Sheryl Swoopes

Sheryl Swoopes
	Sheryl Swoopes at Essence Festival of Culture July 2025.
Personal information
Born	March 25, 1971; Brownfield, Texas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	145 lb (66 kg)
Career information
High school	Brownfield (Brownfield, Texas)
College	South Plains (1989–1991); Texas Tech (1991–1993);
WNBA draft	1997: Allocated
Drafted by	Houston Comets
Playing career	1997–2011
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Number	22
Coaching career	2009–present
Career history
As a player:
1997–2007	Houston Comets
2008	Seattle Storm
2011	Tulsa Shock
As a coach:
2009–2010	Mercer Island HS (assistant)
2013–2016	Loyola–Chicago
2017–2018	Texas Tech (assistant)
Career highlights
	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); 2× All-American – USBWA (1992, 1993); 2× Kodak All-American (1992, 1993); Texas Sports Hall of Fame; Houston Sports Hall of Fame;
Career WNBA statistics
Points	4,875 (15.0 ppg)
Rebounds	1,596 (4.9 rpg)
Assists	1,037 (3.2 apg)
	Stats at WNBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
	Basketball Hall of Fame
	Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Women's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
World Cup
Goodwill Games

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]

^ Cite error: The named reference NCAA Coaches was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "WNBA's Greatest Moments". WNBA.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
^ "Sheryl Swoopes". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2016 Announcement presented by Haggar Clothing Company". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. April 4, 2016. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
^ Fleser, Dan (June 10, 2017). "Sheryl Swoopes enjoying her Hall of Fame moment". USA Today. Retrieved June 11, 2017.

[NCAA_Coaches-1] Cite error: The named reference NCAA Coaches was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] "WNBA's Greatest Moments". WNBA.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2011.

[:1-3] "Sheryl Swoopes". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.

[4] "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2016 Announcement presented by Haggar Clothing Company". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. April 4, 2016. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.

[5] Fleser, Dan (June 10, 2017). "Sheryl Swoopes enjoying her Hall of Fame moment". USA Today. Retrieved June 11, 2017.

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