14 Facts About Kym Hampton

Kym Hampton was born on November 3,1962 and is a retired professional basketball player.

Kym Hampton attributes her athletic ability to her father's side of the family and her uncle, Charlie Kym Hampton, was a Central High School standout.

Kym Hampton joined the basketball team during her freshman year in 1976, at the urging of the head coach Marshall Abstain.

Kym Hampton ultimately scored 1,198 career points, averaging 23.5 points per game and 728 rebounds.

Kym Hampton was asked by her track coach Bob Hanley, to compete in the high jump and discus during Iroquois Track Classic, and set two school records that day.

In 1989, Kym Hampton was inducted into the Arizona State Hall of Fame.

In 1997, Kym Hampton was selected as the number four pick in the WNBA Elite Draft, by the New York Liberty, in its inaugural season.

Kym Hampton produced averages of 9.2 points and 5.6 rebounds while the Liberty made it back to the WNBA Finals.

In that Finals series, Kym Hampton averaged 6.6 points and 7.3 rebounds as the Liberty would suffer defeat to the Comets again.

Kym Hampton recorded 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in her final game.

Kym Hampton is an original CoverGirl Queen Collection model featured in print and a nationwide commercial.

Kym Hampton was one of the original Lane Bryant "V-Girls" in a national V-Girl campaign.

In 2012 Kym Hampton was one of the women featured on ABC's The Revolution daytime TV show trying to improve themselves, particularly with regard to weight loss.

Over a five-month period Kym Hampton got her weight down to what it had been when she played professional basketball.