WCC 25th Women's Aniversary Spotlight - Brittany Lindhe

Feb. 26, 2010

(San Francisco) - To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the West Coast Conference sponsoring women's athletics, the WCC announced a 25th Anniversary Team. The team is comprised of the top 50 former female student-athletes to have ever competed in the conference. USF landed nine on the squad and each week one student-athlete will be featured on USFDons.com. This week will mark the first of these features and will focus on former San Francisco standout Brittany Lindhe.

Lindhe was a four-time All-West Coast Conference honoree USF between 1994-99. She is one of two Dons to accomplish the feat, the other being Dominque Carter. Lindhe and Carter are the only two women's basketball players, to date, in conference history to earn First Team honors four times.

One of the most decorated players in Dons' history, Lindhe made an immediate impact on her arrival on the Hilltop, earning WCC Freshman of the Year honors in 1995, leading USF to their first of three consecutive West Coast Conference Tournament Championships and back-to-back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths. In 1997, Lindhe was named WCC Tournament MVP and sparked San Francisco to a pair of regular season titles (1995-96).

A two-time Preseason All-American, she finished her career as San Francisco's third leading all-time scorer with 1,619 points, while also ranking in the career top-10 in six additional categories.  Lindhe currently ranks sixth in points per game (13.96), ninth in rebounds (661), ninth in steals (175), fourth in minutes played (3,529), sixth in games played (116) and is the program leader in games started with 116.

Following her standout career, Lindhe's number 40 was retired - the second number to be retired in program history. In addition, Lindhe earned an NCAA Postgraduate scholarship in 1999. Lindhe was selected to the WCC's Top-50 Athletes in 2002, celebrating the 50th year of the league. A "Legend of the Hilltop", Lindhe was inducted into the USF Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005.

Lindhe was recruited to USF after posting an impressive prep career at Goldendale (WA) High School (1993-94) and Tonasket High School (1991-92). A four-time all-league selection in both volleyball and basketball, Lindhe was named Washington State Class 'A' MVP following her junior campaign after leading the Timberwolves to the state semifinals.

Lindhe graduated from USF with a BA in Exercise and Sports Science from USF in 1999 and earned her Master's in Education from Portland in 2002.

Brittany Lindhe CAREER HONORS:

• Four Time All-WCC First Team (1995, '96, '97, '99)
• Two-time Preseason All-American (1997, '98)
• WCC Tournament MVP (1997)
• WCC Scholar Athlete of the Year (1999)
• #40 - Retired by USF Women's Basketball
• Legend of the Hilltop
• USF career-top in seven categories
• USF's third leading all-time scorer (1,619 points)

Brittany Lindhe CAREER STATS