Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton

Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton

Boston College Eagles
Position	Assistant coach
League	Atlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born	(1986-05-26)May 26, 1986
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	186 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Neuqua Valley (Naperville, Illinois)
College	Purdue(2004–2009)
WNBA draft	2009:1st round, 13th overall pick
Selected by theLos Angeles Sparks
Playing career	2009–2012
Position	Forward
Number	14
Career history
As player:
2009–2010	Los Angeles Sparks
2011	Chicago Sky
2012	Washington Mystics
As coach:
2009–2010, 2012–2019	Purdue(assistant)
2019–2021	Wisconsin(assistant)
2021–2022	Boston College(assistant)
2022–2024	Texas(assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (2007) 2x First-team All-Big Ten (2007, 2009) 3x Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2006, 2007, 2009) Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2005)
Statsat WNBA.com

Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton(born May 26, 1986)is a retired American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She recently played theforwardposition for theWashington Mysticsin theWNBA.

Childhood

Born inIndianapolis,Indiana, her parents are Elaine and Antonio Hylton. She has three younger sisters: Kristin, Zoe, and Sydney. She knew at age five that she wanted to be a professional athlete. She played withLos Angeles SparksteammateCandace Parkerin junior leagues prior to the going to high school.

High School career

AttendedNeuqua Valley High Schoolwhere she ended her career there with stat totals of 1,752 points and 1,200 rebounds. It is believed that she was the first female to reach 1,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 500 assists, 500 blocks, and 500 steals inIllinoishigh school history. Named 2004 Parade Magazine All-America third team, and 2004 WBCA All-American honorable mention.

College career

She spent her entire college career atPurdue University,majoring in organizational leadership and supervision (management). She redshirted her senior year (2007–08), and would stay atPurduefor a fifth year. Played on the 2007 USA U21 National team that won the gold at theFIBAWomen's World Championship in Moscow, Russia. In 2006, she played on the USA U20 National team that won a gold medal in theFIBAAmericas Championship for Women inMexico City, Mexico.She was a 2-time All-Big Ten, 3-time All-Defensive Big Ten selection and namedBig Ten Defensive Player of the Yearin 2007. She recorded 25 career double-doubles, led thePurdueBoilermakers in points (13.3), rebounds (9.2), and blocks (1.5) per game in 2008. She holds thePurdueschool record for blocked shots and rebounds. Wisdom-Hylton came back toPurdueduring the 2009–10 season to be an assistant coach.

Purdue statistics

Source

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goalpercentage	3P%	3-point field goalpercentage	FT%	Free throwpercentage
RPG	Reboundsper game	APG	Assistsper game	SPG	Stealsper game
BPG	Blocksper game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004-05	Purdue	30	261	52.0	35.3	56.8	4.9	2.0	2.0	1.9	8.7
2005-06	Purdue	33	336	49.8	-	61.5	5.8	1.4	2.5	1.9	10.2
2006-07	Purdue	37	548	55.9	16.7	64.7	8.2	1.9	2.2	2.9	14.8
2007-08	Purdue	Redshirt
2008-09	Purdue	36	480	50.6	33.3	67.3	9.2	2.8	2.5	1.5	13.3
Career	Purdue	136	1625	52.4	30.0	63.8	7.1	2.0	2.3	2.1	11.9

WNBA career

Picked thirteenth overall in the2009 WNBA draftby theLos Angeles Sparks.Wisdom-Hylton was traded to theChicago Skybefore the start of the 2011 season for a 2012 second round draft pick. In the 2012 season, she played with theWashington Mystics.After the season ended, she announced her retirement to coach full-time. She averaged 3.2 points per game in 124 WNBA games.

WNBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Reboundsper game
APG	Assistsper game	SPG	Stealsper game	BPG	Blocksper game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnoversper game	FG%	Field-goalpercentage	3P%	3-point field-goalpercentage	FT%	Free-throwpercentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2009	Los Angeles	29	0	6.8	45.9	100.0	63.2	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	2.4
2010	Los Angeles	32	1	15.1	50.0	0.0	70.6	3.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	0.7	4.5
2011	Chicago	29	0	8.1	41.5	0.0	50.0	1.9	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.7
2012	Washington	34	2	14.7	48.0	0.0	73.7	2.9	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.2	4.0
Career	4 years, 3 teams	124	3	11.4	47.4	20.0	67.5	2.4	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.8	3.2

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2009	Los Angeles	23	2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	Los Angeles	2	0	6.0	66.7	0.0	50.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5
Career	2 years, 1 team	4	0	3.8	66.7	0.0	50.0	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3

Coaching career

On September 26, 2012, 4 days after she played her final WNBA game, Wisdom-Hylton signed with Purdue as their assistant coach for the second time. She took the place of Martin Clapp, who left the school earlier that month.On April 18, 2019, it was announced that Wisdom-Hylton stepped down as an assistant coach at Purdue to pursue other opportunities in coaching.On May 22, 2019, she was signed to the same position at the University of Wisconsin under head coachJonathan Tsipis.On April 30, 2021, it was announced that she was hired as assistant coach at Boston College.

International career

Wisdom-Hylton played for Ravenna Esperides/Glyfada inGreecefor the 2009–2010 off-season for 8 games before returning to the U.S. to be an assistant coach at her alma mater,Purdue University.For the 2010–2011 off-season, she played forElitzur RamlainIsraelfor 11 games. Then, she went toFranceto play for Union Hainaut for four games. Wisdom'Hylton would go to Vienna,Austriato play for the Flying Foxes for the 2011–2012 season in the Austrian Basketball League. She then went back toIsraelin 2012 for a second stint withElitzur Ramlaand played on the squad for the remainder of the 2011-2012 off-season.

External links

• Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton.WNBA.com Profile Page
• Purdue bio