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American basketball player (born 1981)

Cheryl Ford Born (1981-06-06) June 6, 1981 (age 44)
Homer, Louisiana, U.S. Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg) High school Summerfield (Summerfield, Louisiana) College Louisiana Tech (1999–2003) WNBA draft 2003: 1st round, 3rd overall pick Drafted by Detroit Shock Playing career 2003–2013 Position Forward 2003–2009 Detroit Shock 2004–2005 Dallas Fury 2005–2006 Anda Ramat Hasharon 2006–2007 UGMK Jekaterinburg 2010 CCC Aquapark Polkowice 2010–2011 Frisco SIKA Brno 2011–2012 Beretta Famila Schio 2012–2013 Canik Belediyespor Stats at WNBA.com Stats at Basketball Reference 

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Women's Basketball Representing USA World Championship 2006 Brazil Team Competition

Cheryl Ford (born June 6, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. As a member of the Detroit Shock, she won the WNBA championship three times.

Early life and education[edit]

Cheryl Ford is the daughter of Bonita Ford and former NBA player Karl Malone. She has a twin brother named Daryl and a half brother, former NFL offensive tackle Demetress Bell. Malone's paternity was established as the result of a drawn-out paternity suit.[1]

Ford played for Summerfield High School in Summerfield, Louisiana, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 1999 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored two points.[2]

Ford was a standout collegiate player at Louisiana Tech University. 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.

Louisiana Tech statistics[edit] Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 1999–2000 Louisiana Tech 34 222 58.0 – 66.7 5.2 0.1 0.6 0.9 6.5 2000–01 Louisiana Tech 35 287 52.7 – 60.0 5.1 0.5 0.7 0.7 8.2 2001–02 Louisiana Tech 30 338 46.5 – 58.6 8.7 0.4 0.9 1.8 11.3 2002–03 Louisiana Tech 34 533 48.0 – 63.0 12.9 0.9 1.6 1.9 15.7 Career Louisiana Tech 133 1380 49.9 0.0 61.7 7.9 0.5 1.0 1.3 10.4 Professional career[edit]

In 2003, Ford was drafted as the No. 3 overall pick in the first round by the Detroit Shock in the WNBA draft.

In just her first year in the league, Ford led the Shock from worst to the best 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.

Ford spent the 2005–06 season in Israel, playing for Anda Ramat Hasharon.[3]

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.[4][5]

During the 2009 WNBA season, Ford averaged 7.4 rebounds per game and 8.6 points per game.[6]

In January 2010, Ford signed a deal with Polish team CCC Aquapark Polkowice from 1st division league Ford Germaz Ekstraklasa (PLKK).

Ford spent the 2011–12 season with Beretta Famila Schio, averaging 11.3 points and 11.9 rebounds per game.[7]

On September 12, 2012, The Canik Belediyesi basketball club was announced as having signed Ford,[7] as well as New York Liberty veteran Janel McCarville.

In March 2013, she signed with the New York Liberty.[8][9] She missed most of the preseason due to a left knee injury, appearing in one preseason game before being released in June.[10]

WNBA career statistics[edit] Year Team 2003 Detroit 32 32 29.9 .474 .000 .682 10.4 0.8 1.0 1.0 2.47 10.8 2004 Detroit 31 31 29.4 .411 .000 .589 9.6 1.1 1.3 0.8 1.74 10.6 2005 Detroit 33 33 28.2 .430 .000 .487 9.8° 0.8 1.0 1.4 2.09 9.5 2006 Detroit 32 32 28.7 .498 .000 .648 11.3° 1.4 1.2 0.8 1.81 13.8 2007 Detroit 15 15 30.7 .497 .000 .639 11.2 1.5 1.9 0.7 2.80 13.0 2008 Detroit 24 24 26.5 .481 .000 .560 8.7 0.9 1.0 0.4 0.96 10.1 2009 Detroit 29 29 26.0 .427 .000 .550 7.4 0.9 1.0 0.4 1.69 8.6 Career 7 years, 1 team 196 196 28.4 .457 .000 .595 9.7 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.91 10.8 Year Team 2003 Detroit 8 8 29.0 .324 .000 .826 10.0° 0.5 1.4 0.8 1.25 8.4 2004 Detroit 3 3 37.0 .447 .000 .636 10.7° 0.3 1.3 2.3 2.67 16.0 2005 Detroit 2 2 24.5 .444 .000 .600 7.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.50 9.5 2006 Detroit 10 10 28.7 .523 .000 .750 10.3° 1.2 1.3 0.7 1.90 13.4 2007 Detroit 10 8 22.8 .415 .000 .455 9.2 0.4 0.5 0.3 1.40 6.9 2009 Detroit 5 5 29.6 .448 .000 .813 10.0 1.2 1.4 0.2 3.60 7.8 Career 6 years, 1 team 38 36 27.8 .433 .000 .684 9.8 0.8 1.1 0.7 1.89 9.9 National team career[edit]

Ford was named to the National team representing the USA at the 2006 World Championships, held in Barueri and Sao Paulo, Brazil. The team won eight of their nine contests, but the lone loss came in the semifinal medal round to Russia. The USA beat Brazil in the final game to earn the bronze medal. Ford averaged 3.4 points per game.[11]

  1. ^ "POSTAGE DUE". ESPN.com. July 10, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
  3. ^ Ron Vample (August 31, 2006). "Former Anda Ramat Hasharon players prepare for WNBA Finals". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "Ford tore ACL against Sparks before brawl broke out". ESPN. July 23, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  5. ^ "WNBA hands down suspensions for Shock-Sparks skirmish". ESPN.com. August 6, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  6. ^ "Cheryl Ford Playerfile". WNBA. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  7. ^ a b "Karl Malone'un kızı Canik Belediyesi'nde". hurriyet.com (in Turkish). September 11, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  8. ^ "Cheryl Ford returns to WNBA with New York Liberty". swishappeal.com. March 13, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  9. ^ Mechelle Voepel (March 12, 2013). "Ford returns, but Bird out for 2013". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  10. ^ "New York Liberty sign, free agent Avery Warley". WNBA.com. June 17, 2013. Archived from the original on June 21, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  11. ^ "Fifteenth World Championship For Women – 2006". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.

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