Sue Bird

This article is about the basketball player. For the acoustic engineer, see Sue Bird (engineer).

Sue Bird

Bird in 2018
No. 10 – Seattle Storm
Position	Point guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1980-10-16) October 16, 1980 Syosset, New York
Nationality	American / Israeli
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Listed weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High school	Syosset (Syosset, New York) Christ the King (Queens, New York)
College	UConn (1998–2002)
WNBA draft	2002: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the Seattle Storm
Playing career	2002–present
Career history
2002–present	Seattle Storm
2004–2006	Dynamo Moscow
2006–2011	Spartak Moscow Region
2011–2014	UMMC Ekaterinburg
Career highlights and awards
4× WNBA champion (2004, 2010, 2018, 2020) 11× WNBA All-Star (2002, 2003, 2005–2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018) 5× All-WNBA First Team (2002–2005, 2016) 3× All-WNBA Second Team (2008, 2010, 2011) 3× WNBA assists leader (2005, 2009, 2016) 2× WNBA peak performer (2009, 2016) WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time (2011) WNBA Top 20@20 (2016) Member of WNBA All-Decade Team WNBA all-time assists leader 5× Russian National League champion (2007, 2008, 2012–2014) 5× EuroLeague champion (2007–2010, 2013) 2× Europe SuperCup winner (2009, 2010) 2× NCAA champion (2000, 2002) 3× Nancy Lieberman Award (2000–2002) Wade Trophy (2002) Honda Sports Award (2002) Naismith Award (2002) USBWA Women's National Player of the Year (2002) AP College Player of the Year (2002) Big East Player of the Year (2002)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Representing the United States Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2002 China 2010 Czech Republic 2014 Turkey 2018 Spain 2006 Brazil

Suzanne Brigit Bird (born October 16, 1980) is an Israeli-American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Bird was drafted by the Storm first overall in the 2002 WNBA draft and holds the record for most assists in league history. She held a front office position for the NBA's Denver Nuggets as their Basketball Operations Associate. She has also played for three teams in Russia.

In high school, she was the New York State Player of the Year, the New York Daily News Player of the Year, and a WBCA All-American. In her senior year at undefeated UConn in 2002, she won the Wade Trophy and the Naismith Award as College Player of the Year. She finished her UConn career ranked first in three-point field goal percentage and free throw percentage, second in assists and steals, and as a three-time winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in the nation, while leading her team to a record of 114–4.

Bird has won a joint-record four WNBA championships with the Storm (2004, 2010, 2018, 2020), four Olympic gold medals (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016), two NCAA Championships with UConn (2000, 2002), and four FIBA World Cups (2002, 2010, 2014, 2018). She is one of only 11 women to attain all four accolades. She is also a five-time EuroLeague Women champion (2007-2010, 2013). During her WNBA career, she has been selected to eleven WNBA All-Star teams and eight All-WNBA teams. Additionally, in 2011, she was voted by fans as one of the WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time and was voted into the WNBA Top 20@20 as one of the league's top 20 players of all time.

Early life

Bird was born in Syosset, Nassau County, New York, on Long Island to Herschel and Nancy Bird. She has one sibling, an older sister named Jen. Her father's ancestry is Russian Jewish, and their original last name was "Boorda." She also holds Israeli citizenship but represents her birth country (the United States) in international competitions.

Bird was interested in sports from an early age, which was partly influenced by her athletic older sister. Besides basketball, she played soccer and tennis and ran track. Sue became a very good player and started playing AAU basketball in the sixth grade. While only 11 years old, she played during halftime of a St. John's basketball game; her play was so impressive that a security guard asked for her autograph.

High school

She played her freshman and sophomore years at Syosset High School, but wanted more competition. She therefore enrolled at Christ the King Regional High School in Queens, New York. Bird spent two seasons at Christ the King, and the Royals went 24–3 her junior year. In the second season her team finished undefeated and won the New York state championship, and the national title. Bird won many awards, including the New York State Player of the Year, and the New York Daily News Player of the Year. Bird was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored 11 points.

College

Bird was recruited by a number of teams including Stanford and Vanderbilt. She considered UConn the favorite, but she began to waver when Keirsten Walters and Brianne Stepherson, both point guards, announced commitments to UConn. She worried that there might not be room for her to play. However, when Stepherson changed her mind and committed to Boston College, Bird committed to UConn. In addition to increased opportunity, UConn was close to home and "felt right" to her. Eight games into her freshman season, Bird suffered a torn ACL. Since she had played more than 20% of team's games the 1998–1999 season, she was not able to redshirt. In her sophomore season (1999–2000), she came back to lead the team to a 36–1 record, the Big East Championship, and the 2000 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. In her junior season (2000–2001), the Huskies went 32–3, with the final loss coming against UConn's Big East rival Notre Dame in the Final Four. This game would be the last loss in Bird's college career, as the Huskies went 39–0 in 2001–2002, her senior season. In that season, she also won the Wade Trophy, Honda Sports Award and Naismith Award as College Player of the Year.

