Sylvia Fowles

Sylvia Fowles, born on 6 October 1985, is an American basketball coach and former professional player who grew up in Miami, Florida. She led Gulliver Preparatory School to a class 3A state championship, then played at Louisiana State University, which reached the NCAA Final Four in each of her four seasons, and she was named the 2008 SEC Player of the Year. The Chicago Sky drafted her second overall in the 2008 WNBA draft, and she later played for the Minnesota Lynx, leading them to WNBA championships in 2015 and 2017 and winning the Finals MVP award both times. She was WNBA MVP in 2017, won Defensive Player of the Year four times, became the league's career rebounding leader in 2020 and was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2025. She is now an assistant coach for the Portland Fire.