Catchings player for the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers from 1997 to 2001
She was named a four-time All-American and helped the Volunteers win the 1998 NCAA National Championship.
In 2000, Catchings won WBCA Player of the Year, the Naismith College Player of the Year, AP Player of the Year, and the USBWA Women’s National Player of the Year.
She was drafted as the #3 pick in the 2001 WNBA draft to the Indiana Fever.
Spending her career with the Indiana Fever, Catchings won the WNBA Championship in 2012, being named as the Finals MVP.
Catchings was a 7-time All-WNBA First Team and a 5-time All-WNBA Second Team.
A 5-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year as well as a 10-time WNBA All-Defensive Team member and a 2-time member of the WNBA All-Defensive Second Team.
In 2011, Catchings was named one of the Top 15 Players in WNBA History.
She is a 3-time Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award winner in 2010, 2013, and 2016.
Catchings competed in three World Championships winning gold twice and bronze once as well as being a member of the USA Basketball Olympic Team where she won four gold medals from 2004 to 2016.