Sheryl Swoopes

Sheryl Swoopes
Swoopes at the 2014 World Basketball Festival
Personal information
Born (1971-03-25) March 25, 1971 (age 53)
Brownfield, Texas, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight145 lb (66 kg)
Career information
High schoolBrownfield (Brownfield, Texas)
College
WNBA draft1997: Allocated
Selected by the Houston Comets
Playing career1997–2011
PositionShooting guard / small forward
Number22
Coaching career2009–present
Career history
As player:
19972007Houston Comets
2008Seattle Storm
2011Tulsa Shock
As coach:
2009–2010Mercer Island HS (assistant)
2013–2016Loyola–Chicago
2017–2018Texas Tech (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Career WNBA statistics
Points4,875 (15.0 ppg)
Rebounds1,596 (4.9 rpg)
Assists1,037 (3.2 apg)
Stats at WNBA.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team competition
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1998 Germany Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2002 China Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Australia Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Brazil Team competition
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 St. Petersburg Team competition

Sheryl Denise Swoopes (born March 25, 1971)[1] is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA,[2] is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game. Swoopes has won three Olympic gold medals and is one of eleven women's basketball players to have won an Olympic gold medal,[3] an NCAA Championship, a FIBA World Cup gold, and a WNBA title. She was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.[4] In 2017, she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NCAA Coaches was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "WNBA's Greatest Moments". WNBA.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  3. ^ "Sheryl Swoopes". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  4. ^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2016 Announcement presented by Haggar Clothing Company". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. April 4, 2016. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  5. ^ Fleser, Dan (June 10, 2017). "Sheryl Swoopes enjoying her Hall of Fame moment". USA Today. Retrieved June 11, 2017.