Sheryl Denise Swoopes was born on March 25, 1971, and is an American former professional basketball player.
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She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, 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, 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.
In 2017, she was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
Swoopes won the female Associated Press Athlete of the Year award in 1993. The same year, she also won the Honda Sports Award for basketball and the WBCA Player of the Year award.
She was named one of the 20 female athletes of the decade from 2000 to 2010 by Sports Illustrated. She was named an LGBT History Month Icon by the Equality Forum.
Sheryl Swoopes Shoes
In 1995, Sheryl Swoopes became the first woman signed to the WNBA in 1996 to become the first woman to have a signature athletic shoe.
Sheryl Swoopes Stats
As a member of the Houston Comets, she accumulated over 2,000 career points, 500 career rebounds, 300 career assists, and 200 career steals.
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Sheryl Swoopes Family
Sheryl Swoopes is happily married to Chris Unclesho since 2017. Unclesho proposed to Sheryl on her 40th birthday on March 25, 2011.
Sheryl Swoopes Awards
- 6x WNBA All-Star. 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006.
- 3x WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. 2000, 2002, 2003.
- 2x WNBA Scoring Champion. 2000, 2005.
- 3 Olympic Gold Medals. 1996, 2000, 2004.
- 2x First Team All-America. Texas Tech. 1992, 1993.
- 4 Consecutive. WNBA Championships. Houston Comets, 1997-2000.
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Sheryl Swoopes Current Job
Since retiring in 2011, Swoopes has partnered with JP Morgan Chase, serves as a product manager for Nike and continues to focus on her nonprofit. Also, this summer, she partnered with Nike and Dick’s Sporting Goods’ It’s Her Shot campaign.1


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