Lindsey Yamasaki (born June 2, 1980) is perhaps the most accomplished high school basketball player in Oregon history. During her time at Oregon City High School, she led the team to four consecutive State Championships and was unanimously selected as a senior First Team All-American by USA Today, Nike, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal, and Parade magazine… just to name a few. Oregon City was named USA Today National Champion for three of those seasons.
As a senior, she was named as Gatorade’s Oregon Player of the Year for both basketball and volleyball. Lindsey made her way into Sports Illustrated magazine as the Old Spice Athlete of the Month for March 1998. She was MVP of the High School All-America game, scoring 16 points.
With such power and versatility, Lindsey was one of the top recruits out of high school, ultimately heading to Stanford University on a full scholarship. There, she helped the Cardinal to four NCAA Tournament appearances and earned All-Pac-10 honors. Over four seasons, she averaged 13.9 points per game and shot 44% from the field and 39% from three-point range. Yamasaki averaged seven points per game for a Team USA team that won gold at the 2001 World University Games. Lindsey also kept up her two-sport chops, playing 2 seasons for the Cardinal net team.
In 2002, Lindsay was the 13th selection in the WNBA draft by Miami. She played one season for the Sol and then one more for the San Antonio Silver Stars. Yamasaki also played professionally in Europe and in the NWBL before retiring in 2006.
Through Lindsey’s remarkable success, she has remained humble and incredibly close with her family. She went on to launch the basketball program at Academy of Art University and was a principal at a premier executive search firm in San Francisco. Yamasaki returned to live in Oregon in 2024.
