Kahleah Copper

Kahleah Copper

Copper with the Chicago Sky in 2023
No. 2 – Phoenix Mercury
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1994-08-28) August 28, 1994 (age 29) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school	Prep Charter (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Girard College (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College	Rutgers (2012–2016)
WNBA draft	2016: 1st round, 7th overall pick
Selected by the Washington Mystics
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016	Washington Mystics
2017–2023	Chicago Sky
2021–2022	Perfumerias Avenida
2024–present	Phoenix Mercury
Career highlights and awards
WNBA champion (2021) WNBA Finals MVP (2021) 4× WNBA All-Star (2021-2024) EuroLeague regular season MVP (2022) All-EuroLeague First Team (2022) First-team All-AAC (2014) Big East All-Freshman Team (2013) McDonald's All-American (2012)
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals Women’s basketball Representing  United States Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team World Cup 2022 Australia

Kahleah Copper (/kəˈliːə/ kə-LEE-ə; born August 28, 1994)^[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted with the seventh overall pick by the Washington Mystics in 2016, and was traded to the Chicago Sky the next year.

After three years as a bench player with the Sky, she was elevated to a starting role in 2020. She emerged as a star player in 2021, being named a WNBA All-Star for the first time. Copper led the Chicago Sky during the 2021 playoffs, being named WNBA Finals MVP as the team won their first title in franchise history.

Copper won an Olympic Gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.