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Sue Bird News and Gossip
SI.com - Found Nov. 6, 2009
... building a women's hoops dynasty in the Moscow suburbs with no intention of turning a profit, lavishing Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi with pay...
Seattle Times - Found Sep. 12, 2009
Storm PG Sue Bird (pictured right by the WNBA) will miss her third consecutive game due to a sore neck. Bird is feeling better, but coach Brian...
Seattle Times - Found Sep. 6, 2009
The Storm will be without PG Sue Bird tonight due to a sore neck.
Seattle Times - Found Sep. 6, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS Storm star Sue Bird walked around as stiff as her team's offense was in the first half Saturday.
OurSports Central - Found Sep. 14, 2009
14, 2009 - Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury, Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks and Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm won the 2009 WNBA...
Seattle Weekly - Found Sep. 11, 2009
Yesterday, before Sue Bird's Seattle Storm -- who've already clinched a playoff birth --lost an overtime heartbreaker to the league-leading...
OurSports Central - Found Aug. 31, 2009
- Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) NEW YORK, Aug. 31, 2009 - Deanna Nolan of the Detroit Shock and Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm were
Island Packet - Found Sep. 12, 2009
SEATTLE ? Sue Bird has agreed to a multiyear contract extension to stay with the Seattle Storm, keeping the All-Star guard with the only WNBA team
King5.com - Found Sep. 12, 2009
... file photo, Seattle Storm's Sue Bird shoots in the the first half of a WNBA game against the Los Angeles Sparks in Seattle. Bird has agreed to a...
Oroville Mercury-Register - Found Sep. 12, 2009
SEATTLE?Sue Bird has agreed to a multiyear contract extension to stay with the Seattle Storm, keeping the All-Star guard with the only WNBA team ...
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Suzanne Brigit Bird (born October 16, 1980) is a professional women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm.
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Early life
Sue Bird was born on October 16, 1980 in Long Island, New York. She is the younger of two children to Herschel and Nancy Bird. The original family name was "Boorda." In 2006, Bird acquired Israeli citizenship. She still maintains her citizenship in the United States. 1 Sue’s role model as a young child was her older sister Jen. Jen did a lot of recreation stuff to stay active. 2 Out of all the activities, Sue’s favorite was basketball. Sue also played soccer, tennis, and track. 3 Sue became a very good player and started playing AAU basketball in the sixth grade.
High School
She played her freshman and sophomore years at Syosset High School but wanted more competition. She decided to enroll at the basketball powerhouse Christ The King Regional High School in Queens, New York. Christ the King also produced well known basketball stars Chamique Holdsclaw, Lamar Odom, Jason Williams and Speedy Claxton. 4 Sue spent two seasons at Christ the King and the Royals went undefeated in both seasons. In the second season her team won the New York state championship, and the national title. Sue won many awards including the New York State Player of the Year, and the New York Daily News Player of the Year. Bird was named a WBCA All-American.5 She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored eleven points.6
College
Sue chose UConn over Stanford, Vanderbilt and many others. She chose UConn because UConn was close to home, and the UConn program had a winning tradition like the one at Christ the King. 7 She suffered an ACL injury, eight games into her freshman season. She was not able to redshirt because she played in more than 20% of the team’s games. 8 In her sophomore season (1999-2000) she came back to lead the team to a 36-1 record and won the Big East Championship and the 2000 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Huskies went 32-3 in Sue’s junior season. The last loss was to Big East rival Notre Dame in the Final Four. That was the last loss of Sue’s college career as the Huskies went an undefeated 39-0 in Sue’s 2002 senior season. In that season, Sue won the Wade Trophy and Naismith Award as College Player of the Year. She finished her UConn career on many of the record lists. She currently ranks #24 on the 1,000 point list with 1,378 points, #2 in assists with 585, and over 200 steals. She also ranks number 1 in three point field goal percentage (45.9). She has won two National Championships, three Big East Championships and Big East regular season titles. Bird was the inaugural winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award in 2000, given to the top point guard in the nation, and won the award in 2001 and 2002. Overall her record at UConn in games she played is a remarkable 114-4. Bird was a member of the inaugural class (2006) of inductees to the University of Connecticut women's basketball "Huskies of Honor" recognition program.9
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| Year | G | FG | FGA | PCT | 3FG | 3FGA | PCT | FT | FTA | PCT | REB | AVG | A | TO | B | S | MIN | PTS | AVG |
| 1998-99 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 0.316 | 6 | 19 | 0.316 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 16 | 2.0 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 160 | 41 | 5.1 |
| 1999-00 | 37 | 140 | 279 | 0.502 | 72 | 145 | 0.497 | 53 | 59 | 0.898 | 94 | 2.5 | 160 | 80 | 1 | 69 | 1052 | 405 | 10.9 |
| 2000-01 | 34 | 137 | 309 | 0.443 | 60 | 139 | 0.432 | 35 | 45 | 0.778 | 89 | 2.6 | 169 | 88 | 4 | 63 | 941 | 369 | 10.9 |
| 2001-02 | 39 | 198 | 392 | 0.505 | 69 | 148 | 0.466 | 98 | 104 | 0.942 | 131 | 3.4 | 231 | 93 | 9 | 96 | 1168 | 563 | 14.4 |
| Totals | 118 | 491 | 1021 | 0.481 | 207 | 451 | 0.459 | 189 | 212 | 0.892 | 330 | 2.8 | 585 | 277 | 15 | 243 | 3321 | 1378 | 11.7 |
Professional career
WNBA
Hoping to help their record, and fan support, the Seattle Storm selected Sue with the first overall pick of the 2002 WNBA Draft. In her rookie season, Bird started all 32 games for the Storm and averaged 14.4 ppg. She was selected as a starter on the 2002 WNBA Western Conference All-Star team. She also led the Storm to their first playoff appearance. Since her rookie season she has been selected to the Western Conference All Star team. In 2004 Sue helped the Storm win its first WNBA Championship. By winning the WNBA Championship Bird became one of seven women to receive an Olympic Gold Medal, a NCAA Championship, and a WNBA Championship. The others are Ruth Riley, Sheryl Swoopes, Cynthia Cooper, and fellow Huskies Swin Cash, Kara Wolters, and Diana Taurasi.
