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Emotional Sue Bird returns to Russian team despite killing of owner - Seattle Times
Emotional Sue Bird returns to Russian team despite killing of owner Seattle Times Storm star Sue Bird was close to Russian basketball team owner Shabtai von Kalmanovic, who was shot dead in his car in November. By Jayda Evans Sue Bird ... |
Johnson City and Binghamton students give back to Haitians, soldiers in Iraq - Press & Sun-Bulletin
Johnson City and Binghamton students give back to Haitians, soldiers in Iraq Press & Sun-Bulletin Bird is a Vestal graduate and the son of Binghamton teacher Sue Bird. "It's fantastic that the Binghamton High School Baseball Team is supporting our troops ... |
Storm All-Star Sue Bird gets win in return to Russian team - Seattle Times (blog)
 Seattle Times (blog) | Storm All-Star Sue Bird gets win in return to Russian team Seattle Times (blog) Storm PG Sue Bird played in her first game with Spartak Moscow today, a road matchup in Hungary that originally had to be postponed due to the November ... |
UConn women's success - Stamford Advocate
UConn women's success Stamford Advocate Photo: File Photo / Connecticut Post File Photo University of Connecticut basketball player Sue Bird in action against Notre Dame on Feb. 25th, 2000. ... |
UConn dynasty a top draw on the road - Stamford Advocate
 Seattle Post Intelligencer | UConn dynasty a top draw on the road Stamford Advocate ... just as they were during the mid-1990s behind Rebecca Lobo and on a larger scale during the Sue Bird/Diana Taurasi era when UConn's complete domination ... UConn Women: Charles has a winner's focus UConn women courting a legacy |
Doty helping to lead the way - Torrington Register Citizen
Doty helping to lead the way Torrington Register Citizen While her memories of Jennifer Rizzotti center around Rizzotti's success as the women's basketball coach at Hartford, she was able to watch Sue Bird do her ... |
Cleaveland: Huskies back to intimidating style - Waterbury Republican American
 Waterbury Republican American | Cleaveland: Huskies back to intimidating style Waterbury Republican American That 2000 team came at you with the confidence of Svetlana Abrosimova, the dogged competitiveness of Shea Ralph and the immense talent of Sue Bird's ... PIPKE: UConn's target should be UCLA's 88-game streak |
WNBA all-stars will play U.S. national team this year - Los Angeles Times (blog)
 Seattle Times (blog) | WNBA all-stars will play U.S. national team this year Los Angeles Times (blog) Sue Bird?) will fit in with his national squad. "I think any time you can showcase the best players of the world against each other in a high-level ... Official word: Connecticut to host 2010 WNBA All-Star Game Door Is Open For Charles, Moore WNBA All-Stars To Tip Off Vs. US National Team In July |
Seattle Reading & Learning Center Dedication - LiteracyNews.com
Seattle Reading & Learning Center Dedication LiteracyNews.com The ribbon cutting ceremony was followed by a reading rally with 100 FAME kids, Seattle Storm's Sue Bird, Tanisha Wright, Janell Burse and WNBA's legend ... |
The Most Underrated WNBA Player - SLAM Online
 SLAM Online | The Most Underrated WNBA Player SLAM Online She's not as glamorous as Sue Bird (and didn't grow up in New York and play for UConn). She didn't win gold medals like Dawn Staley (and didn't grow up in ... |
Sue Bird Biography
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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, Jayson Williams and Speedy Claxton.3 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.4 She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored eleven points.5
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.2 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.3 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.6
| Sue Bird Statistics7 at University of Connecticut | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 Taipei8.
In the 2003-2004 off-season, Bird was named to the United States 2004 Women's Olympic Basketball Team's roster9. 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 Moscow10 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.11
Bird was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009.12 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.12
Awards and honors
- 1998 — WBCA All-American.4
- 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 Award13
- 2002-2007, 2009 — WNBA All-Star Selection
- 2009 — Most Valuable Point Guard, Ekaterinburg International Invitational14
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.
- ^ a b http://www.uconnhooplegends.com/womensledgends/BirdSue.html
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "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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