During her junior year, Bird played in a game against Notre Dame referred to as "the best women's basketball game ever played". The game was memorialized in a book, Bird at the Buzzer, in which Bird took the eponymous shot at the buzzer to win the game.

She finished her UConn career on many of the record lists. She currently ranks No. 24 on the 1,000-point list with 1,378 points, No. 2 in assists with 585, and seventh with 243 steals. She ranks number 1 in three-point field goal percentage (45.9) and free throw percentage (89.2). She won two National Championships, three Big East Championships and Big East regular season titles. 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. Overall, her record at UConn in games she played is a remarkable 114–4. Bird was a member of the inaugural class (2006) of inductees to the University of Connecticut women's basketball "Huskies of Honor" recognition program.

College statistics

Source

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1998-99	Connecticut	8	41	31.6	31.6	75.0	2.0	3.1	1.9	0.1	5.1
1999-00	Connecticut	37	405	50.2	49.7	89.8	2.5	4.3	1.8	0.0	10.9
2000-01	Connecticut	34	369	44.3	43.2	77.8	2.6	5.0	1.9	0.1	10.9
2001-02	Connecticut	39	563	50.5	46.6	94.2	3.4	5.9	2.8	0.2	14.4
Career	Connecticut	118	1378	48.1	45.9	89.2	2.8	5.0	2.1	0.1	11.7

Professional career

WNBA

Bird during the 2008 playoffs against the LA Sparks

The Seattle Storm selected Bird with the first overall pick of the 2002 WNBA draft. She would play alongside superstar Lauren Jackson who was also drafted first overall the year before. In her rookie season, Bird started all 32 games for the Storm and averaged 14.4 ppg. She was selected as a starter on the 2002 WNBA Western Conference All-Star team. 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. Both Bird and Jackson led the Storm to their first playoff appearance. During her first year in the league, Bird scored a career-high 33 points in a regular-season game against the Portland Fire. Since her rookie season she has continuously been selected to the Western Conference All-Star team.

In 2004, the Storm acquired shooting guard Betty Lennox in a dispersal draft, joining forces with Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson, forming a dominant trio of star players to carry the Storm to its first WNBA Championship. By winning the WNBA Championship, Bird became one of 11 women to receive an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, and a WNBA Championship. The others are Ruth Riley, Sheryl Swoopes, Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, and fellow Huskies Swin Cash, Kara Wolters, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Tamika Catchings, and Asjha Jones.

En route to the Storm's second championship, Bird had one of the most clutch moments in WNBA Playoff history; during the Conference Finals against the championship-defending Phoenix Mercury with the Storm up 1–0 in the series, Bird hit a game winning three-pointer with two seconds left in Game 2 to put the Storm up 91–88, after erasing a 19-point deficit to advance to the 2010 WNBA Finals. Also in Game 1 of the 2010 WNBA Finals, Bird hit a game winning jump shot with 2 seconds left to put the Storm up 79–77 and would later sweep the series. In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in the 15-year history of the WNBA.

During the 2012 WNBA season, Bird had been having problems with her knee. Bird was still able to play 29 games during the regular season and in the playoffs. In the off-season, Bird had knee surgery which would prevent her from playing the entire 2013 season.

Bird during the 2015 WNBA season

Bird would come back healthy for the 2014 WNBA season, she played 33 games, averaged 10.6 ppg and 4.6 apg. She was voted as a WNBA all-star that year. However the Storm never made it to the playoffs and would also fail to make the playoffs the following year.

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

In the 2016 season, Bird would have a resurgence, putting up her best numbers since coming back from knee surgery. She averaged 12.8 ppg while shooting a career-high in 3-point field goal percentage and led the league in assists with 5.8 apg. For the fifth time in her career, Bird was named to the All-WNBA First Team for the first time in 12 years. Prior to the season, the Storm selected Breanna Stewart first overall in the 2016 WNBA draft, their second number one overall pick in a row after drafting Jewell Loyd the year before. With the addition of Stewart and Loyd quickly developing into a star player, the Storm made it back to the playoffs for the first time in 3 years with a 16–18 record. With the WNBA's new playoff format in effect, the Storm were the number 7 seed in the league and faced the Atlanta Dream in the first round, losing the single elimination game 94–85. Bird was also 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.

