Tamika Catchings

Tamika Catchings Smith

Catchings in 2011
Personal information
Born	(1979-07-21) July 21, 1979 (age 37) Stratford, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	167 lb (76 kg)
Career information
High school	Adlai E. Stevenson (Lincolnshire, Illinois) Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas)
College	Tennessee (1997–2001)
WNBA draft	2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Indiana Fever
Playing career	2002–2016
Position	Small forward
Number	24
Career history
2002–2016	Indiana Fever
2003	Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae
2005–2006	Spartak Moscow
2006	Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae
2007	Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae
2008–2009	Lotos Gdynia
2009–2011	Galatasaray
Career highlights and awards
WNBA champion (2012) WNBA Finals MVP (2012) WNBA MVP (2011) 5× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012) 10× WNBA All-Star (2002, 2003, 2005–2007, 2009, 2011, 2013–2015) 7× All-WNBA First Team (2002, 2003, 2006, 2009–2012) 5× All-WNBA Second Team (2004, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015) 10× WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2005–2013, 2015) 2× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2014, 2016) 8× WNBA steals leader (2002, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2013, 2016) WNBA Rookie of the Year (2002) WNBA Top 20@20 (2016) WNBA all-time rebounding leader WNBA all-time steals leader WNBA playoffs all-time leading scorer WNBA playoffs all-time rebounding leader WNBA playoffs all-time steals leader Member of All-Decade Team Member of Top 15 Team 3× Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (2010, 2013, 2016) Polish National League champion (2009) 2× Turkish Cup winner (2010, 2011)
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals Women's basketball Representing  United States Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2002 China 2010 Czech Republic 2006 Brazil

Tamika Devonne Catchings Smith (born July 21, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who played her entire 15-year career for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Catchings has won a WNBA championship (2012), WNBA Most Valuable Player Award (2011), WNBA Finals MVP Award (2012), five WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Awards (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012), four Olympic gold medals (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016), and the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award (2002). She has also been selected to ten WNBA All-Star teams, 12 All-WNBA teams, 12 All-Defensive teams and led the league in steals eight times. She is one of 9 women to win an Olympic Gold Medal, an NCAA Championship, and a WNBA Championship. In 2011, Catchings was voted in by fans as one of the WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time.