25 Facts About Sue Bird

1. Sue Bird has just put out a new book called Be Yourself, in which she talks about growing up and becoming one of the real pioneers of women's basketball in the United States.

2. Sue Bird is one of the top female basketball players in the world.

3. Sue Bird has come out openly as a lesbian on July 20, 2017.

4. At the age of 11, Sue Bird started to take interest in Basketball sport.

5. Sue Bird knows that even if you do everything right, injuries can still get you.

6. Sue Bird was the inaugural winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award in 2000, given to the top point guard in the nation.

7. On July 20, 2017, Sue Bird announced that she is gay and in a relationship with Seattle Reign FC player, Megan Rapinoe, something that only her family and friends knew.

8. Sue Bird quit moonlighting overseas during the WNBA offseason some time ago.

9. Sue Bird competed for the US in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

10. Sue Bird was selected to be a member of the National team representing the USA at the World Championships held in September and October 2010.

11. Sue Bird was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009.

12. Sue Bird started all eight games, and led the team in steals, with 14.

13. In 2006, Sue Bird was invited back to the National team for the World Championships held in Sao Paulo, Brazil in September 2006.

14. In 2002, Sue Bird was named to the national team which competed in the World Championships in Zhangjiagang, Changzhou and Nanjing, China.

15. Sue Bird would keep playing with team for the next four WNBA off-seasons.

16. On July 22, 2018, Sue Bird broke yet another record, this time for the most WNBA regular season games played after she passed Delisha Milton-Jones by playing her 500th game against the Atlanta Dream.

17. Sue Bird was voted into the 2017 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her 10th all-star game appearance.

18. On May 21, 2017, Sue Bird returned after recovering from knee surgery and made her season debut, making her both the oldest active player and the oldest starter in the WNBA.

19. Sue Bird was listed in the WNBA Top 20@20, a list of the league's best 20 players ever in celebration of the WNBA's twentieth anniversary.

20. On February 16, 2016, Sue Bird re-signed with the Storm to a multi-year deal in free agency.

21. Sue Bird would come back healthy for the 2014 WNBA season, she played 33 games, averaged 10.6 ppg and 4.6 apg.

22. Sue Bird was the runner-up for the Rookie of the Year award, and one of only two rookies to make the All-WNBA First Team.

23. Sue Bird was a member of the inaugural class of inductees to the University of Connecticut women's basketball "Huskies of Honor" recognition program.

24. Sue Bird was the inaugural winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award in 2000, given to the top point guard in the nation, and won the award in 2001 and 2002.

25. Sue Bird was recruited by a number of teams including Stanford and Vanderbilt.