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Candace Parker
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Candace Parker is an American basketball player and actor born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1986. She plays the power forward and center positions for the United States national team. Her professional career began in 2008 after being drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks. She has also played for UMMC Ekaterinburg and wears the number 3.
Parker competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women. Her accolades include the Wade Trophy, the John R. Wooden Award, the WNBA All-Rookie Team selection, and the Associated Press Athlete of the Year award. She was educated at the University of Tennessee.
She resides in Naperville, Los Angeles, and Encino. Her spouse has been Shelden Williams and Anna Petrakova. Her sibling is Anthony Parker. She is recognized in the Time 100 collection and the Basketball Hall of Fame collection.
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St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986) is an American sports analyst and former professional basketball player. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest WNBA players of all time. A power forward out of the University of Tennessee, she was selected as the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. She spent 13 seasons on the Sparks, two seasons with the Chicago…
Known for
- Meal Ticket — Self2026
- The Rise: WNBA 2024; The Year That Changed Everything — Self2025
- The Rise — Self2025
- Aces vs. Everybody: The Story of the 2023 Season — Self2024
- Candace Parker: Unapologetic — self2023
- Title IX: 37 Words that Changed America — Self2022
- Celebrity Jeopardy! — Self - Contestant2022
- Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible — Self2021
- The Next Thing You Eat — Self2021
- Back on the Record with Bob Costas — Self2021
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Key facts
- 2016
- Guangdong Dolphins
- 2017
- Fenerbahçe
- 2023
- Las Vegas Aces
- Born
- ( 1986-04-19 ) April 19, 1986 (age 40) , St. Louis , Missouri , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Listed weight
- 184 lb (83 kg)
- High school
- Naperville Central , ( Naperville, Illinois )
- College
- Tennessee (2004–2008)
- Wnba draft
- 2008 : 1st round, 1st overall pick
- Drafted by
- Los Angeles Sparks
- Playing career
- 2008–2023
- Position
- Power forward
- 2008 2020
- Los Angeles Sparks
- 2010 2015
- UMMC Ekaterinburg
- 2017 2018
- Xinjiang Tianshan Deers
- 2021 2022
- Chicago Sky
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Power Forward
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Candace
- Family name
- Parker
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Louis
- Spouse
- Anna Petrakova
- Sibling
- Anthony Parker
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- University of Tennessee
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 79
- Official website
- www.candaceparker.com
- Image
- Candace Parker (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 193
- Residence
- Encino
Show 11 more facts
- date of birth
- 1986-04-19
- Commons category
- Candace Parker
- drafted by
- Los Angeles Sparks
- sport number
- 3
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
- social media followers
- 396172
- nickname
- Ace
- writing language
- English language
- sexual orientation
- non-heterosexuality
- name in native language
- Candace Parker
- birth name
- Candace Nicole Parker
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Encyclopedic overview
Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986), nicknamed "Ace", is an American former professional basketball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest WNBA players of all time, she was selected as the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. She spent 13 seasons on the Sparks, two seasons with the Chicago Sky, and one season with the Las Vegas Aces, winning a championship with each team. Parker is credited with growing the popularity of women's basketball. She will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2026.
A versatile player, Parker mainly played the forward and center positions. In high school, Parker won the 2003 and 2004 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year awards, becoming just the second junior and the only woman to receive a Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year award twice. Parker played college basketball for the Tennessee Lady Vols, she led the team to two consecutive national championships (2007, 2008), was named the Final Four's most outstanding player in both occasions and was a two-time consensus national player of the year. As a redshirt freshman, she became the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game and the first woman to dunk twice in a college game. After being selected in the WNBA Draft, Parker signed long-term endorsement deals with Adidas and Gatorade.
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