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Line 69: {{MedalGold| [[1994 Goodwill Games|1994 St. Petersburg]] |Team competition}} }} '''Sheryl Denise Swoopes''' (born March 25, 1971)<ref name="NCAA Coaches"/> is a retired American professional [[basketball]] player. She was the first player to be signed in the [[WNBA]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/about_us/greatest_moments_020508.html |title=WNBA's Greatest Moments |publisher=WNBA.com |date= |accessdate=November 21, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/616sQokFT?url=http://www.wnba.com/about_us/greatest_moments_020508.html |archivedate=August 21, 2011 |df= }}</ref> 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 Games|Olympic]] gold medals. She was elected to the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/news/2016/4/4/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-class-of-2016-anno.html|title= ==Early success== Born in [[Brownfield, Texas]], Swoopes was raised by her mother Louise Swoopes and played basketball with her three older brothers.<ref name="Porter p 464">Porter p 464</ref> She began competing at age seven in a local children's league called Little Dribblers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/sheryl_swoopes/bio.html |title=Sheryl Swoopes Playerfile |publisher=Wnba.com |date= |accessdate=November 21, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113040724/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/sheryl_swoopes/bio.html |archivedate=November 13, 2011 |df= }}</ref> She played basketball at [[Brownfield High School]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Glass|first1=Ray|title=Overcoming the Odds|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/062799/hig_062799108.shtml|accessdate=April 16, 2016|newspaper=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal|date=June 27, 1999}}</ref> ==College years== Line 81: As of 2010, Swoopes was still a part of the NCAA women's basketball record books in many categories, including single-game scoring record (53 points on March 13, 1993 vs. [[Texas Longhorns|Texas]], tied for tenth place), single-season scoring (955 points in the 1993 season, fourth place), highest championship tournament scoring average (35.4 in the 1993 tournament, second place), best single-game championship scoring performance (47 points vs. [[Ohio State Buckeyes|Ohio State]],<ref>Grundy p 217</ref> 1993 championship), which broke Bill Walton's record,<ref name="Porter p 464">Porter p 464</ref> and scoring record for championship series (177 points, five games). She set the record for the most field goals in the championship game with 16.<ref name=Records/> Swoopes also set several school records at Texas Tech. She scored 955 points in the 1992–93 season, which is an all-time scoring record for a single season (as of 2006). Swoopes' 24.9 points-per-game average for her career is the best in school history; she also boasts three triple-doubles and 23 double-doubles, 14 of which came during her senior year.<ref name="College">{{cite web Swoopes was the 1993 winner of the [[Naismith College Player of the Year]] award, was selected as that year's [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|WBCA]] Player of the Year, and was chosen to the Division I All-American squad in both 1992 and 1993. Swoopes was named the 1993 Sportswoman of the Year (in the team category) by the Women's Sports Foundation.<ref name="Sportswoman"/> | |||
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