Cheryl Ford
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Cheryl Ford is a professional basketball player in the WNBA
.
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All-American. She participated in the 1999 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored two points.
. In 2003, she was named to the Associated Press
' All-America
Honorable Mention team. She was also named the Western Athletic Conference
"Player of the Year" in 2002 and 2003.
in the WNBA Draft
.
In just her first year in the league, Ford led the Shock from a worst to first record and a WNBA championship
in 2003. She is the first player to have won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award
and a WNBA championship in the same year. Afterwards, she played for the Dallas Fury in the National Women's Basketball League
(NWBL) under Coach Nancy Lieberman
.
On July 15, 2007, Ford won the WNBA All-Star Game MVP Award in Washington, D.C. when the East beat the West 103–99.
Ford missed the rest of the 2008 WNBA season due to an anterior cruciate ligament
injury in her right knee, sustained on July 22, 2008 during a game against the Los Angeles Sparks
. A brawl had broken out and Ford sustained the injury while attempting to restrain her teammate.
During the 2009 WNBA season, Ford averaged 7.4 rebounds per game and 8.6 points per game.
In January 2010 Ford signed a deal with Polish team CCC Aquapark Polkowice
from 1st division league Ford Germaz Ekstraklasa (PLKK
).
| align="left" | 2003
| align="left" | Detroit
| 32 || 32 || 29.9 || .474 || .000 || .682 || 10.4 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 2.47 || 10.8
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| align="left" | 2004
| align="left" | Detroit
| 31 || 31 || 29.4 || .411 || .000 || .589 || 9.6 || 1.1 || 1.3 || 0.8 || 1.74 || 10.6
|-
| align="left" | 2005
| align="left" | Detroit
| 33 || 33 || 28.2 || .430 || .000 || .487 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|9.8 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 1.4 || 2.09 || 9.5
|-
| align="left" | 2006
| align="left" | Detroit
| 32 || 32 || 28.7 || .498 || .000 || .648 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|11.3 || 1.4 || 1.2 || 0.8 || 1.81 || 13.8
|-
| align="left" | 2007
| align="left" | Detroit
| 15 || 15 || 30.7 || .497 || .000 || .639 || 11.2 || 1.5 || 1.9 || 0.7 || 2.80 || 13.0
|-
| align="left" | 2008
| align="left" | Detroit
| 24 || 24 || 26.5 || .481 || .000 || .560 || 8.7 || 0.9 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 0.96 || 10.1
|-
| align="left" | 2009
| align="left" | Detroit
| 29 || 29 || 26.0 || .427 || .000 || .550 || 7.4 || 0.9 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 1.69 || 8.6
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |7 years, 1 team
| 196 || 196 || 28.4 || .457 || .000 || .595 || 9.7 || 1.0 || 1.1 || 0.8 || 1.91 || 10.8
| align="left" | 2003
| align="left" | Detroit
| 8 || 8 || 29.0 || .324 || .000 || .826 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|10.0 || 0.5 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 1.25 || 8.4
|-
| align="left" | 2004
| align="left" | Detroit
| 3 || 3 || 37.0 || .447 || .000 || .636 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|10.7 || 0.3 || 1.3 || 2.3 || 2.67 || 16.0
|-
| align="left" | 2005
| align="left" | Detroit
| 2 || 2 || 24.5 || .444 || .000 || .600 || 7.0 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 1.0 || 1.50 || 9.5
|-
| align="left" | 2006
| align="left" | Detroit
| 10 || 10 || 28.7 || .523 || .000 || .750 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|10.3 || 1.2 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 1.90 || 13.4
|-
| align="left" | 2007
| align="left" | Detroit
| 10 || 8 || 22.8 || .415 || .000 || .455 || 9.2 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 1.40 || 6.9
|-
| align="left" | 2009
| align="left" | Detroit
| 5 || 5 || 29.6 || .448 || .000 || .813 || 10.0 || 1.2 || 1.4 || 0.2 || 3.60 || 7.8
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |6 years, 1 team
| 38 || 36 || 27.8 || .433 || .000 || .684 || 9.8 || 0.8 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 1.89 || 9.9
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
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Personal information
Cheryl Ford is the daughter of Bonita Ford and former NBA player Karl MaloneKarl Malone
Karl Anthony Malone , nicknamed "The Mailman", is a retired American professional basketball power forward who spent the majority of his career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association . Malone spent his first 18 seasons with the Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate...
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High school
Ford played for Summerfield High School in Summerfield, Louisiana, where she was named a WBCAWomen's Basketball Coaches Association
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association is an association of coaches of women's basketball teams at all levels.The organization was formed in 1981, with the goal of addressing the needs of women's basketball coaches.The mission of the WBCA is:...
All-American. She participated in the 1999 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored two points.
College
Ford was a standout collegiate player at Louisiana Tech UniversityLouisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University, often referred to as Louisiana Tech, LA Tech, or Tech, is a coeducational public research university located in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier 1 school in the national universities category by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report college rankings...
. In 2003, she was named to the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
' All-America
All-America
An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
Honorable Mention team. She was also named the Western Athletic Conference
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...
"Player of the Year" in 2002 and 2003.
Professional
In 2003 she was drafted as the No. 3 overall pick in the first round by the Detroit ShockDetroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
in the WNBA Draft
WNBA Draft
The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the WNBA through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The first WNBA draft was held in 1997...
