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Penny Taylor

Categories: Class of 2022
  • 19-year career mostly spent with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury
  • Played for the Australian Institute of Sport (1997, 1998, 1999)
  • Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) Champion (1999)
  • 2x WNBL Most Valuable Player (2001, 2002)
  • 2x WNBL Top Shooter Award winner (2001, 2002)
  • 3x WNBL All-Star Five (2001, 2002, 2015)
  • Led the WNBL in scoring with 25.5 points per game and 2.5 steals per game (2000,2001)
  • With the Phoenix Mercury (2004-07, 2009-11, 2013-14, 2016), she scored 20+ points in 49 career games, and eight of those were 30+ point games
  • 3x WNBA Champion (2007, 2009, 2014)
  • 3x WNBA All-Star (2002, 2007, 2011)
  • Member of the Australian National Team, the “Opals,” that competed in four World Championships, winning Bronze (2002), Silver (2004), Gold (2006), and Bronze (2014)
  • Gold medalist in the World Championship in Brazil, and was the Most Valuable Player of the tournament (2006)
  • Competed in three Olympiads for the Opals winning Silver in Athens (2004), Silver in Beijing (2008), and competing in Rio (2016)
  • Between WNBA seasons, she played in China, Italy, Russia, and Turkey, winning each league at least once
  • 4x Turkish League Champion (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) with Fenerbahce
  • Retired from playing at the end of the 2016 WNBA season
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