Sylvia Fowles
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| Position | Center |
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| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Weight | 200 pounds (90.7 kg) |
| Team | Chicago Sky |
| Born | October 6, 1985 Miami, Florida |
| College | LSU |
| Draft | 2nd overall, 2008 Chicago Sky |
| Pro career | 2008 – present |
| Awards | 2005 SEC Sixth Woman of the Year 2005 Second-team All-SEC 2005 SEC All-Freshman 2005 honorable mention All-America (AP) 2005 & 2006 First-team All-Louisiana 2005 Louisiana Freshman of the Year 2006 First-team All-SEC 2006 Third-team All-American (AP) 2007 SEC All-Tournament team 2007 First-team All-American (ESPN.com, Wooden Award, USBWA) 2007 Second-team All-American (AP) 2007 Kodak All-America 2007 First-team All-SEC 2007 Fresno Regional MOP Member of the 2007 United States Senior National Team in Italy Member of the 2006 United States Senior National Team in Australia Member of the 2005 United States World University Games Gold Medal Team 2008 SEC Player of the Year |
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.
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[edit] Personal
Born on October 6,1985 in Miami, Florida, Fowles is the daughter of Arrittio Fowles. She has three brothers and one sister.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
Coach Van Chancellor calls her “the sweetest human being on the face of the earth.”
[edit] WNBA Career
Fowles was selected 2nd overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2008 WNBA Draft.
[edit] External links
- LSUSports.net biography
- Official LSU National Player of the Year Promotional Siteshe is a feeder coming out of LSY Tigers chea
