Candace Parker

Candace Parker
Information about the player
Full name	Candace Nicole Parker
Nickname	-
birthday	April 19, 1986 (34 years and 134 days)
place of birth	St. Louis , Missouri , United States
size	193 cm
position	Power forward
college	University of Tennessee
WNBA Draft	2008 , 1st pick, Los Angeles Sparks
Jersey number	3
Clubs as active
2009-2015	UGMK Yekaterinburg
2016	Guangdong Dolphins
2016-2017	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
2017-2018	Xinjiang Tianshan Deers
WNBA clubs as active
2008–	Los Angeles Sparks
1 As of July 28, 2020

Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986 in St. Louis , Missouri , United States ) is an American basketball player. She currently plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA .

Career

college

From 2004 to 2008 Parker played for the University of Tennessee women's basketball team ( Tennessee Lady Volunteers ). During this time, she won the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship twice with the Lady Volunteers . Furthermore, she received numerous awards during this time.

WNBA

Because of her excellent work for the Lady Volunteers, she was voted first in the 2008 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks on April 9, 2008 . In her first game in the WNBA she got 34 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists (assists) against the Phoenix Mercury . So far, no other player has scored as many points on her WNBA debut. Up until that point, Cynthia Cooper held the record with 25 points in the 1997 season . That season she was also named Rookie of the Year , Most Valuable Player and Best Rebounder . In the 2009 season, she was able to enter until later because of her pregnancy. In the end, she completed 25 games for the Sparks, averaging 13.1 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. In the following seasons, Parker was one of the pillars of the LA team and was regularly in the starting lineup. The great team success did not materialize. It wasn't until the 2016 season that she reached the WNBA finals for the first time with the Sparks team. These were just won after an exciting battle with the Minnesota Lynx and Candace Parker was then honored as the best player in the final series . In the 2017 season , she lost the final series with the Sparks against the Lynx. In 2018 and 2019 , the Sparks season ended prematurely in the playoffs with Parker.

Europe / Asia

Like many WNBA players, Parker plays regularly in Europe during the WNBA season break. Since 2009 she has been on the pitch for the Russian team from UGMK Yekaterinburg for a long time . In the 2016/17 season she played for the Turkish club Fenerbahçe Istanbul . Parker was also active for Chinese teams.

National team

Parker won her first international title with the US team at the U18 American Championships in 2004. While still in college, she won the bronze medal at the 2006 World Basketball Championship with the US team. In 2007 she won the American Championship with the US women. In 2008 she won the gold medal with the US national basketball team at the Summer Olympics in Beijing . She was able to repeat this title with the team in London in 2012 . Despite her successes, she was not nominated for the Olympic Games in Rio by the association.

Awards and honors

college

• 2006 NCAA Cleveland Regional All-Region Team
• 2006 SEC Tournament MVP
• 2006 SEC Freshman of the Year
• 2006 All-SEC First Team
• 2006 All-SEC Freshman Team
• 2006 SEC Freshman of the Week (12/5, 12/19, 1/10, 1/16)
• 2006 SEC Player of the Week (1/16)
• 2006 Lady Vol Athlete of the Week (11/28, 1/16)
• 2006 Lady Vol Athlete of the Month (January)
• 2006 AP Second Team All-American
• 2006 Kodak All-American
• 2007 SEC Player of the Week (2/12, 3/1)
• 2007 SEC Player of the Year
• 2007 First Team All-SEC
• 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament - Dayton Regional Most Outstanding Player.
• 2007 1st Team All-American (AP, Kodak, John R. Wooden)
• 2007 Wade Trophy Winner
• 2007 USBWA Player of the Year
• 2007 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 2007 John R. Wooden Award Winner
• 2007 Basketball Honda Sports Award Winner
• 2008 Academic All-America of the Year, University Division
• 2008 Associated Press Athlete of the Year
• 2008 Naismith Trophy Winner
• 2008 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 2008 John R. Wooden Award winner.
• 2008 Basketball Honda Sports Award Winner
• 2008 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament - Oklahoma City Region Most Outstanding Player
• 2008 ESPN.com Player of the Year

WNBA

• 2008 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award
• 2008 WNBA Most Valuable Player Award
• 2008 Peak Performer (Rebounds)
• 2009 Peak Performer (Rebounds)
• 2013 WNBA Most Valuable Player Award
• 2016 WNBA Finals MVP Award

Trivia

Her brother Anthony Parker played in the NBA . She is married to former NBA player Shelden Williams , who proposed marriage to her in May 2007. They both know each other from their time at Duke University .

She became known as the first woman to dunk in a college game. In addition, she is the second woman who dunked in the WNBA and won the High School Allstar Game Slam Dunk Contest 2004. Here she defeated, among others, JR Smith ( Denver Nuggets ) and the later NBA Slam Dunk - Champion Josh Smith .

Web links

• Official website
• WNBA player profile
• Statistics about the player on basketball-reference.com (engl.)
• FIBA overview of participation in international tournaments
• FIBA Europe overview of participation in European tournaments
• Candace Parker in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CANDACE PARKER NAMED SEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK . Retrieved February 25, 2007.
2. ↑ ^{a b} N.N .: 2007 SEC Women's Basketball Awards Announced. ( September 30, 2007 memento on the Internet Archive ) Archived from Southeastern Conference website; Birmingham, AL, February 27, 2007. Retrieved February 25, 2019 (in English).
3. ↑ (Associated Press News Service): Tennessee vs. Mississippi. Parker, Tennessee thrash Ole Miss to reach Final Four. ( Memento of May 23, 2008 on the Internet Archive ) Archived from Columbia Broadcasting System — Web site; San Francisco, CA, March 27, 2007. Retrieved February 25, 2019 (in English).
4. ↑ Kodak All-Americans . Retrieved March 29, 2007.
5. ↑ Candace Parker named Kodak All-American . Retrieved March 31, 2007.
6. ^ NN: Candace Parker named John R. Wooden All-American. On: University of Tennessee Athletics website; Knoxville, TN, March 29, 2007. Retrieved February 25, 2019 (in English).
7. ^ All CP3 All The Time . Retrieved March 31, 2007.
8. ↑ Parker named to USBWA Player of the Year . Retrieved March 31, 2007.
9. ↑ ^{a b c} CANDACE PARKER NAMED 2006-07 HONDA AWARD WINNER . Retrieved December 17, 2010.
10. ↑ Candace Parker named AP Player of the Year . AP. May 4, 2008. Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. Retrieved on May 4, 2008.
11. ↑ Candace Parker named Naismith Player of the Year . ESPN. July 4, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
12. ^ NN: ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Title allegedly: Parker wins second straight John Wooden Award. ) On: WBIR website; Knoxville, TN, with no author or date (in English). Last reached on April 12, 2008.
13. ↑ NN: ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Title allegedly: Lady Vol Candace Parker announces engagement. ) On: WBIR website; Knoxville, TN, with no author or date (in English).
14. ↑ NN: chain of three top and flop. Top: Candace Parker. ( Memento of September 16, 2011 on the Internet Archive ) Archived from EuroLeague website; Barcelona, ​​July 18, 2008. Accessed February 23, 2019.