Tamika Catchings

Tamika Catchings
	Catchings in 2011
Personal information
Born	July 21, 1979 (age 45); Stratford, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	167 lb (76 kg)
Career information
High school	Adlai E. Stevenson (Lincolnshire, Illinois); Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas);
College	Tennessee (1997–2001)
WNBA draft	2001: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
	Selected by the Indiana Fever
Playing career	2002–2016
Position	Small forward
Number	24
Career history
2002–2016	Indiana Fever
2003	Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae
2005–2006	Spartak Moscow
2006–2007	Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae
2008–2009	Lotos Gdynia
2009–2011	Galatasaray
Career highlights and awards
	WNBA champion (2012); WNBA Finals MVP (2012); WNBA MVP (2011); 10× WNBA All-Star (2002, 2003, 2005–2007, 2009, 2011, 2013–2015); 7× All-WNBA First Team (2002, 2003, 2006, 2009–2012); 5× All-WNBA Second Team (2004, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015); 5× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012); 10× WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2005–2013, 2015); 2× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2014, 2016); 8× WNBA steals leader (2002, 2005–2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016); WNBA Rookie of the Year (2002); WNBA 10th Anniversary Team (2006); WNBA 15th Anniversary Team (2011); WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016); WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021); Indiana Fever No. 24 retired; WNBA all-time steals leader; WNBA playoffs all-time leading scorer; WNBA playoffs all-time rebounding leader; WNBA playoffs all-time steals leader; 3× Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (2010, 2013, 2016); 2x Dawn Staley Leadership Award (2008, 2016); Polish National League champion (2009); 2× Turkish Cup winner (2010, 2011); NCAA champion (1998); AP Player of the Year (2000); Naismith College Player of the Year (2000); USBWA National Player of the Year (2000); WBCA Player of the Year (2000); 2x First-team All-American – AP (1999, 2000); 2x Second-team All-American – AP (1998, 2001); 4x Kodak All-American (1998–2001); 3x All-American – USBWA (1999–2001); Second-team All-SEC (2001); 3x First-team All-SEC (1998–2000); USBWA National Freshman of the Year (1998); SEC Freshman of the Year (1998); SEC All-Freshman Team (1998);
Career WNBA statistics
Points	7,380 (16.1 ppg)
Rebounds	3,315 (7.3 rpg)
Assists	1,488 (3.3 apg)
	Stats at WNBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
	Basketball Hall of Fame
	Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Women's basketball
Representing United States
Olympic Games
World Championship

Tamika Devonne Catchings (born July 21, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who played her entire 15-year career for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Widely considered as one of the greatest female basketball players and one of the most decorated players in WNBA history, Catchings has won a WNBA championship (2012), WNBA Most Valuable Player Award (2011), WNBA Finals MVP Award (2012), five WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Awards (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012), four Olympic gold medals (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016), the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award (2002), and an NCAA championship with the University of Tennessee Lady Vols (1998). She is one of only 11 women to receive an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a FIBA World Cup gold and a WNBA Championship. She has also been selected to ten WNBA All-Star teams, 12 All-WNBA teams, 12 All-Defensive teams and led the league in steals eight times. In 2011, Catchings was voted in by fans as one of the WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time, and would be named to two more all-time WNBA teams, the WNBA Top 20@20 in 2016 and The W25 in 2021.

Catchings served as President of the WNBA Players Association from 2012 to 2016. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020.