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Cynthia Cooper

Contact Information

Address: c/o Author Mail, Warner Books, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.

Chronology

1963	Born April 14 to Mary Cobbs and Kevin Cooper
1964	Moves to the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles
1981	Begins attending the University of Southern California
1986	Begins playing professionally in Valencia, Spain
1987	Joins professional team in Parma, Italy
1997	Joins the Houston Comets
1997	Mother diagnosed with breast cancer
1999	Mother passes away February 12
2001	Becomes coach of the Phoenix Mercury
2002	Her twin children, a boy and a girl, born to a surrogate mother June 14
2002	Retires as coach of the Phoenix Mercury June 26

Awards and Accomplishments

1981	California state high school championships
1981	Named Marine League MVP
1981	Named Los Angeles City Player of the Year
1983-84	NCAA championships
1985-86	Named to the All-Pac West team
1986-87	Named Rookie of the Year in the Italian women's league
1986, 1990	World Championships
1986, 1990	Goodwill Games
1988	Selected for U.S. Olympic team
1997-2000	WNBA championships
1997-2000	Named Most Valuable Player of the WNBA championship series
1998-99	ESPY Award for female basketball player of the year
2002	Named one of the ten greatest women athletes of all time by Ebony magazine Cooper was the leading scorer in the Italian women's league eight times.

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