Cheyenne Parker

Cheyenne Parker
Waist high portrait of young woman with brown hair and long ponytail dyed blond wearing yellow uniform number 32
No. 32 – Chicago Sky
Position Power forward
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1992-08-22) August 22, 1992
Queens, New York
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Southwest Guilford
(High Point, North Carolina)
College
WNBA draft 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall
Selected by the Chicago Sky
Playing career 2015–present
Career history
2015–present Chicago Sky
2015–2017 Henan Yichuan
2017–2018 Wisla Can Pack
Stats at WNBA.com

Cheyenne Parker (born August 22, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Early life

Parker 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 would enroll at Southwest Guilford High School and play for girls' basketball team.[1]

College career

After graduating from Southwest Guilford High School, Parker enrolled at High Point University. She would play 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 would transfer to Middle Tennessee State University.[1] There she would put up college career-high numbers in scoring and shooting percentage.

College statistics

Tall woman walking towards camera wearing a Sky warmup suit
Parker with the Sky in 2015

Source[2]

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
2010-11 High Point 30 234 41.8 9.1 64.7 8.0 0.7 1.1 2.5 7.8
2011-12 High Point 33 430 50.0 - 63.5 12.2 0.8 2.1 3.7 13.0
2012-13 High Point 30 536 49.1 - 65.2 13.2 1.9 2.3 4.4 17.9
2014-15 Middle Tennessee 22 409 58.8 33.3 67.6 11.0 1.7 1.3 4.0 18.6
Career 115 1609 50.2 65.2 11.1 1.2 1.7 3.6 14.0


Professional career

WNBA

Parker was drafted 5th overall in the 2015 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky. In her rookie season, Parker played 30 games off the bench, averaging 2.2 ppg during the regular season. The Sky had finised 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 would make her first career start and finished off the season with 7 starts in 25 games played, averaging 4.0 ppg. 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 would defeat the Atlanta Dream in the second round elimination game. In the semi-finals, the Sky would lose 3-1 to the Los Angeles Sparks who would win the championship that year.

In the 2017 season, Parker would play all games off the bench, averaging 3.0 ppg in 23 games played. The Sky missed out on the playoffs with a 12-22 record.

In 2018, Parker would have a breakout season and would also add three-point shooting to her skill set. On June 3, 2018, Parker scored a career-high 20 points along with a career-high 13 rebounds in a 95-90 victory over the Las Vegas Aces.[3] On July 31, 2018, Parker tied her career-high of 20 points with a game winning putback in a 92-91 victory over the Dallas Wings.[4] Parker 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.

Overseas

From 2015 to 2017, Parker played a couple off-seasons in China for Henan Yichuan.[5][6] In the 2017-18 WNBA off-season, Parker played in Poland for Wisla Can Pack.[7]

WNBA career statistics


Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015 Chicago 3009.3.400.000.3852.50.20.20.72.2
2016 Chicago 25712.6.506.000.5313.20.20.40.24.0
2017 Chicago 23012.4.464.000.6393.40.60.30.63.8
2018 Chicago 34519.7.531.316.7135.80.70.51.010.0
Career 4 years, 1 team 1121213.8.497.261.6293.80.40.40.75.3

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015 Chicago 207.0.667.000.0001.50.00.00.02.0
2016 Chicago 509.5.333.000.5001.80.40.20.02.8
Career 2 years, 1 team 708.8.400.000.5001.70.30.10.02.6

References

  1. 1 2 Cheyenne Parker: Recovering from a game-changing mistake
  2. ↑ "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  3. ↑ Cheyenne Parker, Jamierra Faulkner help Sky rally, beat Aces 95-90
  4. ↑ WNBA Capsules
  5. ↑ Sky Overseas Update Archive 2016-17: Cheyenne Parker
  6. ↑ Sky Overseas Update Archive 2015-16: Cheyenne Parker
  7. ↑ Overseas Parker


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