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Kahleah Copper is shown as a current Phoenix Mercury guard in an ESPN player image page.
Kahleah Copper
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Professional Basketball Player
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Essentials
- Full name
- Kahleah Copper
- Years active
- 2016–present
- Position
- Shooting guard - small forward
- Jersey number
- —
- Nationality
- American
- Hometown
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- College
- Rutgers (2012–2016)
- Agent
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kahleah's story
Kahleah Copper ( kə-LEE-ə; born August 28, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Rose of Unrivaled. She was drafted with the seventh overall pick by the Washington Mystics in 2016, and was traded to the Chicago Sky the next year.
After three years as a bench player with the Sky, she was elevated to a starting role in 2020. She emerged as a star player in 2021, being named a WNBA All-Star for the first time.
Copper led the Chicago Sky during the 2021 playoffs, being named WNBA Finals MVP as the team won their first title in franchise history. Copper won an Olympic Gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
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Awards/Honors
Individual Awards
2021WNBA Finals MVP
—WNBA All-Star (multiple)
Team & Competition
2021WNBA Champion with Chicago Sky
2024Olympic Gold Medal
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