Each Wednesday through the end of the 2009-10 season, FightingSioux.com will take a personal look at members of the North Dakota women's basketball team. This week we've featured Whitney Ledger.
Name: Whitney Ledger
Year: Senior
Major: English
Position: Forward
Hometown: Bismarck, N.D.
Why you chose UND: Because of the basketball program and the variety of classes offered toward my major.
Most memorable moment at UND: Meeting my best friend Kierah Kimbrough and going to the Elite Eight.
Relatives who have played college or professional sports: Kim Ledger (mother) played basketball at Mary; Charles Ledger (father) played basketball at Mary.
Hobbies: Playing sports, hanging out with friends, traveling, and reading.
FAVORITES...
Sports team: Tennessee Lady Vols
Sport to watch other than basketball: Volleyball
Movie: The Godfather trilogy, Willow
Singer: Tom Petty
Food: Any type of pasta
Athlete: Larry Bird
Actor: Al Pacino, Brad Pitt
TV Show: True Blood
Number of songs on your iPod: A lot.
No one would believe that you listen to: Occasionally I listen to bagpipes.
What song gets you "pumped" before a game: Anything upbeat with a lot of bass.
Do you have any gameday superstitions: I will not eat Erbert and Gerbert's subs before a game because I ate one of their subs and then couldn't stand up. I had back surgery one month later.
Non-basketball skill (or activity) you wish you could do better: Not procrastinate.
Talent you have outside of basketball: I show cows. Its like a dog show, but with cows.
Funniest thing coach Roebuck has ever said: "You guys ... you're just ... you're just tubs of goo!"
Best advice you have ever received: After blowing out my knee and having to sit and watch my team play without me, my parents said to me, "Keep your head up and you'll get through this."
Best part about being a Fighting Sioux: The family that I have made through basketball. I've found so many friends who will ALWAYS have my back.
Why did you choose your jersey number: It was either "3" or "54" and I went with "3".
Person you pretended to be when you were little: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
When did you get started playing basketball: When I was coordinated enough to walk.
- Go Sioux -
