Who are the "Elite
Five"?
Five women basketball players have collected an NCAA championship, the WNBA title, and an Olympic
gold medal. The most recent is WNBA champion Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird, who won her Olympic
gold this past summer and played on University of Connecticut teams that won NCAA championships in
2000 and 2002. Bird's college teammate Swin Cash also got her gold this summer, and won the WNBA
championship with Detroit in 2003. Former Houston Comets' guard Cynthia Cooper won four WNBA
titles, is a gold medalist and captured NCAA crowns in 1983 and 1984 at the University of Southern
California. Comets' forward Sheryl Swoopes has two gold medals, four WNBA championships, and an
NCAA title in 1993 while playing at Texas Tech. Gold medalist Kara Wolters, now playing at
Charlotte, brought home an NCAA title in 1995 while playing for UConn, and she won the WNBA
championship with Houston in 1999. Current Seattle head coach Anne Donovan is a three-time
Olympian, and helped Old Dominion win the AIAW championship in her freshman year (1980).
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