Sheri Sam is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on May 5, 1974 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States. The regular WNBA Draft on April 15 in 2004, Sam along with Lynx co-player Janell Burse were transferred with the Seattle Storm in exchange for Amanda Lassiter and a first-round draft selection. The deal was arranged to be part of the Lynx plan to draft the highly-rated (and local favourite) Lindsay Whalen. The problem was that for Lynx however, they were not the only ones to be drafted. Connecticut Sun had already selected Whalen. Sam was a part of the year 2004 with Seattle Storm. Seattle Storm, as the team took home the WNBA Finals after defeating, rather ironically The Connecticut Sun, two games to one. When the 2004 season came to an end, Sam became an unrestricted free agent. In February of 2005 Sam joined The Charlotte Sting. She was to be part of another dispersal draft later following the demise of the Sting. She was picked from the Indiana Fever. The 7th of May, 2008 Sheri joined the Detroit Shock. The 2008 season she played for the Detroit Shock was the last of her 10 year WNBA career.
After the ABL stopped operations during 1999 Sam got picked by the Orlando Miracle in the WNBA Draft and went on to become an one of their top players during the year. Sam was dropped by the Miracle prior to the time the start of the 2000 season However, she was later accepted as a free agent with the Miami Sol. She played for three seasons (2000 2001, 2000 2003, and 2000) in the Sol until the team disbanded due to financial issues. Following the Sol stopped operations in 2003, the Dispersal Draft was held which was followed by Sam was selected by the Minnesota Lynx selected Sam, and she was a part of the Lynx during that time.
Sam was also selected to be part of the Jones Cup team representing the US in 1996. She was a key player in the team’s achievement of an impressive 9-0 record and won the gold medal at the tournament. She averaged 13 point over the course of games, which was the most scoring average of the team. She also was selected as a member of the All-Tournament first team.
During the 2007-08 WNBA off-season, she played for Ashdod in Israel. She is currently playing for Panionios in Greece during the 2008-09 WNBA off-season.
