One of the best two-sport athletes in the history of Whitman women’s athletics, Amanda Bradford Harvey ranks third on the school’s all-time scoring list for women’s basketball and holds the Missionary track & field record for the javelin. She qualified for the NAIA national championships in the javelin in each of her four seasons.
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Bradford & javelin |
Bradford, who won Whitman’s 1998 Mignon Borleske Trophy (athletic ccomplishments, leadership, sportsmanship), led Whitman in scoring and steals in each of her four basketball seasons, and she topped the team in rebounding three times.
She led the Northwest Conference in scoring as a junior, averaging 18.8 points per game (19.9 points in 16 conference games). She was named to the All-NWC Second Team in each of her four seasons.
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Bradford free throw |
Despite missing six games to injury as a senior, Bradford finished her career with 1,401 points and is one of only three Whitman women who have score more than 1,300 points in a basketball career.
She also ranks among Whitman’s all-time career leaders in rebounds, steals and assists.
Bradford won the 1995 NWC javelin championship with a throw of 145-11. She holds the school record at 146-1.
In her four trips to the NAIA national championships, she placed second, third and fourth twice, earning All-American honors in each case.
Harvey, an attorney and criminal prosecutor for the City of Bremerton, Wash., lives in Port Orchard with her husband, Brian Harvey '95, and their two children.
