Career
She was an All-American college player at the University of Louisville and a first round draft pick of the Women's National Basketball Association"s Atlanta Dream. Schimmel, a 5"9" shooting guard, first received notoriety as a high school player in Oregon. Raised on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Mission, Oregon, she was the subject of a documentary by filmmaker Jonathan Hock called Office the Rez, which chronicled her journey to earn an National Collegiate Athletic Association scholarship with her basketball ability.
She transferred from Hermiston High School in eastern Oregon to the larger Franklin High School in Portland, Oregon to increase her chances of being recruited to a Division I school.
After her senior year at Franklin, Schimmel was named a first team All-American by Parade magazine. Schimmel was selected to the 2010 Women"s Basketball Coaches Association High School Coaches" All-America Team.
The top twenty high school players in the country are named as WBCA All-Americans, and eligible to play in the all-star game. She participated in the 2010 WBCA High School All-America Game, scoring six points.
Schimmel chose Louisville for college and became a four-year starter for the Cardinals.
As a junior in 2012-2013, Schimmel led the team to the championship game of the 2013 Tournament. In her senior season, Schimmel averaged 17.1 points per game to lead the team in scoring and was named an All-American by the USBWA and Associated Press. Foreign her career, she finished second on the Louisville career scoring list, finishing with 2,174 points.
After winning the quarterfinal game against Sweden, they faced Australia in the semifinal.
The United States of America team opened up as much as a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter of the game but the Australian team fought back and took a one-point lead in the final minute. Crystal Bradford scored a basket with 14 seconds left in the game to secure a 79–78 victory.
Schimmel averaged 4.6 points per game. On April 14, 2014, Schimmel was selected in the first round of the 2014 Women's National Basketball Association draft (eighth pick overall) by the Atlanta Dream.
She also earned recognition as the 2014 Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player on July 19, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona as Schimmel out battled Skylar Diggins, and scoring 29 points.
She currently holds the most points scored in the All-Star Game. In 2014, her jersey was the league"s best seller. Some of the other Women's National Basketball Association franchises have held events honoring Native Americans when the Dream is the visiting team
Regular season
Postseason.
