Swin Cash

Position: Forward
Height: 6'2' / 188 cms.
Weight: 162 lbs. / 74 kgs..
WNBA Team: Chicago Sky
School: University of Connecticut '02
Hometown: McKeesport, Pa.

USA Basketball Notes

• Gold Medals: 2012 Olympics, 2010 FIBA World Championship, 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational, 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, 2004 Olympics.
  
• Silver Medal: 2008 Good Luck Beijing Tournament.
  
• Member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women's Basketball Team that posted an 8-0 record and earned the gold medal in London; averaged 3.3 ppg. and 4.4 rpg.
• Aided the 2012 USA National Team to a 5-0 pre-Olympic exhibition slate; averaged 6.6 ppg. and 2.6 rpg.
• Member of the 2010 USA Basketball World Championship Team that posted a 9-0 slate, captured the gold medal and qualified the U.S. for the 2012 Olympic Games; started four games and averaged 8.6 ppg. and 3.2 rpg. in 16.4 minutes per contest.
  
• Scored 13 points, had two rebounds and dished out two assists for the USA National Team that defeated the WNBA Stars 99-72 in the “WNBA vs. USA Basketball: Stars at the Sun” game on July 10, 2010.
  
• Named to the 2010-12 USA National Team on March 3, 2010.
  
• Aided the USA National Team to a 3-0 mark and the gold medal at the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational.
  
• Aided the USA to a 4-2 mark and the silver medal at the 2008 Good Luck Beijing Tournament, dished out a team-third best 14 assists.
  
• Assisted the USA to a 2-0 mark in its 2008 Spain training.
  
• Is one of only eight players to have earned an Olympic gold medal, FIBA World Championship gold medal, NCAA title and WNBA crown (Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings, Cynthia Cooper, Maya Moore, Sheryl Swoopes, Diana Taurasi and Kara Wolters).
  
• Played all eight games of the USA's 2007 College Tour.
  
• Member of the 2007 USA FIBA Americas Championship Team that competed in Valdivia, Chile, posted an unblemished 5-0 slate, captured the gold medal and qualified the U.S. for the 2008 Olympics.
  
• Prior to the FIBA Americas Championship, joined the team in time to aid the USA to a 70-66 victory over the Australians in their second exhibtion game.
  
• Aided the 2007-08 USA National Team to a 4-0 slate during its 2007 Tour of Italy.
  
• Named to the 2007-08 USA National Team on March 6, 2007.
  
• Member of the 2006 USA National Team that won the Australia-hosted 2006 Opals World Challenge and finished with a 4-1 slate.
  
• Member of the 2006 USA National Team for the USA's March 2-9 European Tour.
  
• As a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team, came off the bench to average 6.3 ppg. and 4.4 rpg. in fewer than 15 minutes a game to help the USA to an 8-0 record and the gold medal in Athens, while earning the U.S. its 2006 FIBA World Championship berth.
  
• Posted 9.7 ppg. and 4.7 rpg. in the USA's final three-game warm-up before Athens.
  
• Returned for the USA's April 2-13 Domestic Tour, was the USA's second leading scorer and rebounder in the 4-0 run, averaging 16.2 ppg. and 7.8 rpg.
  
• During the USA's March 20-28 European Tour, averaged 5.7 ppg. and 4.2 rpg., upped her output to 16.0 ppg. and 6.0 rpg. in the USA's final two contests.
  
• Made her USA Basketball debut during the 2004 USA's three-game sweep of Cuba in Havana, Feb. 24-26; averaged a USA third best 8.7 ppg., also contributed a team second best (tie) 5.0 rpg. and shot 62.5 percent (10-16 FGs) from the field.
  