Bird guarding Maya Moore in 2018

In April 2017, it was announced by the Storm that Bird had undergone left knee surgery earlier in the month, which caused her to miss training camp. She was ruled out indefinitely. On May 21, 2017, 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. She scored 9 points along with 10 assists in an 81–71 victory over the Washington Mystics. On June 11, 2017, Bird scored a season-high 21 points along with 10 assists in a 94–86 loss to the New York Liberty. Bird was voted into the 2017 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her 10th all-star game appearance (tying Tamika Catchings for most all-star game appearances). She had set the All-Star Game record for assists with a performance of 8 points along with 11 assists for the Western Conference All-Stars team in a 130–121 victory. On September 1, 2017, Bird became the WNBA all-time leader in assists with a career total of 2,600 assists, passing Ticha Penicheiro in a 110–106 overtime loss to the Washington Mystics. She finished the game with 19 points along with a season-high of 13 assists. Bird would finish off the 2017 season, averaging a career-high in assists per game as the Storm finished 15–19 with the 8th seed in the league. The Storm would lose 79–69 to the Phoenix Mercury in the first round elimination game.

On July 8, 2018, Bird scored a season-high 21 points in a 97–91 victory over the Washington Mystics. During that game she became the Storm's all-time leading scorer, passing Lauren Jackson's 6,007 points. On July 19, 2018, Bird was voted into the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game, passing Tamika Catchings for most all-star appearances. On July 22, 2018, 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. By the end of the season, Bird finished with a career-high in assists, field goal shooting and a new career-high in three-point shooting percentage as the Storm finished as the number 1 seed in the league with a 26–8 record, receiving a double-bye to the semi-finals and home court advantage throughout the playoffs. In the semi-finals, the Storm defeated the Phoenix Mercury in a hard-fought five-game series. The Storm had a 2–0 lead, lost two in a row and finished off the series with a win in game 5 at home. Bird scored a season-high 22 points in game 5. With that win, the Storm would advance to the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2010. In the Finals, they would sweep the Washington Mystics, winning their first championship in 8 years.

During the first week of the 2019 season, Bird was sidelined as she once again underwent left knee surgery and was ruled out indefinitely. By September 2019, it was announced that Bird would not return, causing her to miss the entire season. Without Bird, the Storm were unable to defend their title as they were eliminated in the second round elimination game by the Los Angeles Sparks.

In 2020, Bird would be fully healthy and make her return for the Storm. The season was delayed and shortened to 22 games in a bubble at IMG Academy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She had reaggravated her knee during the season, causing her to miss half of the games, with a fully healthy and active roster, the Storm finished 18–4 with the number 2 seed, receiving a double bye to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals they would sweep the Minnesota Lynx in three games, advancing back to the WNBA Finals for the second time in three years. In the Finals, the Storm would win the championship after defeating the Las Vegas Aces in a three-game sweep, earning Bird her fourth WNBA championship, making her the first player in WNBA history to win a championship in three different decades.

In 2021, Bird re-signed with the Storm on a one-year deal, which will allow her to play her 18th season in the league, moving her past Milton-Jones for most seasons played in the WNBA.

Overseas

Bird in 2012

In the 2004–05 WNBA off-season, she played in Russia, with Storm teammate Kamila Vodichkova on the Dynamo Moscow. In the 2005–06 WNBA off-season, she played on the same team, reaching the Russian championship and the Euroleague women's playoffs.

In the 2006–07 WNBA off-season, she joined Storm teammate Lauren Jackson and fellow UConn stars Diana Taurasi and Svetlana Abrosimova on the Russian team Spartak Moscow Region to win both the Russian Super League and the EuroLeague Women championships. Bird would keep playing with the team for the next four WNBA off-seasons.

From 2011 to 2014, Bird played three off-seasons for UMMC Ekaterinburg in the Russian League winning three consecutive championships with the team.

National team career

She competed with USA Basketball as a member of the 2000 Jones Cup Team in Taipei, Taiwan. Bird started all four games, and led the team with 17 assists, helping lead the team to the gold medal.

In 2002, Bird was named to the national team which competed in the World Championships in Zhangjiagang, Changzhou and Nanjing, China. The team was coached by Van Chancellor. Bird scored 4.3 points per game. The USA team won all nine games, including a close title game against Russia, which was a one-point game late in the game.

In the 2003–2004 off-season, Bird was named to the United States 2004 Women's Olympic Basketball Team's roster. The USA team would go on to win the gold at the games in Athens, Greece.

