National Girls and Women in Sports Day
Keynote Speaker: Sheryl Swoopes
Career Highlights
- A member of the 2000 WNBA Champion
Houston Comets (fourth-straight year) and the All-WNBA First Team
- Honored as the WNBA’s MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in
2000.
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Was the top vote-getter for the WNBA All-Star Game; 1999 & 2000
- Named to the All-WNBA First Team; 1998, 1999 & 2000
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Captured two gold medals as a key member of the USA Olympic
Women’s Basketball Team: 1996
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Named one of the Top 10 Division I Kodak All-Americans of
All-Time.
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After giving birth to her first child, Jordan Eric, Sheryl helped
lead the Houston Comets to the inaugural WNBA
Championship.
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A member of the undefeated (52-0) USA Women’s National Team
since 1994.
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1993 National Collegiate Player of the Year.
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Earned 1993 NCAA Final Four MVP honor after setting an NCAA
Championship game record with 47 points
against Ohio State.
Up Close and Personal
- First woman to have her own name line basketball shoe, the Air Swoopes by
Nike.
- Gave birth to her first child, a sone named Jordan, in June 1997 and
returned to play her first season in the WNBA just six weeks later.
- Official Spokeswoman for The March of Dimes
- Off the court, Sheryl enjoys playing volleyball, shooting pool, shopping
and playing video games.
- Nicknamed "Wind" by Houston Comets fans because of her quick and
graceful style of play.
- Aspires to be a professional sports broadcaster following her career in
the WNBA.