womenwhokickass:Brittney Griner: Why she kicks assShe is a 23 year old, 6 feet 8 inches tall, profe
womenwhokickass:Brittney Griner: Why she kicks assShe is a 23 year old, 6 feet 8 inches tall, professional basketball player who currently plays for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).“There are a whole lot of ways to be a woman.”She was the first NCAA basketball player ever to score 2,000 points and block 500 shots, and has won two Naismith trophies.In 2012 she was named the AP Player of the Year and the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four, and was granted the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award.In 2009, Griner was named the nation’s #1 high school women’s basketball player by Rivals.com, featured on the cover of ESPN’s Rise Magazine, was selected by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association as the 2009 State Farm/WBCA High School Player of the Year.She was the the first person to dunk twice in a single WNBA, on her debut game.She has a Nike contract that will allow her the freedom to wear menswear apparel (something that has never been done before.)“I knew once I went pro that I wanted to come out because I wanted to work with LGBT youth — to let them know it’s OK. To younger girls and boys I would say, ‘It’s never too late — you can come out at your own time’, but it’s definitely rewarding knowing you can be who you are and have a good support group around you. It makes your life 100 times better.” -- source link
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