Brittney Griner

Brittney Griner

Brittney Griner accepting Wade Trophy in 2012
Free Agent
Position	Center
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1990-10-18) October 18, 1990 (age 26) Houston, Texas
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Nimitz (Houston, Texas)
College	Baylor (2009–2013)
WNBA draft	2013 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career	2013–present
Career history
2013–2016	Phoenix Mercury
2013–2014	Zhejiang Golden Bulls
2014–present	UMMC Ekaterinburg
Career highlights and awards
WNBA champion (2014) 3× WNBA All-Star (2013–2015) 4× WNBA blocks leader (2013–2016) All-WNBA First Team (2014) All-WNBA Second Team (2015) 2× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award (2014, 2015) 2× WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2014, 2015) WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2016) WNBA All-Rookie Team (2013) NCAA champion (2012) NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2012) AP Player of the Year (2012) 2× First-team All-American – AP (2011, 2012) Second-team All-American – AP (2010) 2× Wade Trophy Player of the Year (2012, 2013) 3× Big 12 Player of the Year (2011–2013) 4× Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (2010–2013) McDonald's All-American (2009) WBCA High School Player of the Year (2009) 2× Russian National League champion (2015, 2016)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Women's basketball Representing  United States Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2014 Turkey

Brittney Yevette Griner (born October 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and playing overseas in Russia for UMMC Ekaterinburg. She played college basketball at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She is the only NCAA basketball player to score 2,000 points and block 500 shots. In 2012, the three-time All-American was named the AP Player of the Year and the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.

Standing 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) tall, Griner wears a men's US size 17 shoe and has an arm span of 86 in (2.2 m).

In 2009, Griner was named the nation's #1 high school women's basketball player by Rivals.com. Griner was selected to the 2009 McDonald's All-American basketball team. In 2012 she received the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award. Griner was recently on the USA Olympic Women's team, where she helped lead them to victory. In 2013, Griner signed an endorsement deal with Nike.

Griner is the daughter of Raymond and Sandra Griner. She has three older siblings.

Griner attended Nimitz High School in Houston. In addition to lettering in basketball throughout high school, she played varsity volleyball as a freshman.

During her senior year, Griner led the Cougars to the Texas 5A girls basketball state championship game, where Nimitz lost 52–43 to Mansfield Summit High School. Griner dunked 52 times in 32 games as a senior, setting a single-game record of seven dunks against Aldine High School. The mayor of Houston Bill White declared May 7, 2009, Brittney Griner Day. On 11 November 2008, she recorded 25 blocks in a game against Houston Alief Hastings, the most ever recorded by a female in a high school game in the US. In her 2008–09 season, she recorded 318 blocks, a single season record.