This was the 1st time the company signed such a deal with an openly gay athlete. The player also co-wrote a memoir with Sue Hovey. In her memoir, she addresses issues like bullying and self-acceptance.
Brittney Griner publicly came out as a lesbian on February 11, It was in an interview with SI. At present, she is married to Cherelle T. The couple celebrated their 3rd anniversary recently on June 19, The two shared their engagement news on August 2, , via Instagram. The two first met at Baylor as Brittney shared on her recent anniversary Instagram post. Previously, she was married to Glory Johnson from 8 May to 27 June On April 22, , only 8 months after their engagement, the lovers were arrested on charges of assault and disorderly conduct.
The police broke up a fight between the couple in their Goodyear, Arizona home. This was after the former pled guilty to disorderly conduct charges. Furthermore, she was also needed to complete 26 weeks of domestic violence counseling. In , Griner was named the nation's 1 high school women's basketball player by Rivals.
Griner attended Nimitz High School in Houston. In addition to basketball, as a freshman Griner played varsity volleyball. During Griner's senior year, she led the Cougars to the Texas 5A girls basketball state championship game, where they lost to Mansfield Summit High School. In addition, Griner dunked 52 times in 32 games as a senior.
She set a single-game record with seven dunks against Aldine High School. Griner recorded one of the first women's collegiate dunks, the first being Georgeann Wells of West Virginia University. On December 16, , Griner recorded Baylor's first triple-double [9] with 34 points, 13 rebounds, and Big 12 Conference record 11 blocked shots.
The 34 points and 11 blocks were career highs. On January 2, , Griner recorded the second and third dunks of her college career [10] in a blowout game vs. Texas State University. P Position. Senior Class. Houston, Texas Hometown. Season Stats Season:. There are no statistics for this selected season available for this player. Career Stats. Unanimous selection for second straight season as AP Player of the Year Then-season-high 27 points vs.
Became the first woman to dunk eight times in career when she threw down her eighth career slam vs. Pulled down her 1,th rebound vs. Recorded first double-double of season with 24 points, 14 rebounds at No. Oral Roberts Notched fourth double-double of the season at TCU with 24 points and 12 rebounds Tallied eighth point scoring effort of the season with 23 vs.
Nine-time Big 12 Player of the Week Dec. Recorded second point effort of the season with 33 at No. Narrowly missed a triple-double in Waco vs. Scored a Big record 50 points and threw down her 14th career dunk on Senior Night vs. Kansas State Narrowly missed a triple-double vs. Kansas State in Big 12 Championship Quarterfinals with 19 points, 13 rebounds and a career-high 9 assists Oklahoma State in Big 12 Championship semifinal game Iowa State in title game Threw down a single-game record three dunks vs.
Florida State, also recorded a career-high 22 rebounds and poured in 33 points Tallied 63rd double-double of her career with 14 points, 10 rebounds vs. Honda Cup winner AP All-American unanimous Received two ESPYs, most outstanding female athlete and most outstanding female collegiate athlete Recorded 18 double-doubles in 40 starts Threw down first dunk of season and sixth of her career with a drop-step, right hand slam vs. Threw another down vs. Notre Dame with 26 points and 13 rebounds, also added five blocks Scored a Big 12 Championship-record and career-high 45 points vs.
Kansas State in the tournament semifinals, added 10 rebounds, seven blocks and four assists Poured in a then-career-high 41 points, the second point performance of her career, vs. Iowa State Sank her first trey of the season, second of her career at Oklahoma Had a career high 13 free throws vs. Oklahoma, was from the line Led all scorers vs.
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