PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Date of birth: July 7, 1972
- Place of birth: Compton, California
- Listed height: 1.96 m.
- Listed weight: 77 kgs.
- Studied at the University of South Carolina, USA.
- Started practicing basketball when she was 6 years old.
- She retired in 2009
CAREER AWARDS
Representing the USA national team:
- 4 Olympic Gold medals (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
- 2 World Championship Gold Medal (1998, 2002)
- 1 World Champìonship Silver Medal (1994)
- 1 World University Games Gold Medal (1991)
WNBA awards:
- Honda Sports Award (1994)
- 2× WNBA champion (2001, 2002)
- 2× WNBA Finals MVP (2001, 2002)
- 3× WNBA MVP (2001, 2004, 2006)
- 8× WNBA All-Star (1999–2003, 2005, 2006, 2009)
- 3× WNBA All-Star Game MVP (1999, 2001, 2002)
- 8× All-WNBA First Team (1997, 2000–2004, 2006, 2008)
OTHER AWARDS
- 8× All-WNBA First Team (1997, 2000–2004, 2006, 2008)
- 4× All-WNBA Second Team (1998, 1999, 2005, 2009)
- 2× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2004, 2008)
- 2× WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2006, 2008)
- 2× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2005, 2009)
- WNBA Peak Performer (2004)
- WNBA’s Top 15 Players of All Time (2011)
- WNBA Top 20@20 (2016)
- The W25 (2021)
- No. 9 retired by Los Angeles Sparks
- No. 33 retired by USC
- FIBA World Championship MVP (2002)