Penny Taylor - Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame

PennyTaylor

Taylor had a 19-year career, which was mostly spent with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury
From 1997-1999, she played for the Australian Institute of Sport
A Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) Champion in 1999, named a two-time WNBL Most Valuable Player (2001, 2002), a two-time WNBL Top Shooter Award winner (2001, 2002), and a three-time WNBL All-Star Five (2001, 2002, 2015)
During her 2000-01 season in the WNBL, Taylor led the league in scoring with 25.5 points per game and 2.5 steals per game
During her career with the Phoenix Mercury (2004-07, 2009-11, 2013-14, 2016) she scored twenty or more points in 49 career games, while eight of those were 30 or more-point games
A three-time WNBA Champion (2007, 2009, and 2014), as well as a 3-Time WNBA All-Star (2002, 2007, and 2011)
A member of the Australian National Team, the “Opals,” since 2022 that competed in four World Championships, 2002 (Bronze), 2004 (Silver), 2006 (Gold), 2014 (Bronze)
Earned a gold medal in the World Championship in Brazil, and was the Most Valuable Player of the tournament (2006)
She competed in three Olympiads for the Opals in 2004 Athens (Silver), 2008 Beijing (Silver), and 2016 Rio
Between WNBA seasons, she played in China, Italy, Russia, and Turkey, winning each league at least once
Taylor is a 4-Time Turkish League Champion (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) with Fenerbahce
Retired from playing at the end of the 2016 WNBA season