years) NCAA 2× NCAA National Champion (2000, 2002) 3× Nancy Lieberman Award (2000, 2001, 2002) Naismith College Player of the Year (2002) USBWA Women's National Player of the Year (2002) Senior CLASS Award (2002) Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year (2002) Honda Sports Award, basketball (2002) USA Basketball 5× Olympic Gold Medalist (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) 4× FIBA World Cup Gold Medalist (2002, 2010, 2014, 2018) 2006 FIBA World Cup Bronze Medalist EuroLeague 5× EuroLeague Champion (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013) 2× EuroLeague All-Star (2008,2011) Media Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year (2002) 2002 ESPY Award - Best Female College Athlete Personal life Bird publicly came out as a lesbian on July 20, 2017, revealing that she had been dating soccer player Megan Rapinoe for several months. In 2018, she and Rapinoe became the first same-sex couple on the cover of ESPN The Magazines "Body Issue". They announced their engagement on October 30, 2020. She was included in the 2022 Queer 50 list. See also UConn Huskies women's basketball List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games List of Connecticut women's basketball players with 1000 points List of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball players with 500 assists List of select Jewish basketball players List of WNBA career scoring leaders List of WNBA career assists leaders List of Women's National Basketball Association career steals leaders List of Women's National Basketball Association season assists leaders References Bibliography External links (archive) 1980 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Russia American people of Israeli descent American people of Russian-Jewish descent American women's basketball players Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Basketball players from New York (state) Jewish women's basketball players Lesbian sportswomen LGBT basketball players LGBT Jews LGBT people from New York (state) American LGBT sportspeople Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics NJ/NY Gotham FC owners Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball People from Syosset, New York Point guards Seattle Storm draft picks Seattle Storm players Syosset High School alumni UConn Huskies women's