International
She competed with USA Basketball as a member of the 2000 Jones Cup Team that won the Gold in Taipei11.
In the 2003-2004 off-season, Bird was named to the United States 2004 Women's Olympic Basketball Team's roster12. The USA team would go on to win the gold at the games in Athens, Greece.
In the 2004-2005 WNBA off-season, she played in Russia, with Storm teammate Kamila Vodichkova on the Dynamo Moscow. In the 2005-2006 WNBA off-season, she played on the same team, reaching the Russian championship and the Euroleague women’s playoffs.
In the 2006-2007 WNBA off-season, she joined Jackson and fellow UConn stars Diana Taurasi and Svetlana Abrosimova on the Russian team Spartak Moscow13 to win both the Russian Super League and the EuroLeague Women championships.
In the summer of 2008, she was invited back to be on the 2008 Olympic Basketball Team. The team won the Gold medal in Beijing, China.14
Bird was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009.15 The team selected to play for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics is usually chosen from these participants. At the conclusion of the training camp, the team will travel to Ekaterinburg, Russia, where they compete in the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational. 15
Awards and honors
- 1998 — WBCA All-American.5
- 2000 — Nancy Lieberman Award
- 2001 — Nancy Lieberman Award
- 2002 — Nancy Lieberman Award
- 2002 — Naismith Award
- 2002 — Wade Trophy
- 2002 — Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
- 2002 — Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year
- 2002 — Sportswoman of the Year Award16
- 2002-2007, 2009 — WNBA All-Star Selection
- 2009 — Most Valuable Point Guard, Ekaterinburg International Invitational17
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sue Bird |
- U.S. Olympic Team bio
- Sue Bird playerfile at WNBA.com
References
- ^ "Sue Bird". hoopedia.nba.com. http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=Sue_Bird. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- ^ http://www.uconnhooplegends.com/womensledgends/BirdSue.html
- ^ http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Bird/Bird_bio.html
- ^ http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Bird/Bird_bio.html
- ^ a b "1998 WBCA High School All-Americans". WBCA. http://www.wbca.org/98-HSAA.asp. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
- ^ "1998 WBCA High School All-America Game". WBCA. http://www.wbca.org/upload/1998HSAAG.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
- ^ http://www.uconnhooplegends.com/womensledgends/BirdSue.html
- ^ http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Bird/Bird_bio.html
- ^ "Women's Basketball 1995 National Championship Team to be Recognized as "Huskies of Honor”". http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/103008aaa.html. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ "UConn Media Guide". http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/WBasketball/2009/Media%20Guide/129-160.pdf. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ "2000 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=wjcup_2000. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ "Games of the XXVIIIth Olympiad -- 2004". http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=woly_2004. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ "SPARTAK VIDNOE MOSCOW REGION basketball team". http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=RUSSIA&Team=7635&Year=2006-2007. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ "Games of the XXVIIIth Olympiad -- 2008". USA Basketball. http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=woly_2008. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ a b "USA Basketball Women's National Team To Tip-Off Training Tomorrow In D.C.". USA Basketball. http://usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=09_wnt_fall_invitees_add_rm. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ "Sportswoman of the Year Award". Women's Sports Foundation. http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/News-And-Events/Awards/Sportswoman-of-the-Year-Award.aspx. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ^ "USA Women’s National Team Outguns UMMC Ekaterinburg To Capture 2009 Ekaterinburg International Invitational Title". USA Basketball. http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=09_wnt_ekaterinburg_03. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
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