Candace Parker

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Born
1986 (39 years old)
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St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Position
Power Forward

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
Black

Team Number
3

Height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Weight
184 lb (83 kg)

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Basketball

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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.

A versatile player, Parker mainly played the forward and center positions. In high school, Parker won the 2003 and 2004 Gatorade Female 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. As a college player for Tennessee, 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.

In 2016, Parker led the Sparks to win their first WNBA Finals title since 2002 and won the WNBA Finals MVP Award. In 2021, she helped the Sky win their first title. Parker won two WNBA Most Valuable Player Awards (2008, 2013), a WNBA All-Star Game MVP Award (2013), two Olympic gold medals (2008, 2012), and the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award (2008). She got selected to six All-WNBA teams and five All-Star teams, and was the first player to win the Rookie of the Year and the MVP awards in the same season. Parker became the second player to dunk in a WNBA game on June 22, 2008.

Since 2018, Parker has been an analyst and commentator for TNT Sports, providing coverage for NBA games on TNT and NBA TV and for the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Following her retirement in spring of 2024, Parker was named president of Adidas women's basketball.

Trophies

WNBA 2023	All-WNBA First Team 2022	WNBA All Star 2022	Associated Press Athlete… 2021
WNBA 2021	WNBA 25th Anniversary… 2021	WNBA All Star 2021	All-WNBA First Team 2020
WNBA Defensive Player of… 2020	WNBA peak performer 2020	WNBA rebounding leader 2020	WNBA All Star 2018
All-WNBA First Team 2017	WNBA All Star 2017	WNBA 2016	WNBA 20th Anniversary… 2016
WNBA Finals MVP 2016	All-WNBA First Team 2014	WNBA All Star 2014	WNBA All Star 2013
All-WNBA First Team 2013	WNBA All Star Game MVP 2013	WNBA MVP 2013	EuroLeague Women Final… 2012-2013
FIBA EuroLeague Women 2012-2013	All-WNBA First Team 2012	Basketball Olympics Gold… 2012	WNBA All Star 2011
WNBA peak performer 2009	WNBA rebounding leader 2009	All-WNBA First Team 2008	WNBA MVP 2008
WNBA rebounding leader 2008	Basketball Olympics Gold… 2008	WNBA peak performer 2008	WNBA Rookie of the Year 2008