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In just her first year in the league, Ford led the Shock from a worst to first record and a WNBA championship
WNBA Finals
The WNBA Finals is the championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association and the conclusion of the sport's postseason each fall. The series was named the WNBA Championship until 2002....
in 2003. She is the first player to have won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award
WNBA Rookie of the Year Award
The Women's National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association award given since the 1998 WNBA season, to the top rookie of the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of sportswriters throughout the United States, each of whom...
and a WNBA championship in the same year. Afterwards, she played for the Dallas Fury in the National Women's Basketball League
National Women's Basketball League
The National Women's Basketball League, often abbreviated to the NWBL, was an organization governing professional basketball leagues for women in the United States. The league was founded in 1997 and began play in the Fall of that year. The league used to have its own season during the off-season...
(NWBL) under Coach Nancy Lieberman
Nancy Lieberman
Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman , nicknamed "Lady Magic", is a former professional basketball player who played and coached in the WNBA.Lieberman is regarded as one of the greatest figures in women's basketball....
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On July 15, 2007, Ford won the WNBA All-Star Game MVP Award in Washington, D.C. when the East beat the West 103–99.
Ford missed the rest of the 2008 WNBA season due to an anterior cruciate ligament
Anterior cruciate ligament
The anterior cruciate ligament is a cruciate ligament which is one of the four major ligaments of the human knee. In the quadruped stifle , based on its anatomical position, it is referred to as the cranial cruciate ligament.The ACL originates from deep within the notch of the distal femur...
injury in her right knee, sustained on July 22, 2008 during a game against the Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
. A brawl had broken out and Ford sustained the injury while attempting to restrain her teammate.
During the 2009 WNBA season, Ford averaged 7.4 rebounds per game and 8.6 points per game.
In January 2010 Ford signed a deal with Polish team CCC Aquapark Polkowice
CCC Aquapark Polkowice
CCC Polkowice is a Polish women's basketball team, based in Polkowice, playing in Ford Germaz Premierleague.- 2003/2004 season :CCC Aquapark Polkowice has won 4th place in Polish Championship 2004 by losing playoffs with PZU Polfa Pabianice...
from 1st division league Ford Germaz Ekstraklasa (PLKK
PLKK
PLKK is a Polish female basketball league. The league also uses sponsors' names.- PLKK names in previous seasons :* 2006-still Ford Germaz Ekstraklasa...
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Regular season
|-| align="left" | 2003
2003 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
| 32 || 32 || 29.9 || .474 || .000 || .682 || 10.4 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 2.47 || 10.8
|-
| align="left" | 2004
2004 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
| 31 || 31 || 29.4 || .411 || .000 || .589 || 9.6 || 1.1 || 1.3 || 0.8 || 1.74 || 10.6
|-
| align="left" | 2005
2005 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
| 33 || 33 || 28.2 || .430 || .000 || .487 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|9.8 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 1.4 || 2.09 || 9.5
|-
| align="left" | 2006
2006 WNBA season
-External links:*******...
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
| 32 || 32 || 28.7 || .498 || .000 || .648 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|11.3 || 1.4 || 1.2 || 0.8 || 1.81 || 13.8
|-
| align="left" | 2007
2007 WNBA season
-External links:* * * * * * * *...
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
| 15 || 15 || 30.7 || .497 || .000 || .639 || 11.2 || 1.5 || 1.9 || 0.7 || 2.80 || 13.0
|-
| align="left" | 2008
2008 WNBA season
-Season Highlights:*Candace Parker becomes the second and third player in WNBA history to dunk in a regular season game.*A fight breaks out between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Detroit Shock resulting in four ejections and ten suspensions....
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
| 24 || 24 || 26.5 || .481 || .000 || .560 || 8.7 || 0.9 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 0.96 || 10.1
|-
| align="left" | 2009
2009 WNBA season
The 2009 WNBA Season is the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season ever without a Houston franchise, the Comets having folded in December 2008...
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
| 29 || 29 || 26.0 || .427 || .000 || .550 || 7.4 || 0.9 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 1.69 || 8.6
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |7 years, 1 team
| 196 || 196 || 28.4 || .457 || .000 || .595 || 9.7 || 1.0 || 1.1 || 0.8 || 1.91 || 10.8
Playoffs
|-| align="left" | 2003
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
| 8 || 8 || 29.0 || .324 || .000 || .826 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|10.0 || 0.5 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 1.25 || 8.4
|-
| align="left" | 2004
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
| 3 || 3 || 37.0 || .447 || .000 || .636 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|10.7 || 0.3 || 1.3 || 2.3 || 2.67 || 16.0
|-
| align="left" | 2005
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
| 2 || 2 || 24.5 || .444 || .000 || .600 || 7.0 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 1.0 || 1.50 || 9.5
|-
| align="left" | 2006
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
| 10 || 10 || 28.7 || .523 || .000 || .750 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|10.3 || 1.2 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 1.90 || 13.4
|-
| align="left" | 2007
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
| 10 || 8 || 22.8 || .415 || .000 || .455 || 9.2 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 1.40 || 6.9
|-
| align="left" | 2009
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
| 5 || 5 || 29.6 || .448 || .000 || .813 || 10.0 || 1.2 || 1.4 || 0.2 || 3.60 || 7.8
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |6 years, 1 team
| 38 || 36 || 27.8 || .433 || .000 || .684 || 9.8 || 0.8 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 1.89 || 9.9