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“Liz Cambage Becomes First Woman To Dunk During Olympics Game (2012).” YouTube, YouTube, 14 June 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZU_bKsw584.WNBA.
While we recognize the women in the WNBA for their elite skills, talent, and dedication to basketball that shows on the court every game, it’s a rare treat to see a dunk in one of their games.These are the women who’ve been able to make dunking history.She’s the one who put women’s dunking on the map, becoming the first lady to dunk ever in a professional basketball game while playing for a men’s team in Holland in 1978.Georgeann became the first woman to dunk in a college basketball game in 1984 when she dunked in a game against University of Charleston during her junior year at West Virginia University.She took one of the first major steps in popularizing women’s basketball.The first 2 dunks in a WNBA game were both by Lisa Leslie.She was one of the NBA’s first and biggest stars and paved the way for many stars that followed.Candace beat J.R. Smith and Rudy Gay in the McDonalds All American Dunk Contest during her High School basketball years.She was a true mainstream star for Women’s basketball.Candace has a rare skill set featuring great height, athleticism and guard skills.Sylvia is known for her tomahawk dunk during the 2009 WNBA All Star Game.Sylvia is not just a great dunker… She’s one of the WNBA’s greatest players of all time.She had her first dunk of her career during the 2017 WNBA All Star Game.One of the WNBA’s newest wave of stars, Jonquel has serious athleticism.Michelle has been dunking since her college days at Tennessee. Since May 2019, she also holds the citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, allowing her to play for this national team. She was drafted with the 6th overall pick in the 2016 WNBA Draft. Clarendon also dished out 10 assists on the afternoon.The Player of the Month for this past June has no doubt made an incredible leap from just a sophomore player coming in, to being a pivotal part of a WNBA franchise. “Sylvia Fowles Throws down the Dunk.” YouTube, YouTube, 29 July 2009, www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl8_ueCueg8.WNBA. Jonquel Orthea Jones (born January 5, 1994) is a Bosnian and Bahamian professional basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). So we just want to make sure we’re actually in the conversation, we’re in the play-offs and we’re able to do it.”
Candace Parker & Michelle Snow Dunk Contest. The East and Western Conference All Stars of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) put on a spirited show in this past Saturday’s All Star Game presented by Verizon.The All Star tandem from out West out-lasted the team from the East 130 - 121. They lead by example so it was an honor to be out here with them.”The Connecticut Sun (12-9) is on the road to begin the second half of the season tonight and will take on the 8-13 Chicago Sky at 7:00 p.m.“From the beginning of the season we knew we could be a play-off team and so we want to achieve that,” Jones stated, “And once you get into the play-offs anything is possible.
I guess it’s different to play for people in that kind of environment.
So they’re the leaders on our team and I’m just happy to have this opportunity with them and share with them, because they work so hard. Candace Parker and Michelle had a dunk contest of their own in 2006 during a Team USA practice.During the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Liz dunked in a game against Russia, becoming the first woman to dunk in an Olympic Basketball Game.She has taken women’s dunking to the next level. Jones also sunk three buckets from beyond the arc, while collecting nine rebounds on the day.Her Eastern teammates, Allie Quigley, Layshia Clarendon and Candice Dupree each registered 14 points in the loss.