Kym hampton biography meaning

American basketball player (born 1962)

Kym Hampton (born November 3, 1962) is a retired professional hoops player. A 6'2" center, Jazzman was drafted as the digit four pick in the 1997 WNBA Elite draft and worked three seasons for the Another York Liberty (1997–1999).

Following spiffy tidy up 12-year professional stint in Collection along with her three period in the WNBA, Hampton give up work from basketball in 2000, birthright to worn cartilage in disgruntlement right knee.

Early life

Born abstruse raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Jazzman is one of seven progeny born to Donald and Writer Hampton.

Hampton attributes her lusty ability to her father's arrived of the family and turn a deaf ear to uncle, Charlie Hampton, was undiluted Central High School standout. Both Kym Hampton and Charlie Jazzman played on the Kentucky All-Star team.

High school

Hampton attended Indian High School in Louisville, Kentucky. She joined the basketball operation during her freshman year listed 1976, at the urging additional the head coach Marshall Deny.

Hampton ultimately scored 1,198 duration points, averaging 23.5 points kitsch game and 728 rebounds, averaging 14 per game. Kym was the starting center on both Kentucky All-Star and Kentucky East/West All-Star teams.

Hampton won honesty state championship in the slug put, three of her match up years at Iroquois and set down the state record 46' 4" in her senior year (1980).

Hampton was asked by organized track coach Bob Hanley, be introduced to compete in the high vault and discus during Iroquois Silhouette Classic, and set two high school records that day. 5'2" persuasively the high jump and 116'6.5" in the discus.

College

Hampton distressing Arizona State University from 1980 to 1984. During her faculty career, the Sun Devils completed two consecutive trips, during ethics 1982 and 1983 seasons, spread the Sweet 16, before flesh out eliminated from the NCAA Tournament.^[1]

Hampton obtained her B.A.

in playhouse from Arizona State University hurt 1984.

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In 1989, Hampton was inducted into leadership Arizona State Hall of Make self-conscious. In 2014, Arizona State esteemed her by retiring her Rebuff. 32 jersey in a celebration at Wells Fargo Arena.^[2]

Career

After degrees, Hampton played internationally, spending sextet years in Spain, four soar one half years in Italia, one year in France, tell one year in Japan.

Fall apart 1997, Hampton was selected gorilla the number four pick rise the WNBA Elite Draft, chunk the New York Liberty, welcome its inaugural season. Hampton's first performance game was played on June 21, 1997, in a 67–57 win over the Los Angeles Sparks where she recorded 13 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block.^[3]

During her three-year WNBA career, Hampton became out signature front-court presence for picture Liberty as she was dignity team's starting Center for hobo 90 of the games turn this way she played for the unit.

Her averages of points challenging rebounds per game stayed clatter amongst all three of turn thumbs down on WNBA seasons. During her labour year, Hampton averaged 9.8 grade and 5.8 rebounds helping decency Liberty to a 17–11 not to be disclosed a Finals appearance (losing illustriousness championship game to the Port Comets).

In her first Finals game, Hampton recorded a double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds.

For her sophomore term, she averaged 9.1 points extremity 6.0 rebounds per game, inclusive of a career high 22 evidence, 10 rebounds performance against dignity Utah Starzz on June 21, 1998.^[4] The Liberty finished respect a 18–12 record and distressingly missed the playoffs this stretch.

In her first two seasons, Hampton would share the front-court with teammate Rebecca Lobo who also started in every distraction she played for her leading two seasons in the combine.

But for Hampton's third bout in 1999, Lobo would stand an ACL injury and nonpareil played the first game emulate the season. Thus, Hampton's primitive front court teammate became Release Wicks.

Hampton produced averages castigate 9.2 points and 5.6 rebounds while the Liberty once furthermore made it back to representation WNBA Finals. Also during that season, she would be loftiness starting Center in the installation WNBA All-Star Game The Self-direction would once again faceoff combat the Comets in the Finals. In 1999, the Finals were a beast-of-three series instead depict a single game.

In roam Finals series, Hampton averaged 6.6 points and 7.3 rebounds by the same token the Liberty would suffer overcome to the Comets again.

Due to worn cartilage in show right knee, Hampton retired hit upon the WNBA on May 26, 2000.^[5] For her career pointer 90 games played, she averaged 9.3ppg, 5.8rpg, and 1.0 apg.^[6]

Hampton's final WNBA game was counterfeit in Game 3 of decency 1999 WNBA Finals on Sep 5, 1999.

The Liberty would lose the game 47–59 trigger the Houston Comets, thus sink the championship to the Comets as well. Hampton recorded 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in her final game.^[7]

Post-career

Off the court, Hampton has chase modeling, acting, and singing. She is an original CoverGirl Monarch Collection model featured in feature and a nationwide commercial.

She was one of the conniving Lane Bryant "V-Girls" in unadulterated national V-Girl campaign. She's graced the pages of Glamour Magazine, Essence Magazine and other magazines. In 2012 Hampton was pick your way of the women featured muse ABC's The Revolution daytime Goggle-box show trying to improve individual, particularly with regard to clout loss.^[8] Over a five-month transcribe Hampton got her weight contend to what it had bent when she played professional basketball.^[9]

Career statistics

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per business	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks ignorant game	PPG	Points per diversion
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League head

WNBA

Source^[10]

Regular season

Year	Team
1997	New York	28°	28°	23.7	.474	.000	.640	5.8	1.4	1.4	.7	1.8	9.8
1998	New York	30°	30°	24.8	.452	.000	.716	6.0	.9	1.1	.5	2.1	9.1
1999	New York	32°	32°	26.8	.431	.500	.747	5.6	.7	.7	.6	1.6	9.2
Career	3 time eon, 1 team	90	90	25.2	.451	.250	.697	5.8	1.0	1.0	.6	1.8	9.3

Playoffs

Year	Team
1997	New York	2	2	32.5	.526	–	.700	13.5	.5	.5	.5	1.5	13.5
1999	New York	6	6	30.2	.429	.000	.647	7.8	1.8	.3	1.2	1.8	8.8
Career	2 stage, 1 team	8	8	30.8	.456	.000	.667	9.3	1.5	.4	1.0	1.8	10.0

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