who played for Stanford a few years ago with a German sounding name. She was about 6' 8" and her mother used to post on the Boneyard. Can't remember her name. Is it her?
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VAUConnFan said:
Courtney Vandersloot
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Achtung! - the name Vandersloot is Dutch, not German.
 
IIRC Griner has the most blocks in a single high school game (24 or 25 maybe?) so i'd have to guess her. even tho the hints indicate i'm probably wrong...
 
I'm sticking with the Univ. of Washington hunch given the different "Husky" clues. IIRC, they recently hired an assistant coach that was a really good player at either Arizona or Arizona St. Believe she holds the school's scoring record but I have no recollection of her name.
 
ericsandiego said:
IIRC Griner has the most blocks in a single high school game (24 or 25 maybe?) so i'd have to guess her. even tho the hints indicate i'm probably wrong...
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Interesting that you mention Griner. You are correct, she had 25 block in a game, on 11 November, 2008, a national record for high school. Which I know because I added it to her Wikipedia article yesterday. She also holds the single season record for high school,318, but her 794 career blocks is only good enough for third place for career blocks.

Incidentally, Eric, you are the Boneyarder most likely to have seen her play in high school.
 
Phil said:
Interesting that you mention Griner. You are correct, she had 25 block in a game, on 11 November, 2008, a national record for high school. Which I know because I added it to her Wikipedia article yesterday. She also holds the single season record for high school,318, but her 794 career blocks is only good enough for third place for career blocks.

Incidentally, Eric, you are the Boneyarder most likely to have seen her play in high school.
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Then i would have to guess Charde Houston as she's the only player i've ever seen in HS for a former Husky. but i don't recall every seeing her block an overly large amount of shots. of course, i only caught about 5 or 6 of her games so...
 
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Phil said:
Good use of the hint, but no. BTW, is Chris a Husky?
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At this point? Absolutely. We're probably not a message board talking about UConn WBB without her.
 
alexrgct said:
At this point? Absolutely. We're probably not a message board talking about UConn WBB without her.
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I thought so, but I wanted to make sure, in case when the answer is given, some says, hey, she's not a Husky. I have you in my side
 
ericsandiego said:
Then i would have to guess Charde Houston as she's the only player i've ever seen in HS for a former Husky. but i don't recall every seeing her block an overly large amount of shots. of course, i only caught about 5 or 6 of her games so...
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I didn't say she was a former Husky. She has no connection to UConn, that I know of.
 
My guess is Stewart. But does she have the cash as a high school player to spend $1,000 on shoes?
 
Carolyn Peck. She seems like the type that would spend a lot on shoes and she is tall.
 
What about Allyssa DeHaan from a town in Michigan? She's 6'9" and I remember that she was very tall when in High School and is pretty far up there in NCAA blocks while at Michigan State. Also played volleyball for MSU. She looks like a model and at her size is probably having her shoes custom made, so $1k isn't outrageous.
 
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I didn't realize Peck was 6' 4". The person I'm talking about is 5' 11" which eliminates Peck and Stewart.
 
Bestiarius said:
What about Allyssa DeHaan from a town in Michigan? She's 6'9" and I remember that she was very tall when in High School and is pretty far up there in NCAA blocks while at Michigan State. Also played volleyball for MSU.
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Allyssa DeHaan is an excellent guess - she is #4 in career (HS) blocks, behind Griner.
 
Phil said:
Incidentally, Eric, you are the Boneyarder most likely to have seen her play in high school.
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Let's see, 5' 11" from the San Diego County area who blocked a pi**pot full of shots in high school. Methinks that skill must have carried over at least somewhat in college. Can't be Vanessa Nygaard because she played for Stanford. With that kind of athleticism, she must have played for a D1 upper program. If Helen interviewed her, chances are she plays (played) for the Liberty. Should have checked their roster before I posted this.
 
Phil said:
Can anyone guess, without looking it up, who had the most blocks as a female High school player in the US?

I had the pleasure of meeting her at lunch in Denver, but I didn't know this, until I just looked it up.

Hint - the obvious guesses will be wrong, and not even close. (The right answer is more than 300 more than Griner's total)
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IN a game, a season or a career.
 
ericsandiego said:
IIRC Griner has the most blocks in a single high school game (24 or 25 maybe?) so i'd have to guess her. even tho the hints indicate i'm probably wrong...
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The record for a high school game is a Texan but not Griner, it was Jerri DiPasquale (sp). She did have 25 in a game.
 
Icebear said:
The record for a high school game is a Texan but not Griner, it was Jerri DiPasquale (sp). She did have 25 in a game.
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According to the article i ended up looking up, Griner had 25 too...
http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/story/_/id/3707311/griner-sets-record
Griner sets record...

The 6-foot-8 Griner's 25 snuffs eclipsed the national mark of 23 by Myeisha Jones of Oakland (Calif.) Claremont against Oakland Tech in 1997. Jones went on to play at Merritt College and UNLV.
 
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I love the analysis (I love that people are engaging, and not just responding, enough already, tell us). Never played for the liberty, though, and only 27 blocks in college, so if you are filtering on prolific shot-blockers in college or pros, that will be a dead-end. But San Diego County is right.
 
Griner had 25 blocks on 11 November, 2008. However, I was worried that the source I was using might not be complete. The record for consecutive free throws did not include EDD. I got an email from the association a few minutes ago, telling me that they rely on schools sending in data, so it may not include all schools.

However, I did see an alternative site claiming the career block record, so I think this one may be OK.
 
Maybe the staistician was counting blocking fouls in high school ;0)
 
Phil said:
I love the analysis (I love that people are engaging, and not just responding, enough already, tell us). Never played for the liberty, though, and only 27 blocks in college, so if you are filtering on prolific shot-blockers in college or pros, that will be a dead-end. But San Diego County is right.
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Candace Wiggins? I'm pretty sure she was in SD county.
 
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Cooper is the wrong era, this happened in the 90's.

Wiggins is also the wrong era, a little too late, but the right height and the right county. Good guess.
 
Phil said:
Can anyone guess, without looking it up, who had the most blocks as a female High school player in the US?

I had the pleasure of meeting her at lunch in Denver, but I didn't know this, until I just looked it up.

Hint - the obvious guesses will be wrong, and not even close. (The right answer is more than 300 more than Griner's total)
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Noting that you did not specify most blocks as a female basketball player, I respectfully submit the name of Alisha Glass, from Leland, Michigan, who had 3,584 blocks in her high school volley ball career, certainly more than any basketball player. (Yes, I looked it up and therefore am disqualified. How about an A for effort?)
 
hoopingcrane said:
Noting that you did not specify most blocks as a female basketball player, I respectfully submit the name of Alisha Glass, from Leland, Michigan, who had 3,584 blocks in her high school volley ball career, certainly more than any basketball player. (Yes, I looked it up and therefore am disqualified. How about an A for effort?)
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A for effort.

I'm looking for a basketball player.

As for deadline, I have two responses. I honestly expected someone to say, enough already spill, but I've been pleasantly surprised that so many are willing to keep trying. My second response is that we have a family tradition of playing guessing games (not sure what they are called, but you get a summary, like Jack and Jill are lying dead in a puddle of water, what happened). The goal was to figure out the answer, and no giving up allowed. One of them took three years. So somewhere between now and three years, I guess.
 
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