Search results
Tamika Catchings is a basketball legend who has dedicated her time away from the court to motivating and uplifting others. For Catchings’ outstanding achievements as a player and her commitment to serving her community, College Sports Communicators (CSC) has selected her as the 2023 Dick Enberg Award recipient.
A telling note of durability is that Catchings has played at least 30 games in 11 of her 14 active seasons…in 2012, at age 33, Catchings was the only WNBA player to start every regular season (34) and playoff game (10), as well as every game in the Olympics (8)…in 2015, at age 36, Catchings defied expectations with 13.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per game in 30 regular season starts, followed ...
2014: Catchings started all 16 games in which she played, averaging 16.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per contest…she was named second team WNBA All-Defense and earned Eastern Conference Player of the Month honors for the month of August…Catchings scored 12 of her season-high 29 points in the first quarter at New York, 8/10…the star forward connected on 11-of-19 from the floor, including a ...
3 de jun. de 2024 · Basketball Hall of Famer Tamika Catchings, one of the legends of her game, has seen it all in the WNBA. She played for the Indiana Fever for 15 seasons, leading the team to the 2012 league title ...
21 de jul. de 2023 · Tamika Catchings and her husband, Parnell Smith, got married in 2016. The retired WNBA star does not have any kids yet. The two met in Los Angeles back in 2014 and hit it right off the bat, as Smith was exactly the type of guy Tamika was interested in.
Catchings competed in three World Championships winning gold twice and bronze once as well as being a member of the USA Basketball Olympic Team where she won four gold medals from 2004 to 2016. The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame is a 501(c)3 non-profit whose mission is to Honor the Past, Celebrate the Present, Promote the Future of women's basketball.
Tamika Catchings’ journey in the world of basketball is not just a story of sports triumph, but also one of overcoming personal and professional challenges. Her career, marked by remarkable achievements and inspiring resilience, makes her one of the most celebrated figures in women’s basketball history.
