(1955-03-26) March 26, 1955 (age 69) San Diego, California, U.S.
Listed height
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight
134 lb (61 kg)
Career information
High school
Sonora (La Habra, California)
College
UCLA (1974–1978)
WBL draft
1978: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the Houston Angels
Playing career
1978–1981
Position
Shooting guard
Number
15
Career history
1979–1981
New Jersey Gems
Career highlights and awards
WBL Co-MVP (1980)
Honda Sports Award for basketball (1978)
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
FIBA Hall of Fame as player
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing the United States
Pan American Games
1975 Mexico City
National team
1979 San Juan
National team
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal
Team competition
World University Games
1977 Sofia
National team
World Championship
1979 Seoul
National team
Jones Cup
1979 Taipei
Team competition
Ann Meyers Drysdale (born Ann Elizabeth Meyers; March 26, 1955) is an American retired pro basketball player and a sportscaster. She was a standout player in high school, college, the Olympic Games, international tournaments, and at professional levels.
Meyers was the first player to be part of the U.S. national team while still in high school. She was the first woman signed to a four-year college athletic scholarship, at UCLA.[1] She was also the first woman to sign a contract with a National Basketball Association team, the 1979 Indiana Pacers, for $50,000.
Meyers was president and general manager for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and a vice president for the NBA's Phoenix Suns.[2][3] She is a vice president for the Phoenix Mercury and a color analyst for the Phoenix Suns television broadcasts. For over 26 years, she served as a network television sports analyst for TNT, ESPN, CBS, and NBC. Meyers is a board member for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which is named after Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive back Ronnie Lott, and is given annually to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. In 1993, Meyers was one of the first women players inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and in the inaugural class at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999. She was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007 and into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.
^"Interview with Phoenix Mercury GM Ann Meyers Drysdale". April 26, 2009. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
^Mercury's Drysdale adds title of president, Miami Herald, June 30, 2010
^"A Lifetime of Firsts". Phoenix Woman. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
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April 2, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021. "Cooke Named a Finalist for AnnMeyers Drysdale Award". University of South Carolina Athletics. March 2, 2021...
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a third-team All-American, Owusu was also named the recipient of the AnnMeyers Drysdale Award, awarded to the top college basketball shooting guard in...
that was presented before 2018, having first been awarded in 2000. The AnnMeyers Drysdale Award, first presented in 2018 to the top shooting guard. The...
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basketball positional awards also presented by the Hall. The other four are: AnnMeyers Drysdale Shooting Guard Award Cheryl Miller Small Forward Award Katrina...
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