In 2006, Bird was invited back to the National team for the World Championships held in Sao Paulo, Brazil in September 2006. With the retirements of Lisa Leslie and Dawn Staley and injuries to Sheryl Swoopes, Bird, along with Candace Parker and Diana Taurasi stepped up to leading roles on the national team. The USA team won eight of the nine games they played, but fell against Russia 75–68 in the medal round, so ended up with the bronze medal. Over the nine games, Bird hit 50% of her three-point attempts, tying her for accuracy leadership along with Taurasi and Swoopes. Bird led the team with 41 assists.

In the summer of 2008, she was invited back to be on the 2008 Olympic basketball team. The team won the gold medal in Beijing, China. Bird started all eight games, and led the team in steals, with 14.

Bird was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009. The team selected to play for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics is usually chosen from these participants. At the conclusion of the training camp, the team will travel to Ekaterinburg, Russia, where they compete in the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational.

In 2010, Bird was named as one of the National team members to represent the USA Basketball team in the WNBA versus USA Basketball. This game replaces the normal WNBA All-Star game with WNBA All-Stars versus USA Basketball, as part of the preparation for the FIBA World Championship for Women to be held in the Czech Republic during September and October 2010. Bird was selected to be a member of the National team representing the US at the World Championships held in September and October 2010. The team was coached by Geno Auriemma. Because many team members were still playing in the WNBA until just prior to the event, the team had only one day of practice with the entire team before leaving for Ostrava and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Even with limited practice, the team managed to win its first games against Greece by 26 points. The team continued to dominate with victory margins exceeding 20 points in the first five games. Several players shared scoring honors, with Swin Cash, Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi, Lindsay Whalen, and Sylvia Fowles all ending as high scorer in the first few games. The sixth game was against undefeated Australia — the USA jumped out to a 24-point lead and the USA prevailed 83–75. The USA won its next two games by over 30 points, then faced the host team, the Czech Republic, in the championship game. The USA team had only a five-point lead at halftime, which was cut to three points, but the Czechs never got closer. Team USA went on to win the championship and gold medal. Bird averaged 5.6 points per game and led the team in assists with 26.

Bird competed for the U.S. in the 2012 Summer Olympics. The Americans won their fifth straight gold medal.

In 2014, Bird had competed for Team USA during the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, in which they defeated Spain 77–64 to win the gold medal.

Bird competed for Team USA in the 2016 Summer Olympics, helping the team win its sixth straight gold medal, as they beat Spain 101–72 in the gold medal game. This was Bird's fourth Olympic title.

In 2018, Bird competed for Team USA during the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup held in Spain, in which they defeated Australia 73–56 to win the gold medal. By winning the gold medal, Bird became the only player in history, male or female, to win four World Cup gold medals. Bird finished the final with five assists to bring her career total to 107 assists in FIBA World Cup – making her the leader for the U.S. most assists at the World Cup.

WNBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

†	Denotes seasons in which Bird won a WNBA championship
‡	WNBA record

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2002	Seattle	32°	32°	35.0	.403	.401	.911°	2.6	6.0	1.7	0.1	3.4	14.4
2003	Seattle	34°	34°	33.4	.421	.350	.884	3.3	6.5	1.4	0.0	3.2	12.4
2004†	Seattle	34°	34°	33.4	.463	.438	.859	3.1	5.4	1.5	0.2	2.5	12.9
2005	Seattle	30	30	34.0	.442	.437	.855	2.4	5.9°	1.0	0.2	2.9	12.1
2006	Seattle	34°	34°	31.3	.411	.366	.868	3.0	4.8	1.8	0.1	2.5	11.4
2007	Seattle	29	29	31.7	.428	.338	.846	2.0	4.9	1.5	0.3	2.3	10.4
2008	Seattle	33	33	33.7	.441	.343	.871	2.5	5.1	1.2	0.1	2.6	14.1
2009	Seattle	31	31	35.5°	.408	.360	.854	2.5	5.8°	1.5	0.1	2.6	12.8
2010†	Seattle	33	33	30.5	.434	.399	.857	2.7	5.8	1.5	0.2	1.8	11.1
2011	Seattle	34°	34°	33.0	.449	.428	.875	2.9	4.9	1.4	0.2	2.3	14.7
2012	Seattle	29	29	31.0	.459	.384	.783	2.9	5.3	0.9	0.1	2.2	12.2
2014	Seattle	33	33	29.2	.386	.345	.831	2.2	4.0	0.8	0.0	2.2	10.6
2015	Seattle	27	27	28.6	.384	.301	.796	2.3	5.4	0.9	0.1	2.4	10.3
2016	Seattle	34°	34°	31.6	.449	.444	.786	2.9	5.8°	1.0	0.2	2.5	12.8
2017	Seattle	30	30	30.0	.427	.393	.774	2.0	6.6	1.2	0.2	2.0	10.6
2018†	Seattle	31	31	26.5	.466	.448	.828	1.7	7.1	1.1	0.1	1.9	10.1
2020†	Seattle	11	11	23.4	.494	.469	.750	1.7	5.2	0.6	0.2	1.6	9.8
Career	17 years, 1 team	519‡	519‡	31.7	.430	.391	.851	2.6	5.6	1.3	0.1	2.5	12.1

