Lindsey Yamasaki

Who is Lindsey Yamasaki?

Lindsey Brooke Yamasaki is an American former professional women's basketball player.

She was born to Syd and Kriss Yamasaki. She has a sister named Britt, and a brother named Kobi. Lindsey attended Oregon City High School where she led the women's basketball team to four Oregon state championships and finished #1 in the USA Today national rankings for three years. Lindsey was one of the most sought-after recruits for college basketball when she graduated in 1998 and was named the most highly recruited female athlete of 1998. Yamasaki was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored sixteen points, and earned MVP honors.

On full scholarship at Stanford University, Lindsey led the team to the Pac-10 regular season championship in her senior season, 2001-2002. Lindsey's Stanford women's basketball teams made the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball tournaments every year, but never won more than two games. Lindsey's 4-year statistics at Stanford were 13.9 points per game, 44.3% field goal percentage, 38.9% 3-point field goal percentage.