Sylvia Fowles

Infobox WNBA Player
name = Sylvia Fowles
team = Chicago Sky
position = Center
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6
weight_lbs = 200
birth_date = birth date and age|1985|10|6
birth_place = Miami, Florida
college = LSU| draft = 2^nd overall
draft_year = 2008
draft_team = Chicago Sky
career_start = 2008
career_end =
former_teams =
awards = 2005 SEC Sixth Woman of the Year
2005 Second-team All-SEC
2005 SEC All-Freshman
2005 honorable mention All-America (AP)
2005 & 2006 First-team All-Louisiana
2005 Louisiana Freshman of the Year
2006 First-team All-SEC
2006 Third-team All-American (AP)
2007 SEC All-Tournament team
2007 First-team All-American (ESPN.com, Wooden Award, USBWA)
2007 Second-team All-American (AP)
2007 Kodak All-America
2007 First-team All-SEC
2007 Fresno Regional MOP
Member of the 2007 United States Senior National Team in Italy
Member of the 2006 United States Senior National Team in Australia
Member of the 2005 United States World University Games Gold Medal Team
2008 SEC Player of the Year

Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles (born October 6 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. She is 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall.

Personal

Born on October 6,1985 in Miami, Florida, Fowles is the daughter of Arrittio Fowles. She has three brothers and one sister.

High school career

She also led Edison Senior High School to two state championships before transferring to Gulliver Preparatory School. Fowles averaged 20.6 points and 11.6 rebounds at Gulliver and led them to the class 3A state championship.

Fowles was also named a McDonalds All-American.

Sylvia grew up in some of the rougher neighborhoods of Miami-Dade, including Coconut Grove, Little Haiti, and the Victory Home Housing Projects. She attended Little River Elementary School and Horace Mann Middle School.

College career

Fowles played in all 36 of LSU's games as a freshman, helping the team to an appearance in the NCAA Final Four. As a sophomore, she started all 35 games and again helped the team reach the Final Four. In her junior year, she led LSU to the Final Four again and earned All-American honors.

Fowles was named to the pre-season All-American team prior to her senior season. She dunked the ball in the Lady Tigers' game against the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on November 21, 2007, becoming the sixth woman to dunk in an American college game. [ [http://www.fox44.com/sports/11726586.html Fowles Dunks Her Way Into History] ]

In December 2007, Fowles suffered a partial tear of the meniscus of her right knee during a game against the University of Miami. She then underwent surgery and missed several weeks of play. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/27/sports/BKW-LSU-Fowles.php LSU's Fowles out 2-4 weeks] ]

Fowles was named the 2008 SEC Player of the Year. [ [http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=1404752&DB_OEM_ID=5200 Chancellor, Fowles Receive SEC's Top Annual Honors] ] During a March 24, 2008 NCAA Tournament game, she broke the all-time SEC record for career rebounds.

Coach Van Chancellor calls her “the sweetest human being on the face of the earth.”

WNBA career

Fowles was selected 2nd overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2008 WNBA Draft.After being drafted second overall, she’s averaging 10.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game for the Chicago Sky.

2008 Summer Olympics

Fowles is a member of the United States women's national basketball team and she earned a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

External links

* [http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=27833&SPID=2167&DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=174287&Q_SEASON=2006 LSUSports.net biography]
* [http://www.bigsyl34.com/ Official LSU National Player of the Year Promotional Site]
*http://www.bdasports.com/ssp/athletes?bio=160

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