Nykesha Simone Sales was born on May 10,1976 and is an American assistant coach at the University of Georgia.
31 Facts About Nykesha Sales
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Nykesha Sales is a former professional basketball player in the WNBA, as well as playing in the Bosnian league for the ZKK Mladi Krajisnik club.
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In 1999 Sales was added to the roster of the USA FIBA Senior National Team.
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Nykesha Sales attended Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and lettered in basketball.
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Nykesha Sales was named the USA Today High School National Player of the Year in basketball, as a senior.
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Nykesha Sales was named a High School All-American by the WBCA.
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Nykesha Sales participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1994, scoring 21 points.
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Nykesha Sales attended the University of Connecticut as a business major from 1994 to 1998.
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Nykesha Sales was a member of the powerhouse UConn women's basketball team.
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Nykesha Sales was named Big East Rookie of the Year in 1995.
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Nykesha Sales was a member of the inaugural class of inductees to the University of Connecticut women's basketball "Huskies of Honor" recognition program.
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Nykesha Sales was named to the team representing the US at the 1994 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Nykesha Sales competed with USA Basketball as a member of the 1995 Jones Cup Team that won the Bronze in Taipei.
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Nykesha Sales averaged 7.8 points per game and was second on the team in steals, with ten.
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Nykesha Sales was invited to be a member of the Jones Cup team representing the US in 1996.
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Nykesha Sales represented the US at the 1997 World University Games held in Marsala, Sicily, Italy in August 1997.
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Nykesha Sales was the team's leading scorer, averaging 18.3 points per game.
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Nykesha Sales left college as UConn's all-time leading scorer with 2,178 career points.
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Nykesha Sales scored the record-breaking points as part of a staged controversial layup.
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Nykesha Sales had suffered an injury that had essentially ended her collegiate career.
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UConn head coach Geno Auriemma felt bad that Nykesha Sales did not already have the record, as he had made her sit on many occasions to avoid running up the score.
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Nykesha Sales contacted the previous record holder, Kerry Bascom, as well as Big East Commissioner Mike Tranghese to ensure that the incident would not be a problem, although the media was, and to a degree continues to be, critical of the move.
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In 1998, Nykesha Sales was assigned to the Orlando Miracle as part of the expansion draft.
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Nykesha Sales remained with the franchise even when the Miracle relocated to Uncasville, Connecticut and was renamed the Connecticut Sun prior to the 2003 season.
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Nykesha Sales helped lead the team to the WNBA Finals in 2004 and 2005.
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Nykesha Sales has been named to the WNBA All-Star team six times.
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Until she missed 12 games in the 2006 season, Nykesha Sales had started 248 consecutive regular season games, the second longest such streak in WNBA history.
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On March 11,2008, Nykesha Sales noted that she would not participate in the 2008 WNBA campaign due to nagging injuries.
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Nykesha Sales noted that her sitting out was not an early retirement, but just a break.
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Nykesha Sales has been an active participant in the SportsUnited Sports Envoy program for the US Department of State.
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In so doing, Nykesha Sales helped contribute to SportsUnited's mission to reach out to youth populations in order to promote community leadership, education, women's inclusion and empowerment, inclusion of marginalized communities, and the inclusion of people with disabilities.