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Cheyenne Parker (basketball)

Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (born August 22, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Beijing Great Wall of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA).

Cheyenne Parker-Tyus
Parker-Tyus with the Atlanta Dream in 2024
No. 32 – Beijing Great Wall
PositionPower forward
LeagueWCBA
Personal information
Born (1992-08-22) August 22, 1992 (age 32)
Queens, New York, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight193 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolSouthwest Guilford
(High Point, North Carolina)
College
WNBA draft2015: 1st round, 5th overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Sky
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2020Chicago Sky
2015–2017Henan Phoenix
2017–2018Wisla Can Pack
2018–2019Bucheon KEB Hana Bank
2019–2020Sichuan Blue Whales
2020–2022Basket Lattes
2021–presentAtlanta Dream
2022–2023Virtus Bologna
2023–2024Zhejiang Chouzhou Bank
2024–2025Beijing Great Wall
Career highlights and awards
  • WNBA All-Star (2023)
  • First-team All-Big South (2013)
  • Big South Defensive Player of the Year (2012, 2013)
  • Big South All-Freshman Team (2011)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Early life

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Parker-Tyus was born and raised in Queens, New York and grew up in a single mother home. Later on in life, she and her mother moved to High Point, North Carolina to help accommodate her with more basketball opportunities. She enrolled at Southwest Guilford High School and played for the girls' basketball team.[1]

College career

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After graduating from Southwest Guilford High School, Parker-Tyus enrolled at High Point University. She played for the women's basketball team from 2010 to 2013. However, upon her senior season she was dismissed by the team due to a failed drug test, it was for marijuana. Due to the violation she had to sit out the entire 2013–14 college season. In 2014, Parker-Tyus transferred to Middle Tennessee State University, where she put up college career-high numbers in scoring and shooting percentage.[1]

Professional career

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WNBA

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Chicago Sky (2015–2020)

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Parker-Tyus with the Sky in 2015

Parker-Tyus was drafted 5th overall in the 2015 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky. In her rookie season, Parker-Tyus played 30 games off the bench, averaging 2.2 points per game during the regular season. The Sky had finished second in the eastern conference with a 21–13 record, but were eliminated 2–1 by the Indiana Fever in the first round.

In her second season, Parker-Tyus made her first career start and finished off the season with 7 starts in 25 games played, averaging 4.0 points per game. Under the league's new playoff format, the Sky finished fourth in the league with an 18–16 record, receiving a bye to the second round. They defeated the Atlanta Dream in the second round elimination game. In the semi-finals, the Sky lost 3–1 to the Los Angeles Sparks, who won the championship that year.

In the 2017 season, Parker-Tyus played all games off the bench, averaging 3.0 points per game in 23 games played. The Sky missed out on the playoffs with a 12–22 record.

In 2018, Parker-Tyus had a breakout season and added three-point shooting to her skill set. On June 3, 2018, she scored a career-high 20 points along with a career-high 13 rebounds in a 95–90 victory over the Las Vegas Aces.[2] On July 31, 2018, Parker-Tyus tied her career-high of 20 points with a game winning putback in a 92–91 victory over the Dallas Wings.[3] Parker-Tyus finished off the season averaging career-highs in every statistical category while playing 34 games with 5 starts. The Sky finished 13–21, missing out on the playoffs for the second year in a row.

 
Parker-Tyus with the Chicago Sky in 2019

In 2019, Parker-Tyus re-signed with the Sky to a 2-year contract.[4] Parker-Tyus would continue to be weapon off the bench for the Sky in the 2019 season. On June 24, 2019, Parker-Tyus scored a new career-high 22 points in a 93–75 win over the Connecticut Sun.[5] Later on in the season, Parker-Tyus tied her career-high of 22 points in a 93–85 loss to the Minnesota Lynx.[6] For the first time since 2016, the Sky would make it back to the playoffs finishing as the number 4 seed with a 20–14 record. By the end of the season, Parker-Tyus would average new career-highs in blocks and free throw shooting. In the first round elimination game, they defeated the Phoenix Mercury 105–76 to advance. In the second round elimination game, the Sky were defeated by the Las Vegas Aces 93–92 in heartbreaking fashion, as Dearica Hamby made a late game three-pointer from half-court to put the Aces up by one with 4 seconds left.

In 2020, Parker-Tyus would have the best season of her career, putting up new career-high numbers in scoring, assists, rebounds and shooting percentages. In the shortened 22-game season (played in the IMG Academy bubble due to the COVID-19 pandemic) she started in 13 of the 20 games played. On September 6, 2020, Parker-Tyus scored a new career-high 24 points along with 10 rebounds in a 86–80 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks.[7] The Sky would finish 12–10 with the number 6 seed in the league, but were eliminated by the Connecticut Sun in the first round elimination game.

