Sheryl Denise Swoopes (born March 25, 1971) is a retired American professional basketball player.
She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game.
Swoopes has won three Olympic gold medals and is one of ten women's basketball players to have won an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, and a WNBA title.
She was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
In 2017, she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.