Candace Nicole Parker is best known as one of the best professional basketball players in the United States. She was born on the 19th of April, 1986 in St. Louis Missouri. She has played for many different clubs in her career. She is also the first woman to dunk in the NCAA tournament.
“Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.”
Before talking about her career and success, we want to let you know that she stands tall and sexy and has won the hearts of millions. She is also popular for her sexy legs. Her hot and sexy pictures are available on the web.
Candace must be highly satisfied with her career and life because she has an estimated net worth of $2 million dollars. By that, we can guess that her annual salary should be very high as well.
Talking about how she entered into the sports industry, it is her older brother who was also a former NBA player. She got interested in this game from an early age. Her whole family was engaged in basketball. Due to this reason, she chose to become a basketball player.
However, in her young age, she focused on playing soccer, as she has guessed that she would not be good enough at basketball. Later on, she found that she could indeed play basketball very well, and her father became her coach to help her perform efficiently.
In her high school, she focused on playing basketball. She won her High School’s Player of the Year two times. Because of her competent performance on the court, she has won many prestigious awards since then.
She joined the University of Tennessee and played basketball there as well. She started her professional career in 2008 when she was picked for the WNBA Draft. She played at Los Angeles Sparks and gained a lot of popularity through this club.
She was selected to the national team in 2008. The team won 8 matches consecutively to get a gold medal. In the same year, she won both “Rookie of the Year” and “Most Valuable Player” at the same time.
She is very tall with a height of 6 feet 4 inch. She has reached the age of 30. She is sexy, but you got to know that she is not single anymore!
She got married to Shelden Williams in 2008.Because of her success, it is obvious that she has not remained away from rumors regarding who her boyfriend was, who she was dating and her affairs, But she is happily married to her husband who is also a former college basketball star from Duke University.
Their relationship has been sound till now, and there are very few fights between them. Due to this reason, we can assume that divorce between them would be rather unexpected. The couple has a daughter who was born in 2009.
Some of the awards which she has won are “Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award” and “Gatorade Female Basketball Player of the Year”. She has also won many slam dunk competitions.
Though she has gained a lot of success from this game, she has also missed out on many things because of her injuries. In 2009 and 2010, she missed most of the competitions because of her shoulder injury.
She played regularly from 2012 and made many records in her name. She was the part of USA Women’s U18 team, which won the gold medal in FIBA Americas Championship. She was chosen for the 2012 Olympics as well.
She is very popular in America. She is a regular user of the social sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. If you are her fan, you can follow her on Twitter where she has 236 thousand followers.
SQUAD!! #WeRise #WNBAFinals
SQUAD!! #WeRise #WNBAFinals pic.twitter.com/Pt2NV67IR6
— Candace Parker (@Candace_Parker) October 5, 2016
At this moment, I leaned down to Lailaa expecting to exchange some heartfelt words. Instead, she says “MOMMY, I saw you score goals, GoodJob.”
If you want to know about her, you can read her biography on Wikipedia and IMDB. You can also see her dunks and matches on YouTube. As she is one of the successful and competent players in women’s basketball, you do not want to miss anything about her.