2 WPIAL rising sophomores add basketball offers from Minnesota

By: Chris Harlan
Friday, July 17, 2020 | 8:12 PM

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Minnesota women’s basketball coach Lindsay Whalen, a former Olympian and WNBA star, is recruiting two of the WPIAL’s top rising sophomores.

North Allegheny’s Jasmine Timmerson and Indiana’s Eve Fiala each added a Gophers offer Friday. The two are AAU teammates on the Western Pa. Bruins, who competed last weekend at a Hoosier Heat event in Indianapolis.

This was the second Big Ten offer for each.

Timmerson is a 5-foot-7 point guard with offers from Duquesne, Robert Morris, Michigan State and Niagara. Fiala, a 6-4 center, also holds offers from Pitt and Ohio State.

Minnesota went 16-15 overall last season, 5-13 in the Big Ten in Whalen’s second season. As a player, Whalen won two Olympic gold medals (2012, ’16), two World Championships (2010, ’14) and was a four-time WNBA champion.

She retired from playing in 2018.

Very grateful and excited to receive an offer from @GopherWbb, thank you @Lindsay_13 and @DJOBanion!! pic.twitter.com/SJXcAKrFAI

— Jasmine Timmerson (@jmtimmerson11) July 17, 2020

Check out my end of the season highlights!@WPABruinsAAU https://t.co/V2U1XqKarq

— Jasmine Timmerson (@jmtimmerson11) March 18, 2020

@WPABruinsAAU 2023 F/C Eve Fiala picks up an offer from @GopherWBB – Congratulations @fiala_eve #BruinsNation #ResultsOverHype #NeverScared #WhoDoYouPlayFor pic.twitter.com/EaahRpfGOQ

— WPABruinsAAU (@WPABruinsAAU) July 16, 2020

Freshman Highlights????@WPABruinsAAU pic.twitter.com/uIHHfgltdV

— Eve Fiala (@fiala_eve) April 2, 2020

Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.

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