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Perfection for UConn women basketball 'not feasible,' but ...
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USA Today - Found Mar. 19, 2010 Auriemma always has been able to recruit the country's best players during his 25 seasons, from Rebecca Lobo to Sue Bird to Diana Taurasi. |
Perfection for UConn women basketball 'not feasible,' but ...
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USA Today - Found Mar. 18, 2010 Auriemma always has been able to recruit the country's best players during his 25 seasons, from Rebecca Lobo to Sue Bird to Diana Taurasi. |
UConn women make history with 71st consecutive win
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CBSSports - Found Mar. 9, 2010 Those Huskies, led by Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, featured four of the first six picks in the WNBA draft. Voepel: UConn as close to perfect as possible - ESPN.com Jeremy Schaap On UConn's Streak - ESPN.com Record Win for UConn; Moral One for the Irish - New York Times Milestone for UConn, but Coach Wants More - New York Times Explore All |
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Voepel: UConn endures little drama in 70-game streak
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ESPN.com - Found Mar. 8, 2010 2, though. -- Former UConn standout Sue Bird And everybody else involved with the production is doing their best, too. |
Connecticut Huskies endure little drama in running up 70 consecutive ...
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ESPN.com - Found Mar. 7, 2010 2, though. -- Former UConn standout Sue Bird And everybody else involved with the production is doing their best, too. |
FanHouse: UConn women near record, but are beatable
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NBC Sports - Found Mar. 6, 2010 It was a team made up of four fantastic seniors -- Sue Bird, Ashja Jones, Swin Cash and Tamika Williams -- and a super sophomore in Diana... |
Storm All-Star Sue Bird gets win in return to Russian team
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Seattle Times - Found Jan. 6, 2010 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 |
Emotional Sue Bird returns to Russian team despite killing of owner
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Seattle Times - Found Jan. 4, 2010 Memories of him will engulf Sue Bird. |
UConn's Dogged Pursuit of Perfection
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ESPN.com - Found Mar. 19, 2010 Still, it was a powerhouse coming back for 2002, led by seniors Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Asjha Jones and Tamika Williams, with Diana Taurasi as a... |
Katie Smith signs with Washington Mystics
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Post Star - Found Mar. 16, 2010 ... photo,Seattle Storm's Sue Bird, left, defends Detroit Shock's Katie Smith in the first quarter in a WNBA basketball game in Seattle. Katie Smith likened to LeBron in signing with Mystics - USA Today Katie Smith Signs With Washington Mystics - International Herald Tribune Mystics sign All-Star Katie Smith - Miami Herald Katie Smith signs with Washington Mystics - Boston Globe Explore All |
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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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