Stanford Cardinal Women's Basketball Players - Angie Paccione, Bethany Donaphin, Bobbie Kelsey, Brooke Smith (Basketball), Candice Wiggins, Carolyn Moo (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Angie Paccione, Bethany Donaphin, Bobbie Kelsey, Brooke Smith (basketball), Candice Wiggins, Carolyn Moos, Charli Turner Thorne, J.J. Hones, Jamie Carey, Jamila Wideman, Jayne Appel, Jeanne Ruark Hoff, Jennifer Azzi, Jillian Harmon, Kate Paye, Kate Starbird, Katy Steding, Kayla Pedersen, Kristen Newlin, Kristin Folkl, Lindsey Yamasaki, Molly Goodenbour, Nicole Powell, Nneka Ogwumike, Olympia Scott, ebnem Kimyac o lu, Sonja Henning, Stephanie Streeter, Susan King Borchardt, Vanessa Nygaard. Excerpt: Angela Veronica "Angie" Paccione (born February 21, 1960) is a former Colorado legislator and was a 2006 Congressional candidate. A college basketball player at Stanford and professional basketball player in the 1980s, Paccione became a high school coach, teacher and administrator before earning a Ph.D. in education and joining the faculty of Colorado State University. Entering politics in 2002, Paccione, a Democrat, spent two terms representing west Fort Collins in the Colorado House of Representatives, rising to become House Majority Caucus Chair. In the legislature, she focused on issues relating to youth and higher education. In 2006, she was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Congress in Colorado's 4th Congressional district, narrowly losing to two-term incumbent Republican Marilyn Musgrave. After briefly launching a second Congressional campaign in 2007, Paccione stepped out of the race to join a business consulting firm. Paccione was born in the South Bronx in New York City to a single mother; she is multiracial, with an English-Irish birth father and African-American mother. When she was ten years old, Paccione took the name of her step father, Paccione. After her family moved outside of the city, Paccione attended Cornwall Central High School in Orange County, where she played high school basketball, volleyball, and soccer. Excelling particularly in basketball, Paccione was a member of the 1977 USA Women's Select National Team, Parade Magazine's First All-American Team and numerous other high school All-American Teams. During her sophomore year in high school, she also participated in tryouts for the United States' first Olympic women's basketball team in 1976, making it to the penultimate cut in the eastern division, but was not selected for the team. After graduating from high school in 1978, Paccione received a full athletic scholarship to attend Stanford University. While at Stanford, she was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and, during su