American basketball player
Sheryl Swoopes![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/20140814_Cheryl_Swoopes_2.jpg/220px-20140814_Cheryl_Swoopes_2.jpg) Swoopes at the 2014 World Basketball Festival |
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Born | (1971-03-25) March 25, 1971 (age 53) Brownfield, Texas, U.S. |
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Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
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Listed weight | 145 lb (66 kg) |
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High school | Brownfield (Brownfield, Texas) |
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College |
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WNBA draft | 1997: Allocated |
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Selected by the Houston Comets |
Playing career | 1997–2011 |
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Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
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Number | 22 |
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Coaching career | 2009–present |
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1997–2007 | Houston Comets |
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2008 | Seattle Storm |
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2011 | Tulsa Shock |
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2009–2010 | Mercer Island HS (assistant) |
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2013–2016 | Loyola–Chicago |
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2017–2018 | Texas Tech (assistant) |
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- 4× WNBA champion (1997–2000)
- 3× WNBA MVP (2000, 2002, 2005)
- 6× WNBA All-Star (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
- WNBA All-Star Game MVP (2005)
- 5× All-WNBA First Team (1998–2000, 2002, 2005)
- 2× All-WNBA Second Team (2003, 2006)
- 3× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2000, 2002, 2003)
- 2× WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2005, 2006)
- 2× WNBA scoring champion (2000, 2005)
- 2× WNBA steals leader (2000, 2003)
- WNBA Peak Performer (2005)
- WNBA 10th Anniversary Team (2006)
- WNBA 15th Anniversary Team (2011)
- WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016)
- WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021)
- NCAA champion (1993)
- NCAA Tournament MOP (1993)
- Honda Sports Award (1993)
- Naismith College Player of the Year (1993)
- USBWA National Player of the Year (1993)
- WBCA Player of the Year (1993)
- 2x All-American – USBWA (1992, 1993)
- 2x Kodak All-American (1992, 1993)
- Texas Sports Hall of Fame
- Houston Sports Hall of Fame
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Points | 4,875 (15.0 ppg) |
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Rebounds | 1,596 (4.9 rpg) |
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Assists | 1,037 (3.2 apg) |
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Stats at WNBA.com |
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Basketball Hall of Fame as player |
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame |
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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]