Sylvia Fowles
Chicago Sky | |
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Position | Center |
League | WNBA |
Personal information | |
Born | Coconut Grove, Florida | October 6, 1985
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Edison Senior |
College | LSU |
NBA draft | 2008: 2nd overall |
Selected by the Chicago Sky | |
Playing career | 2008–present |
Career highlights and awards | |
Awards and honors | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
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Women's Basketball | ||
Representing United States | ||
Olympic Games | ||
Beijing 2008 | National team |
Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles (born October 6 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. 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.
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.
Fowles was also named a McDonalds All-American.
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 and Horace Mann Middle School.
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. [1]
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.[2]
Fowles was named the 2008 SEC Player of the Year.[3] During a March 24, 2008 NCAA Tournament game, she broke the all-time SEC record for career rebounds.
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.
Overseas career
She is currently playing for Spartak Moscow in Russia during the 2008-09 WNBA off-season.[4]
2008 Summer Olympics
Fowles is a member of the United States women's national basketball team and she earned a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Awards and honors
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References
External links
- African American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- Basketball players from Florida
- Centers (basketball)
- LSU Lady Tigers basketball players
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Chicago Sky players
- Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- People from Miami, Florida