Atlanta Dream (2021–present)

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In 2021, Parker-Tyus signed with the Atlanta Dream.[8]

Overseas

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From 2015 to 2017, Parker-Tyus played a couple off-seasons in China for Henan Phoenix.[9][10] In the 2017–18 WNBA off-season, Parker-Tyus played in Poland for Wisla Can Pack.[11] In 2018, Parker-Tyus signed with Bucheon KEB Hana Bank of the South Korean League for the 2018–19 off-season.[12] In 2019, Parker-Tyus signed with the Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese League for the 2019–20 off-season.[13] In September 2020, Parker-Tyus signed with Basket Lattes of the French league for the 2020–21 off-season.[14] She played with Virtus Bologna of the Lega Basket Femminile in the 2022–2023 season.[15] In the 2023–2024 season she played with Zhejiang of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association.[16] Parker-Tyus signed with the Beijing Great Wall for the 2024–2025 season.[17]

Career statistics

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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

WNBA

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Regular season

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Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics[18]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2015 Chicago 30 0 9.3 .400 .000 .385 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.5 2.2
2016 Chicago 25 7 12.6 .506 .000 .531 3.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.8 4.0
2017 Chicago 23 0 12.4 .464 .000 .639 3.4 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.9 3.8
2018 Chicago 34 5 19.7 .531 .316 .713 5.8 0.7 0.5 1.0 1.4 10.0
2019 Chicago 34 0 19.7 .459 .278 .842 5.8 0.9 0.7 1.2 1.3 8.8
2020 Chicago 20 13 24.9 .554 .469 .855 6.4 1.5 1.3 0.9 2.8 13.4
2021 Atlanta 13 11 20.8 .455 .333 .786 4.5 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.3 10.2
2022 Atlanta 36 35 26.2 .500 .218 .795 6.2 2.0 1.1 0.9 2.0 11.8
2023 Atlanta 40 38 26.7 .483 .278 .829 6.7 1.8 1.1 1.5 2.3 15.0
2024 Atlanta 25 11 19.7 .444 .214 .886 4.8 1.5 0.8 0.4 2.1 9.2
Career 10 years, 2 teams 280 120 19.6 .487 .292 .774 5.1 1.1 0.8 0.9 1.6 9.1
All-Star 1 0 18.4 .714 .750 1.000 6.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 14.0

Playoffs

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WNBA playoff statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2015 Chicago 2 0 7.0 .667 — — 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
2016 Chicago 5 0 9.5 .333 — .500 1.8 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.6 2.8
2019 Chicago 2 0 21.8 .438 .000 .833 5.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 9.5
2020 Chicago 1 1 25.0 .250 .000 1.000 8.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 8.0
2023 Atlanta 2 2 33.5 .323 .500 .750 6.5 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 13.0
2024 Atlanta
Career 6 years, 2 teams 12 3 16.4 .364 .2.73 .714 3.7 0.9 0.7 0.6 1.1 5.9

College

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NCAA statistics[19]
Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2010–11 High Point 30 21.5 .418 .091 .647 8.0 0.7 1.1 2.5 1.8 7.8
2011–12 33 29.0 .500 .000 .635 12.2 0.8 2.1 3.7 2.7 13.0
2012–13 30 30.7 .491 .000 .652 13.2 1.9 2.3 4.4 4.5 17.9
2013–14 Middle Tennessee Did not play due to NCAA transfer rules
2014–15 Middle Tennessee 22 28.4 .588 .333 .676 11.0 1.7 1.3 4.0 3.4 18.6
Career 115 27.3 .502 0.0 65.2 11.1 1.2 1.7 3.6 3.1 14.0

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cheyenne Parker: Recovering from a game-changing mistake". March 6, 2015.
  2. ^ Cheyenne Parker, Jamierra Faulkner help Sky rally, beat Aces 95–90
  3. ^ "WNBA Capsules". Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "Chicago Sky, Cheyenne Parker agree to a two-year deal". February 1, 2019.
  5. ^ "Recap: Chicago hands Connecticut its first loss in the month of June with 93–75 win". Swish Appeal. June 24, 2019.
  6. ^ "Chicago Sky fall to Minnesota Lynx as Vandersloot sets assist record". August 28, 2019.
  7. ^ "Candace Parker emits MVP vibes with 24 points and 15 rebounds, her 10th double-double this season". Swish Appeal. September 7, 2020.
  8. ^ Ward, Zack (January 12, 2021). "Odyssey Sims the latest player from a winning team to join Atlanta Dream". Swish Appeal.
  9. ^ "Sky Overseas Update Archive 2016–17: Cheyenne Parker". Chicago Sky.
  10. ^ "Sky Overseas Update Archive 2015–16: Cheyenne Parker". Chicago Sky.
  11. ^ "Sky Overseas Update: Cheyenne Parker". Chicago Sky.
  12. ^ "Korean League 2018–2019 Round 1". November 5, 2018.
  13. ^ Ariail, Cat (October 31, 2019). "Where WNBA players go to cash in during the WNBA 'offseason'". Swish Appeal.
  14. ^ Vérove, Killian (September 18, 2020). "Nia Coffey blessée, Lattes-Montpellier fait revenir Cheyenne Parker". BeBasket. Archived from the original on January 9, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  15. ^ "Cheyenne Parker is a new Virtus Segafredo Bologna player!". July 15, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  16. ^ Garcia, Edwin (December 11, 2023). "Satou Sabally, Cheyenne Parker shine in WCBA". Swish Appeal. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  17. ^ "Beijing lands Cheyenne Parker-Tyus". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  18. ^ "Cheyenne Parker WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
  19. ^ "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
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