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Sheryl Swoopes

Categories: Class of 2017
  • Naismith Player of the Year and WBCA Player of the Year (1993)
  • Scored 1000 points in 46 games at Texas Tech, setting more than 10 school records
  • 2x All American (1992, 1993)
  • NCAA National Champion (1993)
  • Swoopes was the first player to be signed to the WNBA (1997)
  • 4x WNBA Champion with the Houston Comets (1997-2000)
  • 3x WNBA MVP (2000, 2002, 2005)
  • 6x WNBA All-Star (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
  • 3x WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2000, 2002, 2003)
  • WNBA’s Top 20 Team (2016)
  • 3x Olympics Gold Medalist (1996, 2000, 2004)
  • Bronze medalist in the World Championships (1994)
  • Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2016)
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