2X Gold medal Winner, NCAA Championship & WNBA Player, New York Liberty Chicago, Swin Cash Interview
We sat down with 2 time
Olympic Gold winner, 3 time
WNBA Champion, and WNBA
Player for the
Chicago Sky,
Swin Cash, who shared her testimony, and about her new book, "Humble
Journey, More
Precious than
Gold". She shares about her journey, her faith and about her Non-for-profit organization,
Cash For
Kids. An inspirational and powerful interview.
Her website is: www.swincash.com
Cash was selected by the
Detroit Shock in the
2002 WNBA Draft, second overall. After leading the
Shock's resurgence in the second half of her rookie season, she then led the Detroit Shock to their first
WNBA Championship title in
2003. She played in the
2003 WNBA All-Star Game and won the gold medal with the
U.S. women's basketball team at the
2004 Olympic Games.
In the off-season, Cash has appeared as a studio analyst on
ESPN's
NBA Fastbreak (according to ESPN.com) and during the
2008 Beijing Olympic games, she alternated with
Teresa Edwards in presenting in-game commentary for
NBC's presentation of the women's basketball tournament from the network's
New York broadcast studios. Swin appeared (as herself) in the movie
Bring It On:
All or Nothing.
Cash received the
Dapper Dan Sportswoman of the Year award in
April 2007. This is an award given to someone who shows excellence to the
Pittsburgh area. She was also honored with
Sidney Crosby and
Dan Rooney.
Cash left
Detroit for the
2008 season after "struggling to build a consistent relationship with Detroit Shock head coach
Bill Laimbeer". On
February 19, 2008 Cash was traded to the
Seattle Storm for the draft rights of
No. 4 pick in the
2008 WNBA draft.
The Shock selected
Alexis Hornbuckle with their draft pick. Cash helped the
Storm win their second championship in
2010. On January 2,
2012, in perhaps the WNBA's biggest blockbuster trade news thus far, Cash was traded, along with
Le'Coe Willingham, to the Chicago Sky joining All-
Star Sylvia Fowles.
Cash has been suffering from a herniated disk for more than two years, an injury suffered while helping the Detroit Shock win the WNBA championship in
2006. In 2009 she came back to
Connecticut to lead the
Western Conference over the
Eastern Conference at
Mohegan Sun in
Uncasville, Connecticut. She led all scorers with an All-Star record of 22 points in a 130-118 win. The previous high was 20 by Cash's former Detroit teammate,
Deanna Nolan, in
2005.
Cash 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.
Cash at
USA National team versus USA
Select team scrimmage.
Cash was one of twenty players named to the national team pool.
Twelve of this group will be chosen to represent the USA in the
2010 World Championships and the 2012 Olympics.
Cash 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.
Cash was one of 21 finalists for the U.S.
Women's
Olympic Basketball Team Roster. The 20 professional women's basketball payers, plus one collegiate player (
Brittney Griner), were selected by the USA Basketball Women's National Team Player
Selection Committee to compete for the final roster which will represent the USA at the
2012 Olympics in London. Cash made the final roster and played for the U.S. team that won the 2012
Olympic gold medal.
Washington and Jefferson College awarded Cash with an honorary degree in Doctorate of
Public Service at their commencement ceremonies in May
2011 to honor her charity work. Cash is the founder of the
Pennsylvania based Cash for Kids charitable organization.
She now plays for
NEW YORK Liberty