Wendy Palmer

Wendy Palmer, born on 12 August 1974 in Timberlake, North Carolina, is an American former professional basketball player in the WNBA and a former head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her primary position was forward. She attended Person High School in Roxboro, was named a High School All-American, and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1996. With the United States team at the 1994 William Jones Cup she won gold and led the team in scoring and rebounding. The Utah Starzz drafted her in 1997, and she later played for the Detroit Shock, the Orlando Miracle and Connecticut Sun, the San Antonio Silver Stars and the Seattle Storm, receiving the WNBA Most Improved Player Award in 2004. After coaching as an assistant at Virginia Commonwealth, Kentucky and Virginia, she became the Greensboro head coach in 2011.