Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Swoopes was born in Brownfield, Texas, United States on March 25th, 1971 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 53, Sheryl Swoopes biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Sheryl Denise Swoopes (born March 25, 1971) is a retired American professional basketball player.
She was the first player to be drafted in the WNBA and was named one of the top 15 players of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game.
Swoopes has earned three Olympic gold medals and is one of ten women's basketball players to have won an Olympic gold medal, a NCAA Championship, and a WNBA crown.
In 2016, she was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
In 2017, she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
Early success
Louise Swoopes, a mother who was born in Brownfield, Texas, was raised by her mother and played basketball with her three older brothers. Little Dribblers, a local children's league, began competing at age seven. She played basketball at Brownfield High School.
Personal life
Swoopes was married from June 1995 to 1999, with her first son, Jordan Eric Jackson (b.). (1997).
Swoopes declared herself gay in October 2005, becoming one of the first female celebrities in a team sport to do so publicly. "It doesn't matter who I am," Swoopes said. I can't remember who I fell in love with. No one can. ... Discovering that I'm gay came a long time ago in life. I had no idea that being close to [Alisa] or some other woman at all. At the same time, I'm a firm believer that "you can't control it" if you fall in love with someone." Swoopes' son was raised by her and her partner, former basketball player and Houston Comets assistant coach Alisa Scott. In 2011, the couple split up. Swoopes became engaged to Chris Unclesho, a long-serving male friend, in the summer of 2017; the pair wed after a long engagement on July 21, 2017.
WNBA career
During the 1997 inaugural season, Swoopes was signed to the Houston Comets of the WNBA. She returned only six weeks after giving birth to her son to play in the WNBA's last third of the season and led the Comets in the 1997 WNBA Championship. She's been a member of the Houston Comets for over 2,000 career points, 500 career wins, 300 career mentors, and 200 career steals. She was named the first three-time WNBA MVP (2000, 2002, and 2005) as well as the first three-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2000, 2002, and 2003). Swoopes is a four-time WNBA champion (1997–2000).
Swoopes is the second player in WNBA history to win both the regular season MVP and the All-Star Game MVP award in the same season. Lisa Leslie was the first person to do so. Swoopes is also the first WNBA player to record a triple-double in both the regular season and the playoffs.
Swoopes rose to national prominence after winning the gold medal with the USA Basketball Women's National Team at the 1996 Olympic Games and becoming a focal point of the fledgling WNBA. Some consider the 1996 Olympic triumph over Brazil (117–87) to be the "best women's basketball game they've ever seen." She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist (1996, 2000, and 2004).
Swoopes is the first woman's basketball player to have a Nike shoe named after her: the "Air Swoopes."
Swoopes signed with the Seattle Storm on March 3, 2008, an 11-year deal with the Houston Comets. On February 3, 2009, the Storm cancelled her.
Swoopes was expected to return to the WNBA two days after her 40th birthday in 2011, according to Associated Press reports, in the aftermath of the Tulsa Shock's formal signing announcement. She was named one of the top 15 players in the WNBA's 15-year history at the 2011 All-Star Game.
The 40-year-old Swoopes edged the Los Angeles Sparks 77-75, snaping the Shock's historic 20-game losing streak.
After the 2011 season, Swoopes became an unrestricted free agent: Steve Swetham, the team's director, confirmed on February 15, 2012 that they did not intend to give Swoopes a new contract. Swoopes remained an unsigned free agent as of the 2012 preseason, on May 5th. Although no official announcement has been made, Swoopes first blogged at the Shape magazine website during the 2012 Olympic Summer Games, she described herself as "a former professional basketball player." In 2016, she was selected into the WNBA Top 20@20 in honor of the league's 20th anniversary.
Post-playing career
Sheryl Swoopes appeared on Shirts & Skins, a reality show on Logo TV, in 2008. Swoopes, a gay basketball team, coached the San Francisco Rockdogs, and she spoke about basketball, family, and faith, as well as being out.
Swoopes served as an assistant basketball coach at Mercer Island High School in Washington in 2010.
Swoopes was a color analyst for the Texas Tech women's basketball broadcast from 2012-2013.
Swoopes took over as head coach of the Loyola University Chicago women's basketball team in 2013. Loyola revealed in April 2016 that it was investigating Swoopes of suspected mistreatment after the school newspaper announced that ten of the team's players had either transferred or requested a refund from their scholarships. Loyola reported that it had fired Swoopes as a result of the probe on July 4, 2016, but refused to say what it had found.
Swoopes returned to Texas Tech, the women's basketball program's Director of Player Development, in July 2017, where she spent her time as a broadcast color analyst for Lady Raiders games. Swoopes was promoted to regular assistant coach under interim head coach Shimmy Gray-Miller following Candi Whitaker's dismissal on January 1, 2018.