Kahleah Copper

Kahleah Copper
Copper with the Chicago Sky in 2023
No. 2 – Phoenix Mercury
PositionShooting guard / small forward
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1994-08-28) August 28, 1994 (age 30)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High schoolPrep Charter
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Girard College
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
CollegeRutgers (2012–2016)
WNBA draft2016: 1st round, 7th overall pick
Selected by the Washington Mystics
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016Washington Mystics
2016–2017BC Castors Braine
2017–2023Chicago Sky
2017–2018Arka Gdynia
2018–2019OGM Ormanspor
2019–2020AZS AJP Gorzów Wielkopolski
2020–2021Elitzur Ramla
2021–2022Perfumerias Avenida
2023–2024Çukurova Basketbol
2024–presentPhoenix Mercury
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Australia

Kahleah Copper (/kəˈliːə/ kə-LEE-ə; born August 28, 1994)[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted with the seventh overall pick by the Washington Mystics in 2016, and was traded to the Chicago Sky the next year.

After three years as a bench player with the Sky, she was elevated to a starting role in 2020. She emerged as a star player in 2021, being named a WNBA All-Star for the first time. Copper led the Chicago Sky during the 2021 playoffs, being named WNBA Finals MVP as the team won their first title in franchise history.

Copper won an Olympic Gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

  1. ^ "COPPER Kahleah". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved August 8, 2024.