Does Tamika Catchings have a disability? When did Tamika catchings get a quintuple double?

Tamika Catchings was born with a hearing disability and uses hearing aids. Tamika Catchings completed the first quintuple-double in 1997 as a senior at Texas’ Duncanville High School.

The quintuple-double consisted of 25 points, 18 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals, and 10 blocks. Tamika Catchings participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored twelve points.

Tamika Catchings is the first player at any level in history to be officially credited with scoring a quintuple-double (25 points, 18 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals, and 10 blocks).

Tamika Catchings was drafted 3rd overall by the Indiana Fever in 2001 and was named WNBA Rookie of the Year while averaging 18.6 ppg.

In 2011, Tamika Catchings won WNBA Most Valuable Player while averaging 15.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 3.5 apg, and 2.0 spg also leading the Fever to a 21–13 record, topping the Eastern Conference standings.

Tamika Catchings was listed in the WNBA Top 20@20, and The W25. Catchings served as President of the WNBA Players Association from 2012 to 2016. She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020.