Postseason

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2002	Seattle	2	2	36.5	.409	.273	1.000	0.0	6.0	2.5	0.0	2.5	14.0
2004†	Seattle	8	8	29.1	.377	.300	.762	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.0	2.0	8.5
2005	Seattle	3	3	34.3	.273	.133	.875	1.7	4.3	1.0	0.0	1.3	9.0
2006	Seattle	3	3	35.0	.361	.333	.625	2.7	3.3	0.3	0.7	2.3	12.7
2007	Seattle	2	2	35.5	.458	.583	1.000	2.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	16.5
2008	Seattle	3	3	37.0	.460	.294	1.000	2.3	3.0	1.3	0.0	2.0	19.7
2009	Seattle	3	3	36.3	.333	.417	.875	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.0	2.3	11.3
2010†	Seattle	7	7	37.0	.386	.333	.769	4.1	7.7	1.7	0.4	2.0	12.1
2011	Seattle	3	3	33.7	.444	.500	.857	4.0	2.7	1.0	0.0	0.6	15.7
2012	Seattle	3	3	35.3	.439	.500	.833	1.7	7.0	1.7	0.7	3.3	16.3
2016	Seattle	1	1	34.2	.357	.333	.000	5.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	12.0
2017	Seattle	1	1	31.0	.444	.333	1.000	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	10.0
2018†	Seattle	8	8	28.4	.387	.364	.750	2.8	6.9	0.7	0.2	1.3	10.0
2020†	Seattle	6	6	26.5	.392	.316	1.000	2.0	9.2	0.7	0.3	2.3	9.5
Career	14 years, 1 team	53	53	32.5	.393	.353	.837	2.8	5.9	1.3	0.2	2.0	11.8

Awards and honors

WNBA

• 4× WNBA champion (2004, 2010, 2018, 2020)
• 11× WNBA All-Star (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)
• 5× All-WNBA First Team (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2016)
• 3× All-WNBA Second Team (2008, 2010, 2011)
• 3× WNBA assists leader (2005, 2009, 2016)
• 2× WNBA peak performer (2009, 2016)
• WNBA all-time assists leader

College

• 2× NCAA National Champion (2000, 2002)
• 3× Nancy Lieberman Award (2000, 2001, 2002)
• Naismith College Player of the Year (2002)
• USBWA Women's National Player of the Year (2002)
• Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year (2002)
• Lowe's Senior CLASS Award (2002)
• Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year (2002)
• Honda Sports Award, basketball (2002)

Team USA

• 4× Olympic Gold Medalist (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
• 4× FIBA World Cup Gold Medalist (2002, 2010, 2014, 2018)
• 2006 FIBA World Cup Bronze Medalist

International

• 5× EuroLeague Champion (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013)
• 2× EuroLeague All-Star (2008-2011)

Personal life

Bird publicly came out as a lesbian on July 20, 2017, saying that she had been dating soccer player Megan Rapinoe for several months. In 2018, she and Rapinoe became the first same-sex couple on the cover of ESPN The Magazine's "Body Issue." They announced their engagement on October 30, 2020.

See also

• Connecticut Huskies women's basketball
• List of Connecticut women's basketball players with 1000 points
• List of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball players with 500 assists
• List of select Jewish basketball players
• List of WNBA career scoring leaders
• List of WNBA career assists leaders
• List of Women's National Basketball Association career steals leaders
• List of Women's National Basketball Association season assists leaders

Bibliography

• Goldberg, Jeff (2011). Bird at the Buzzer: UConn, Notre Dame, and a Women's Basketball Classic. foreword by Doris Burke. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803224117. OCLC 660801685.
• Porter, David L., ed. (2005). Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313309526. OCLC 57243370.

External links

• U.S. Olympic Team bio
• Sue Bird at FIBA
• Sue Bird at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Sue Bird at Olympics.com
• UMMC profile at the Wayback Machine (archived December 8, 2012)
• Sue Bird on Twitter
• Sue Bird at IMDb