Sylvia Fowles

Sylvia Fowles

WNBA's Chicago Sky  – No. 34
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Born	October 6, 1985 (1985-10-06) Miami, Florida
Nationality	American
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
High school	Gulliver Preparatory
College	LSU
Draft	2nd overall, 2008 Chicago Sky
Profile	WNBA Info Page
WNBA Teams
Chicago Sky (2008–present)
Overseas Teams
Spartak Moscow (2008–2010) Galatasaray Medical Park (2010–present)
Awards and Honors
2× WNBA All-Star (2009, 2011) 1× Defensive Player of the Year
Medal record Women's basketball Competitor for the United States Olympic Games Gold Beijing 2008 Team competition

Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles (born October 6, 1985) is an American professional basketball player with the Chicago Sky in the Women's National Basketball Association. She is 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall and weighs 200 lbs (90.7 kg).

Personal

She was born in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, the daughter of Arrittio Fowles. She has three brothers and one sister whose names are Walter,Jeremy,Morris and Dorothy. Sylvia grew up in some of the rougher neighborhoods of Miami-Dade, including Coconut Grove, Little Haiti, and the Victory Home Housing Projects. She attended Little River Elementary School, Horace Mann Middle School, Miami Edison Senior and graduated from Gulliver Preparatory School.

High school career

She also led Edison Senior High School to two state championships before transferring to Gulliver Preparatory School. Fowles averaged 20.6 points and 11.6 rebounds at Gulliver and led them to the class 3A state championship against Melbourne Central Catholic High School. Fowles was also named a McDonalds All-American. Fowles was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored fifteen points, and earned MVP honors.

College career

Fowles played in all 36 of LSU's games as a freshman, helping the team to an appearance in the NCAA Final Four. As a sophomore, she started all 35 games and again helped the team reach the Final Four. In her junior year, she led LSU to the Final Four again and earned All-American honors.

Fowles was named to the pre-season All-American team prior to her senior season. She dunked the ball in the Lady Tigers' game against the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on November 21, 2007, becoming the sixth woman to dunk in an American college game.

In December 2007, Fowles suffered a partial tear of the meniscus of her right knee during a game against the University of Miami. She then underwent surgery and missed several weeks of play.

Fowles was named the 2008 SEC Player of the Year. During a March 24, 2008 NCAA Tournament game, she broke the all-time SEC record for career rebounds. She led LSU to the Final Four again in her senior year.

Fowles (right, #34) pitted against Candace Parker in the opening tipoff of the 2008 NCAA Final Four

Fowles finished additional academic credits after beginning her professional basketball career and received her bachelor's degree from LSU in the spring of 2009.

WNBA career

Fowles was selected 2nd overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2008 WNBA Draft. After being drafted second overall, she is averaging 10.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game for the Chicago Sky.

Fowles dunked on her second attempt during the 2009 WNBA All Star Game while representing the Eastern Conference after everyone on both teams cleared out of her way. Her first attempt clanged off the bottom of the rim. The game took place on July 25, 2009 at Mohegan Sun, the home of the Connecticut Sun. She is the third WNBA player to dunk in an all star game, following Michelle Snow in 2006 and Lisa Leslie in 2005.

Overseas career

Fowles played for Spartak Moscow in Russia during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 WNBA off-seasons.

She will be playing for Galatasaray Medical Park of Turkey in the 2010-11 season.

USA Basketball

See also: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women

Fowles is a member of the United States women's national basketball team and she earned a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Fowles was again invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009. The team selected to play for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics is usually chosen from these participants. At the conclusion of the training camp, the team traveled to Ekaterinburg, Russia, where they competed in the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational.

Fowles was named as one of the National team members to represent the USA Basketball team in the WNBA versus USA Basketball. This game replaces the normal WNBA All-Star game with WNBA All-Stars versus USA Basketball, as part of the preparation for the FIBA World Championship for Women to be held in the Czech Republic during September and October 2010.

WNBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game
PPG	Points per game	TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	Bold	Career high		League leader

Awards and honors

• 2005 SEC Sixth Woman of the Year
• 2005 Second-team All-SEC
• 2005 SEC All-Freshman
• 2005 Honorable Mention All-America (AP)
• 2005 & 2006 First-team All-Louisiana
• 2005 Louisiana Freshman of the Year
• 2006 First-team All-SEC
• 2006 Third-team All-American (AP)
• 2007 SEC All-Tournament Team
• 2007 First-team All-American (ESPN.com, Wooden Award, USBWA)
• 2007 Second-team All-American (AP)

• 2007 Kodak All-America
• 2007 First-team All-SEC
• 2007 Fresno Regional MOP
• Member of the 2007 United States Senior National Team in Italy
• Member of the 2006 United States Senior National Team in Australia
• Member of the 2005 United States World University Games Gold Medal Team
• 2008 SEC Player of the Year
• 2009 WNBA All-Star Selection
• 2010 WNBA All-Star Selection
• 2010 WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award
• EuroLeague Women 2010–11 All-Star MVP Award

See also

• 2008 WNBA Draft

External links

• Sylvia Fowles at WNBA.com
• Sylvia Fowles at Basketball-Reference.com
• LSUSports.net biography
• Official LSU National Player of the Year Promotional Site
• http://www.bdasports.com/ssp/athletes?bio=160