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2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

00 Imani Whittington

  • Position G/F
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Sophomore
  • High School Barking Abbey School
  • Hometown London, England
  • School CC

Biography

2018-19: Played in all 27 games, making eight starts … Averaged 2.1 points, 1.4 rebounds and 11.2 minutes … Fifth on the team with 14 steals … Began the year with a season-high six points in a 65-63 victory at Hofstra (Nov. 9) … Had a career-high five steals to close out the calendar year against Albany (Dec. 29) … Matched her season-high in scoring (6) and collected a season-high four rebounds to help the Lions defeat Hampton (Jan. 2) … Scored six first-quarter points in a win at Mercer (Jan. 6) … Tallied her fourth and final six-point game of the year against Princeton (Feb. 1).

2017-18: Played in 23 games, starting in 11 … Averaged 3.7 points, 1.3 rebounds, 14.1 minutes … Led the team in field goal percentage (.447) … Made her collegiate debut in the season opener against Providence (Nov. 10) … Scored her first points in the home opener against Richmond (Nov. 12) … Scored four points, hitting both of her shot attempts in just three minutes at UMass Lowell (Nov. 15) … Made her first start at Vermont (Nov. 19) … Made her Ivy debut at Princeton (Jan. 12) … Sparked the Lions with 11 points (5-7 FG), including the team’s first seven, to win at Cornell (Jan. 27) … Played at season-high 35 minutes at Princeton (Feb. 17) … Season-high 17 points, including 10 in the first quarter, to go with six rebounds in a 90-74 win at Brown (Feb. 23) … Followed with 14 points (6-10 FG), eight in the first quarter, in just 19 minutes at Yale (Feb. 24) … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the first time (Feb. 26) … Finished the year with 10-point efforts against Dartmouth (Mar. 3) and Harvard (Mar. 4).

Prior to Columbia: Travels to New York from London, England ... Playing experience includes more than four years at Barking Abbey School, located 10 miles east of London in Barking, Essex ... Two-year captain led her team to four consecutive National School League championships ... Averaged 12.6 points and seven rebounds in her final season before heading to Columbia, ranking among the top-10 nationally in points per game and 3-point field goal percentage two years in a row ... Brings a wealth of experience from the international level, competing on the England National Team’s varying age levels every year since 2009 ... Captained England's U18 for one season ... Competed in multiple FIBA European Championships, doing so for the first time with England’s U16 team in 2014 ... At the 2016 FIBA European Championship, averaged 8.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.7 steals ... Joined Great Britain’s U20 National Team in 2016-17.

Personal: Born May 14, 1998 in London, England ... Daughter of Tracey Whittington and Thomas Anderson ... Chose Columbia over Brown, William and Mary, Miami-Ohio, UMass Lowell and Utah Valley ... Intends to study psychology ... Enrolled at Columbia College.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017-18First Year

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    2018-19Sophomore

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