03/22/2013 NCAA Tournament Preview: FSU vs. PrincetonStill fueled by their shortcoming a season ago, the No. 25/24 Florida State women's basketball team is back where it belongs in the NCAA Tournament and the Ivy League champions await in Waco, Texas Sunday night. 03/04/2013 Three 'Noles Grab All-ACC First Team HonorsChasity Clayton was also named Sixth Player of the Year 01/27/2013 Late Run Sparks FSU to 70-56 Win over Virginia TechThe Seminoles won their fifth straight behind 19 points from Chelsea Davis 10/16/2012 Howard Captures Preseason All-ACC HonorsThe Seminoles were picked to finish sixth and seventh in the conference. 04/12/2012 Bravard Looking Forward to Monday's WNBA DraftSeminoles.com caught up with the former FSU star as she prepares for her professional career 12/12/2011 Florida State vs. CharlottePhotos from Florida State's 64-62 win over Charlotte on Dec. 4 by Mike Olivella. She sparked the rise of the Florida State women's basketball program as a standout player on the court from 1997 to 2001. Ten years later, Brooke Wyckoff returned to the Seminoles - this time on the bench, joining Sue Semrau's revamped staff for the 2011-12 season. Wyckoff replaced former associate head coach Cori Close, now the head coach at UCLA. Without a doubt, Wyckoff was one of the greatest Seminoles ever to wear the Garnet and Gold on the hardwood before playing nine seasons in the WNBA. Wyckoff's experience at the professional level has given the Seminoles a rare commodity on the bench. Along with the immediate credibility her hoops career provides, Wyckoff possesses an amiable personality that made her an immediate hit on the recruiting trail. She also serves as the Seminoles' program's liaison with the FSU academic support staff in addition to her on-court duties. In her first year back at FSU, Wyckoff, a star versatile forward during her career, helped tutor all-conference forwards Cierra Bravard and Natasha Howard. Bravard later signed a professional contract with the WNBA's San Antonio SilverStars, while Howard, a sophomore, led the ACC in double-doubles (12). A native of West Chester, Ohio, the talented post/wing was one of the top high school players in the country before signing a National Letter of Intent with FSU in 1997 in what was Semrau's first season in Tallahassee. In her rookie year, Wyckoff made an immediate impact as she set a single-season record at the time with 80 blocks on her way to earning ACC All-Freshman Team honors. Conference accolades continued to roll in during her next three years with a pair of All-ACC Third Team selections (1999 and 2000) and finally an All-ACC First Team honor as a senior in 2001. Wyckoff's 1,350 career points is still the 11th-most in school history and her 804 rebounds rank sixth. She ranks No. 2 at FSU in career blocks with 209. She averaged 12.4 ppg and 7.4 rpg while starting all 109 games she played in her career. Perhaps most importantly, Wyckoff was the cornerstone of the Seminoles' first winning season in nine years as the team posted a 19-12 record in 2001 and finished fourth in the ACC. That season culminated in the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 10 years and All-America honors for Wyckoff, which was the first national accolade for an FSU women's basketball player since 1993. She capped her career by scoring 14.6 ppg and pulling down 6.6 rpg that final season. In addition to boasting the honor of being just one of four former 'Noles to have their jerseys retired, Wyckoff was also an outstanding performer in the classroom. She is the only Seminole to ever earn four All-ACC Academic Women's Basketball Team honors as well as four nods to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. In 2001 she earned an ACC Postgraduate scholarship and was named to the ACC Legends Class of 2010. In 2002, she was named to the 51-member ACC 50th Anniversary Women's Basketball Team. She also played with the USA Women's Basketball Select Team for three consecutive summers. In 2011, Wyckoff was inducted into the Butler County Sports Hall of Fame as well as the Florida State Athletic Hall of Fame and the Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame. Following her senior year, Wyckoff was selected by the Orlando Miracle in the second round of the WNBA Draft. She spent two seasons in Orlando before the team moved to Connecticut where she played another three seasons with the Sun. She was then selected by the Chicago Sky in the 2006 WNBA Expansion draft and played for that franchise until 2009. During her nine-year WNBA career, Wyckoff appeared in 242 games. After concluding her professional basketball career, Wyckoff served as an assistant girls basketball coach at Lakota East High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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