Cynthia Cooper
Cynthia Cooper | ||
Information about the player | ||
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Full name | Cynthia Lynne Cooper | |
birthday | April 14, 1963 | |
place of birth |
Chicago , Illinois , United States |
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size | 183 cm | |
position | Guard | |
college | University of Southern California | |
WNBA Draft | Initial Player Allocation 1997 | |
Jersey number | 14th | |
Clubs as active | ||
1992-1994 | Lavezzini Parma | |
1995-1996 | Sports Club Alcamo | |
1996-1997 | Lavezzini Parma | |
WNBA clubs as active | ||
1997-2000 | Houston Comets | |
2003 | Houston Comets | |
1 As of May 20, 2016 |
Cynthia Lynne Cooper (born April 14, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois, United States ) is a former professional basketball player. She currently coaches the University of Southern California's NCAA women's basketball team .
Career
college
Cynthia Cooper played as a guard for the USC Trojans women's basketball team from 1982 to 1986 . She led her team to two NCAA Division I basketball championships in 1983 and 1984.
WNBA
Cynthia Cooper is considered to be one of the best players to ever play in the WNBA. She played for the Houston Comets from 1997 to 2000 . In those four seasons, she won the WNBA championship four times and was elected Finals MVP each time . She was also voted Most Valuable Player of the Season in the 1997 and 1998 seasons . From 1997 to 1999 she was also three times the best scorer in the WNBA. She was the first player in the WNBA to break the 500, 1000, 2000 and 2500 point marks. After the 2000 season, she ended her career as a player, but she remained loyal to the WNBA and became the new coach of the Phoenix Mercury for a year and a half.
For the 2003 season , the now 40-year-old Cooper returned for one season as a player in the WNBA. That season she played again for the Houston Comets.
Cynthia Cooper was selected for her achievements in the WNBA both in 2006 in the WNBA All-Decade Team, which consists of ten players, and in WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time for the league's 15th anniversary in 2011 .
Europe
For several years she was also active for clubs in Italy.
International
Cooper won the gold medal with the US women's basketball team at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona . In 1986 and 1990 she was also world champion with the US team.
Honors
On July 13, 2008, Cooper was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame . On August 13, 2010, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .
See also
Web links
- 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
- Cynthia Cooper-Dyke in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame On: Hoophall website; Springfield, MA, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017 (in English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2010. ( Memento of the original from April 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Basketball Hall of Fame press release, accessed March 3, 2011.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cooper, Cynthia |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cooper, Cynthia Lynne |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |