Bryttni+-+WNBA

Candace Parker, 6 foot 4, my personal WNBA idol is 24 years old with an MVP award in 2008; she also has a baby girl named Lailla Parker. Candace played for the Los Angeles Sparks for 4 years, and was named rookie of the month and year. Know as the first women to dunk a basketball in a NCAA tournament, the first women to dunk twice in a college game, and also the second women to dunk in the WNBA. She grew up in a family of basketball and learned at a very early age, but played soccer. Her family convinced her to play in the eighth grade, and that's when she began training with her dad. Now she's taking a year off of the WNBA to recover from a shoulder and knee injury.

WNBA; ** "EXPECT GREAT" **. The WNBA league was founded in 1996, two years after I was born :) and they started playing in 1997. The very first game was against the New York Liberty and the Los Angeles Sparks. There are 12 teams in the WNBA, and their team colors come from their original men's team; such as ** PURPLE ** and ** GOLD ** from the Los Angeles** L A K E RS <3 ** . The Women's National Basketball Association took a huge leap forward when they first got invited to the White House Rose Garden in May 23, 2000. By the end of that year, the number of teams on the WNBA doubled in size.Most of the teams relocated, or changed colors since they've first began.