Swintayla Marie "Swin" Cash Canal was born on September 22,1979 and is an American former professional basketball player who played professionally for 15 seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association.
37 Facts About Swin Cash
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Swin Cash currently serves as vice president of basketball operations and team development for the New Orleans Pelicans.
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In 2017, Cash was named the Director of franchise development for the New York Liberty.
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Swin Cash was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 9,2022.
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Swin Cash is one of 11 women to receive an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a Fiba World cup gold and a WNBA Championship.
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Swin Cash was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKeesport and raised by her mother, Cynthia.
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Swin Cash has two brothers named Stephen and Kevin Menifee and one sister, Angelique Menifee.
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Swin Cash holds basketball camps and clinics under her company, Swin Cash Enterprise LLC, and is involved in charity events through the WNBA.
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Swin Cash attended McKeesport Area High School in McKeesport, where she participated in many activities.
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Swin Cash "tried her hands at" baseball, track, and cheerleading, but her true passion was entertainment, which she expressed in school plays and drama class.
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Swin Cash is best known for her basketball skills, which earned her a place on the national WBCA All-American team.
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Swin Cash participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored fourteen points, and earned MVP honors.
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Swin Cash was an All-American at the University of Connecticut.
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Swin Cash won the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship with the UConn Huskies in 2000 and 2002.
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Swin Cash 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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Swin Cash was selected by the Detroit Shock in the 2002 WNBA draft, second overall.
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Swin Cash played in the 2003 WNBA All-Star Game and won the gold medal with the US women's basketball team at the 2004 Olympic Games.
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Swin Cash appeared in the movie Bring It On: All or Nothing.
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Swin Cash received the Dapper Dan Sportswoman of the Year award given to someone who shows excellence to the Pittsburgh area.
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Swin Cash was honored with Sidney Crosby and Dan Rooney.
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Swin Cash left Detroit for the 2008 season after "struggling to build a consistent relationship with Detroit Shock head coach Bill Laimbeer".
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On February 19,2008, Swin Cash was traded to the Seattle Storm for the draft rights of No 4 pick in the 2008 WNBA draft.
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On January 2,2012, in perhaps the WNBA's biggest blockbuster trade news thus far, Swin Cash was traded, along with Le'Coe Willingham, to the Chicago Sky joining All- Star Sylvia Fowles.
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Swin Cash has been suffering from a herniated disk for more than two years, an injury suffered while helping the Detroit Shock win the WNBA championship in 2006.
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Swin Cash was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009.
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Swin Cash was one of twenty players named to the national team pool.
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Swin Cash was selected to be a member of the National team representing the US at the World Championships held in September and October 2010.
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Swin Cash was named as one of the National team members to represent the USA Basketball team in the WNBA versus USA Basketball.
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Swin Cash was one of 21 finalists for the US Women's Olympic Basketball Team Roster.
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Swin Cash made the final roster and played for the US team that won the 2012 Olympic gold medal.
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Swin Cash is the founder of the Pennsylvania-based Swin Cash for Kids charitable organization.
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Swin Cash was waived by New York Liberty on May 11,2016.
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On May 24,2016, it was reported that Swin Cash re-signed with the Liberty for the remainder of the season.
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Swin Cash was immediately eligible for their game versus the Atlanta Dream on that day.
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On June 7,2016, Swin Cash announced that she would retire at the end of the 2016 season.
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Swin Cash is an advocate against gun violence and police brutality.
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Swin Cash said that part of what motivated her to take a stance against police violence was the Civil Rights Movement era stories her grandmother told her.