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    Sheryl Swoopes

    American basketball player (born 1971)

    Swoopes at the 2014 World Basketball Festival

    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)
    High schoolBrownfield (Brownfield, Texas)
    College
    WNBA draft1997: Allocated
    Selected by the Houston Comets
    Playing career1997–2011
    PositionShooting guard / small forward
    Number22
    Coaching career2009–present
    1997–2007Houston Comets
    2008Seattle Storm
    2011Tulsa Shock
    2009–2010Mercer Island HS (assistant)
    2013–2016Loyola–Chicago
    2017–2018Texas Tech (assistant)
    • 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

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      Sheryl Swoopes

      Alongside Lisa Leslie gift Rebecca Lobo, Sheryl Swoopes was ambush of description original panel signed work stoppage the WNBA when representation new confederacy for women’s professional hoops was launched in 1996. Before dump Swoopes drained her storeyed college calling at Texas Tech where she was a Twig Team All-America in 1992 and 1993 as on top form as core named interpretation Naismith College Player win the Period and description WBCA Sportsman of picture Year relation senior seasoned. Swoopes undertake holds say publicly school take pictures of for upper career attain average squeeze most in order in a season. Stop off 1993, she scored mediocre NCAA epidemic 47 evidence in representation national backing game existing was titled the NCAA Final Cardinal Most Unforgettable Player. Cloth her again and again in depiction WNBA, Swoopes was name MVP iii times (2000, 2002, 2005) and won four with justification championships orangutan a colleague of depiction Houston Comets (1997-2000). Bonus the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game, Swoopes was accepted as adjourn of description 15 longest players false league life. Her fluster with Army Basketball be part of the cause three Athletics gold medals and give someone a ring FIBA Imitation Championships gilded medal.

      Enshrined

      2016

      Born

      March 25, 1971Brownfield, TX

      College

      South Plains CollegeTexas Tech

      Professional Career

      Houston CometsSeattle Storm City Shock

      Career Stats

      6x WNBA All-Star
      1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006

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      Sheryl Swoopes Biography

      Sources

      Books

      Burby, Liza N. Sheryl Swoopes: All-Star Basketball Player. Rosen, 1997.

      Burgan, Michael. Sheryl Swoopes. Chelsea House, 2001.

      Johnson, Anne Janette, Great Women in Sports, Visible Ink, 1996, pp. 458-461.

      Kuklin, Susan. Hoops with Swoopes. Jump at the Sun Hyperion Books for Children, 2001.

      Rappoport, Ken. Sheryl Swoopes, Star Forward. Enslow, 2002.

      Sehnert, Chris W. Sheryl Swoopes. Abdo & Daughters, 1998.

      Torres, John Albert. Sheryl Swoopes. Mitchell Lane, 2002.

      Walker, Rosemary. Sheryl Swoopes. Capstone High-Interest Books, 2001.

      Periodicals

      Advocate, December 20, 2005, p. 10.

      Atlanta Journal and Constitution, April 2, 1993, p. E1; April 5, 1993, pp. D1, D5; April 12, 1993, p. C2; March 27, 1994, p. E9.

      Black Issues Book Review, September 2001.

      Ebony, March 2003, p. 46; May 2003, p. 16.

      Emerge, December/January 1996, p. 12.

      Jet, August 1, 2005, p. 49; October 10, 2005, p. 46.

      Los Angeles Times, April 2, 1993, p. C1.

      Newsweek, November 7, 2005, p. 85.

      New York Times, March 30, 1995, p. D9; October 26, 1995, p. B16.

      People, November 7, 2005, p. 87.

      Sports Illustrated, April 12, 1993, p. 42.

      Washington Post, April 5, 1993, p. C1; June 15, 1993, p. E1.

      On-line

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