Penny Taylor

Penny Taylor

No. 13 – Phoenix Mercury
Position	Small forward / Shooting guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1981-05-24) 24 May 1981 (age 35) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft	2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11th overall
Selected by the Cleveland Rockers
Playing career	1998–2016
Career history
1997–1999	Australian Institute of Sport
1999–2002	Dandenong Rangers
2001–2003	Cleveland Rockers
2002–2003	Termocarispe La Spezia
2003–2007	Famila Schio
2004–2007	Phoenix Mercury
2007–2009	UMMC Ekaterinburg
2009–2011	Phoenix Mercury
2009–2013	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
2013–2014	Phoenix Mercury
2014–2015	Dandenong Rangers
2015–2016	Shanxi Flame
2016	Phoenix Mercury
Career highlights and awards
3× WNBA All-Star (2002, 2007, 2011) All-WNBA First Team (2007) All-WNBA Second Team (2011) 3× WNBA champion (2007, 2009, 2014) WNBL champion (1999) 3× WNBL All-Star Five (2001, 2002, 2015) 2× WNBL Top Shooter Award (2001, 2002) FIBA World Championship MVP (2006)
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals Women's basketball Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team 2008 Beijing Team World Championship 2006 Brazil Team 2002 China Team 2014 Turkey Team

Penelope Jane "Penny" Taylor (born 24 May 1981) is an Australian retired professional basketball player. During her 19-year career, Taylor spent the most time with the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association, where she won three championships. She also won the Women's National Basketball League with her first club, the Australian Institute of Sport, and played in China, Italy, Turkey and Russia. As part of the Australian woman's national team, Taylor won two Olympic medals and led the Australian Opals to a gold medal at the World Championships, winning tournament MVP honours ahead of teammate Lauren Jackson.

Penny was born in Melbourne, Victoria to English parents Michael Taylor and Denna Noble. She has a younger brother named Phillip and an older sister named Heather. As both her parents are tall, they thought Penny would inherit their height and put her in the Belgrave South Red Devils basketball club at the age of 4. The camaraderie helped Taylor overcome her shyness, and eventually move to the Nunawading Spectres. Penny attended Upwey High School in Upwey, Victoria, and after graduating earned a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.

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