Many athletes attribute meaning and purpose to the number they wear on their jersey. Some choose a number that represents an important element in their lives or another player they grew up idolizing. Not Lindsay Whalen. She picked her numerals based on a less interesting set of criteria
“I chose number thirteen when I was in 7th grade,” Whalen said many years ago. “I choose 13 because it was the smallest one and I think it was the last one as well.”
While Whalen’s selection may have been lacking in meaning back when she chose it as a teenager living in Hutchinson, MN, it would come to represent the legacy of a Minnesota basketball legend.