Professional Notes

• Drafted: No. 2 in 2002 by the Detroit Shock; traded to the Seattle Storm on Feb. 19, 2008; traded to the Chicago Sky on Jan. 2, 2012.
• WNBA titles: 2003, 2006, 2010
• All-WNBA second team: 2003, 2004
• WNBA All-Defensive first team: 2011
• All-Star Games: 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011
• All-Star Game MVP: 2009, 2011
• Competed three seasons (2009-2010 through 2011-12) for DongGuan New Century Club (China).
• Helped lead Seattle in 2011 to a 21-13 record and second place in the Western Conference regular-season standings.
• Scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the West in the 2011 All-Star Game to earn MVP honors, becoming the first MVP from the losing team and also becoming just the second player to garner more than one All-Star Game MVP honor.
• Helped the Storm in 2010 to a franchise-record 28-6 record and the WNBA title; averaged 13.8 ppg. and 6.0 rpg. during the regular season. Averaged 16.1 ppg., 4.9 rpg. and 3.0 apg. in the playoffs as the Storm swept all three rounds.
• Spent the 2009-10 season playing for Guangdong Asia Aluminum (China) and helped her team to a 14-8 record and a fifth-place finish; averaged team-highs of 22.9 ppg, 10.4 rpg, 3.1 apg. Her team lost in the first round of playoffs, despite playoff averages from Cash of 22.0 ppg., 12.5 rpg. and 3.5 apg.
  
• Aided Seattle to a 20-14 mark and the 2009 playoffs.
  
• Competed in 2008-09 for ZVVZ USK Prague, which advanced to the EuroLeague Eighth-Finals, averaged 9.5 ppg. and 5.6 rpg. in 12 EuroLeague contests.
  
• Averaged 11.1 ppg. and 6.1 rpg. during the 2007 season and 8.6 ppg. and 3.8 rpg. during the WNBA Playoffs in helping Detroit advance to the WNBA Finals.
  
• Averaged 7.6 ppg., 6.1 rpg. and 3.2 apg. during the 2006 WNBA Playoffs to help Detroit claim the WNBA title.
  
• Missed the first 12 games of the 2005 season while rehabilitating her left ACL (injured 9/11/04).
  
• In 2002 led or was tied for team high scoring honors in 18 contests as Detroit rolled up a league-best 25-9 record and finished at the top of the Eastern Conference; closed the season again as the Shock's leading scorer, averaged a league seventh best 16.6 ppg.
  
• In the 2003 playoffs, averaged a team best 17.5 ppg. and ranked second in rebounding at 7.5 rpg. in leading Detroit to its first WNBA title.
  
• As a rookie, finished as Detroit's leading scorer and rebounder, averaged 14.8 ppg. and 6.9 rpg., also posted a franchise single-season record with seven double-doubles.
  
• Finished third in the 2002 WNBA Rookie of the Year voting.
  

College Notes:

• During her four years (1999-02), Connecticut posted a 136-9 (.938) record, won a pair of NCAA crowns (2000, 2002) in four NCAA Tournaments, advanced to the 2001 Final Four, and earned four Big East regular season and tourney titles.
  
• Earned 2002 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player and 2001 NCAA All-Eastern Regional honors.
  
• Selected to the 2002 Kodak/WBCA and U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-America first team.
  
• Named 2002 Associated Press All-America (A.P.) second team and was an A.P. All-America honorable mention in 2001.
  
• A three-time Big East Conference All-Tournament selection, named to the 2002 All-Big East first team, earned second team honors in 2001 and received a third team nod as a sophomore in 2000.
  

Personal Notes

• Born Swintayla Marie Cash on Sept. 22, 1979 in her hometown of McKeesport, Pennsylvania; resides part of the year in Seattle, Wash., and Miami.
  
• Raised by her mother Cynthia Cash, stepdaughter of Kevin Menifee and daughter of Clifford Hunt, has three siblings: Kevin, Angie and Steven Menifee.
  
• Father is a retired U.S. Marine and brother Kevin served in Iraq.
  
• Both of her brothers played basketball collegiately, Steve at NCAA Division II IUP and Kevin at Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
  
• Name means ‘astounding woman.’
  
• Majored in communication science at Connecticut and aspires to a career in broadcasting, host a TV talk show, continue the work with her charity and eventually get married and have children.
  
• In high school was president of her student council and finished third in the state as a senior in hurdles.
  
• Attended McKeesport High School, where she was a 1998 Parade Magazine, USA Today and Street & Smith's All-America first team selection and garnered 1998 Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year accolades.
  
• Is the first active WNBA player to be an NBA analyst for ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNews.
  
• Wanted to be an actress when she was five.