1. Sylvia Crawley Milbry is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
19 Facts About Sylvia Crawley
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Sylvia Crawley played for the Colorado Xplosion and Portland Power of the American Basketball League and the Portland Fire and San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.
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Sylvia Crawley was the head women's basketball coach of the Ohio Bobcats and Boston College Eagles.
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Sylvia Crawley played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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Sylvia Crawley was a member of the UNC's NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship team in 1994, her senior season.
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Sylvia Crawley won the ABL's slam dunk contest in 1998 with a blindfolded dunk and a second dunk.
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Sylvia Crawley spent that one season with the Silver Stars in 2003, mostly in a reserve role, that was marred when she suffered a sprained neck injury after a collision with Washington Mystics player Tonya Washington while chasing for a loose ball.
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Shortly before the 2004 WNBA season began, Sylvia Crawley announced her retirement from basketball.
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Sylvia Crawley was named to the team representing the USA at the 1995 Pan American Games only four teams committed to participate, so the event was cancelled.
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Sylvia Crawley represented the USA at the 1995 World University Games held in Fukuoka, Japan in August and September 1995.
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Sylvia Crawley scored eight consecutive points to end the first half, but that left the USA nine points behind.
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Sylvia Crawley was the second leading scorer for the USA team with 15.1 points per game.
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Sylvia Crawley was named to the team representing the USA at the 1996 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Sylvia Crawley averaged 8.4 points per game and blocked ten shots.
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Sylvia Crawley again played with the USA team at the 1999 Pan American Games.
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Sylvia Crawley served as an assistant coach at her alma mater, the University of North Carolina, from 2000 to 2002 and returned in 2015.
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Shortly thereafter, Sylvia Crawley was named head coach of the Ohio Bobcats' women's basketball team on April 18,2006.
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Sylvia Crawley has enjoyed phenomenal success both as a player and as a coach.
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On March 15,2012, Sylvia Crawley announced her resignation from the BC head coaching job, citing an unspecified medical issue.