Penny Taylor

Penny Taylor
Class of 2022
- Played for the Australian Institute of Sport (1997-1999)
- WNBL Champion with the Australian Institute of Sport (1999)
- Led the WNBL with 25.5 points and 2.5 steals per game (2001)
- 2x WNBL Most Valuable Player (2001, 2002)
- 2x WNBL Top Shooter Award (2001, 2002)
- 3x WNBL All-Star Five (2001, 2002, 2015)
- No. 11 overall pick in the WNBA Draft by the Cleveland Rockers, where she played three seasons (2001-2003)
- 3x WNBA All-Star (2002, 2007, 2011)
- Member of the Australian Opals, competing in four FIBA World Championships and winning bronze (2002, 2014) and gold (2006) medals (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
- No. 1 overall pick in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft by the Phoenix Mercury (2004)
- Played 10 seasons with the Phoenix Mercury, scoring 20 or more points in 49 games, including eight games of 30 or more (2004-2007, 2009-2011, 2013-2014, 2016)
- Won silver medals with the Opals at the Olympic Games (2004, 2008) and competed in a third Olympics (2016)
- 2x Italian League Champion (2005, 2006)
- FIBA World Championship MVP (2006)
- 3x WNBA Champion with the Phoenix Mercury (2007, 2009, 2014)
- All-WNBA First Team (2007)
- Russian League Champion (2009)
- 4x Turkish League Champion with Fenerbahçe (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
- All-WNBA Second Team (2011)
- Captain of the Australian Opals (2014-2016)
- FIBA World Championship All-Tournament Team (2014)
- Retired after a 19-year professional career (2016)
- No. 13 jersey retired by the Phoenix Mercury (2017)
- Inducted into the Basketball Australia Hall of Fame (2022)
- Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame (2023)







