Sheryl Swoopes, the first player to sign to WNBA and cofounder of Back to Our Roots, continues to serve as a role model for current and future professional female athletes. She’s empowering and educating youth to believe in themselves through farming, gardening, goal setting and sports.
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basketball pre-Olympic exhibition game against the Australia Opals at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia on September 9, 2000. Team USA defeated Australia 83-62. Equal gender pay in sports has been an ongoing saga since women started playing professionally. In May, the news of the U.S. Soccer Federation announcing that players for the men’s and women’s national teams would get equal compensation sparked hope for all female athletes.
Sheryl Swoopes, the first player to sign to WNBA, gold medal Olympian and cofounder of Back to Our Roots, continues to serve as a role model for current and future professional female athletes. Additionally, she supports equal pay for equal play. Since signing to the WNBA’s inaugural season in 1997, she has won four WNBA championships, three Olympic gold medals, was the first female athlete to have a Nike shoe named after her, and is often referred to as the “female Michael Jordan.
“Being a Black woman in America who has a son, nieces and nephews, I have seen way too many of our kids question who they are and not understand where are they fit in this world,” Swoopes expresses. “Back to Our Roots educates and empowers our African American youth on our heritage, where we come from, and how powerful we are as a people. Part of what we will do with my nonprofit is take some of our young African American kids back to Africa.
2016 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at Symphony Hall on September 9, 2016 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Swoopes began playing basketball at seven years old with her two older brothers. Early on, she knew her skill set was more advanced than others. Her brothers treated her like any other player, which instilled a different type of mentality and the ability to develop her self-confidence. Every time she stepped out on the court, Swoopes was prepared to prove the doubters wrong.
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