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 (2001)
WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016)
WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021)
NCAA Champion (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
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta
Team competition
2000 Sydney
Team competition
2004 Athens
Team competition
World Cup
1998 Germany
Team competition
2002 China
Team competition
1994 Australia
Team competition
2006 Brazil
Team competition
Goodwill Games
1994 St. Petersburg
Team competition
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]
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^"WNBA's Greatest Moments". WNBA.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
^"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.
Sheryl Denise Swoopes (born March 25, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, is...
vote, while the media panel's selections accounted for the other 75%. SherylSwoopes, Lisa Leslie and Lauren Jackson have won the award the most times, with...
Cynthia Cooper (the WNBA's first MVP); college and national team standout SherylSwoopes; Kim Perrot, who succumbed to cancer in 1999; and college stars Michelle...
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World Championships, and the 1996 Olympics was no longer on the team. SherylSwoopes was available but hampered by injuries, with Staley transitioning from...
individuals, all American, have won three golds – Katie Smith, Dawn Staley, SherylSwoopes, Seimone Augustus, Sylvia Fowles, Kevin Durant – and 23 other players...
Wilkins, Rick Barry, Grant Hill, Tamika Catchings, Cheryl Miller, and SherylSwoopes. "Basketball 101: Basketball Positions Explained". Dick's Sporting Goods...
Williams 2004 Susan Combs Trinidad Mendenhall Mary Meyers Rosenfield SherylSwoopes 2006 Amanda Dunbar Kathleen Foster Shirley Neeley Ellen Vitetta 2008...
Distinguished Alumna Award". www.virginiasports.com. Retrieved April 5, 2016. "SherylSwoopes elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame". Hoopfeed...
medal, an NCAA Championship, and a WNBA Championship. The others are SherylSwoopes, Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, Tamika Catchings, Brittney Griner and fellow Huskies...
steals. Collier is the fourth player (after Maya Moore, Catchings and SherylSwoopes) to have a season with 400 points, 200 rebounds, 75 assists, 50 steals...
Catchings, Cynthia Cooper, Asjha Jones, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart, SherylSwoopes, Diana Taurasi, and Kara Wolters on the list. Griner was selected for...
(2) Tennis 1993 Michael Jordan (3) National Basketball Association SherylSwoopes College basketball 1994 George Foreman Boxing Bonnie Blair Speed skating...
points. The rest of the team—which includes first-team All-WNBA choices SherylSwoopes and Tina Thompson—managed to hit just 10-of-41 shots. Cynthia Cooper...
Williams 2004 Susan Combs Trinidad Mendenhall Mary Meyers Rosenfield SherylSwoopes 2006 Amanda Dunbar Kathleen Foster Shirley Neeley Ellen Vitetta 2008...
celebrities singing along to the lyrics. Soccer player Mia Hamm, WNBA player SherylSwoopes, and sportscasters Chris Berman and Ahmad Rashad take part in singing...
The team also signed veteran and one of the original WNBA players, SherylSwoopes. The roster changes were not enough, however, and after the team started...
Williams 2004 Susan Combs Trinidad Mendenhall Mary Meyers Rosenfield SherylSwoopes 2006 Amanda Dunbar Kathleen Foster Shirley Neeley Ellen Vitetta 2008...
Williams 2004 Susan Combs Trinidad Mendenhall Mary Meyers Rosenfield SherylSwoopes 2006 Amanda Dunbar Kathleen Foster Shirley Neeley Ellen Vitetta 2008...
rounds of the regular WNBA draft took place. Draftees Cynthia Cooper, SherylSwoopes, and Tina Thompson would become the core pieces of the Houston Comets...
Williams 2004 Susan Combs Trinidad Mendenhall Mary Meyers Rosenfield SherylSwoopes 2006 Amanda Dunbar Kathleen Foster Shirley Neeley Ellen Vitetta 2008...