Candace Parker
Bio:
Born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 19, 1986, Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA star Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008. She is best known for being the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game and the first woman to dunk twice in a college game. Both of these milestones were set a redshirt freshman on March 19, 2006. She also became only the second player to dunk in a WNBA game on June 22, 2008. A versatile player, she is mainly a forward, but was listed on Tennessee’s roster as a forward, center, and guard.