A timeline of key occasions in Brittney Griner’s profession on and off the basketball courtroom:
Oct. 18, 1990: Brittney Griner was born in Houston.
2009: Led Nimitz High School to Texas 5A ladies basketball state championship sport the place they misplaced. The 6-foot-7 star dunked 52 instances as a senior, together with seven instances in a single sport towards Aldine High School.
2009-10: Set NCAA single season report with 223 blocks as a freshman at Baylor. Became the seventh ladies’s basketball participant to ever dunk in school.
2011-12: Led Baylor to a 40-0 report and earned Associated Press Player of the Year honors averaging 23.2 factors, 9.4 rebounds and 5 blocks.
April 3, 2012: Had 26 factors, 13 rebounds and 5 blocks in NCAA title sport as Baylor beat Notre Dame 80-61. She earned Most Outstanding Player honors of the Final Four.
April 15, 2013: Was No. 1 decide within the WNBA draft, chosen by the Phoenix Mercury.
2014: Helped Phoenix to 29-5 report — most wins in WNBA historical past — and the franchise’s third league championship.
Aug. 14, 2014: Got engaged to fellow WNBA participant Glory Johnson. Eight months later, they had been each arrested on fees of assault and disorderly conduct after police responded to a struggle between them.
May 15, 2015: Griner and Johnson had been suspended seven video games by the WNBA after pleading responsible to disorderly conduct fees.
2015 and 2016: Played in Russia for UMMC Ekaterinburg and received consecutive championships with that crew. Has performed within the winter with Ekaterinburg ever since.
Aug. 20, 2016: Helped lead U.S. to sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal at Rio Games.
June 18, 2019: Married Cherelle Griner.
Aug. 8, 2021: Helped U.S. win seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal at Tokyo Games. She averaged 16.5 factors to steer the U.S.
Feb. 17, 2022: Arrested for drug possession at airport exterior of Moscow whereas returning to her crew in Russia from a FIBA World Cup qualifier break. Customs officers stated they discovered vape canisters with hashish oil in her baggage.
July 1, 2022: Trial began in courtroom exterior of Moscow.
July 7, 2022: Pled responsible to drug possession fees, saying: “There was no intent. I didn’t want to break the law.”
Aug. 4, 2022: Sentenced to 9 years in a Russian jail for drug possession.
Oct 25, 2022: Appeal of the jail sentence for drug possession was rejected by a Russian courtroom.
Nov. 17, 2022: Griner was transferred to a penal colony within the western Russian area of Mordovia.
Dec. 8, 2022: Russia frees Griner in high-level prisoner alternate for arms supplier Viktor Bout.
