“My high school class was the first one to know, during the college recruiting process, to know there was the option to play professional basketball, to know that the WNBA was there, and to know I better pick a school that is going to help me get to the next level.”

American former professional basketball player

Sue Bird is an American former professional basketball player, born in 1980. She played for two decades in the United States and Russia, and is best known for her long career with the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. Bird was the first overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft and spent her entire WNBA career with Seattle. In Russia, she played for Dynamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow Region and UMMC Ekaterinburg, winning five Premier League titles and five EuroLeague Women championships. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in WNBA history.