Chris Unclesho, a longtime male friend; the couple wed after a long engagement on July 21, 2017. Awards and honors Swoopes won the female Associated Press Athlete of the Year award in 1993. The same year, she also won the Honda Sports Award for basketball and the WBCA Player of the Year award. She was named one of the 20 female athletes of the decade for 2000 to 2010 by Sports Illustrated. She was named an LGBT History Month Icon by the Equality Forum. WNBA career statistics Regular season |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 1997† | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 9 || 0 || 14.3 || .472 || .250 || .714 || 1.7 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 0.44 || 7.1 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 1998† | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 29 || 29 || 32.3 || .427 || .360 || .826 || 5.1 || 2.1 || 2.5 || 0.5 || 2.00 || 15.6 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 1999† | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 32 || 32 || 34.4 || .462 || .337 || .820 || 6.3 || 4.0 || 2.4 || 1.4 || 2.59 || 18.3 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2000† | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 31 || 31 || 35.2 || .506 || .374 || .821 || 6.3 || 3.8 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|2.8° || 1.1 || 2.65 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|20.7° |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2002 | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 32 || 32 || 36.1 || .434 || .288 || .825 || 4.9 || 3.3 || 2.8 || 0.7 || 2.72 || 18.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2003 | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 31 || 30 || 35.0 || .406 || .304 || .887 || 4.6 || 3.9 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|2.5° || 0.8 || 2.35 || 15.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2004 | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 31 || 31 || 34.5 || .422 || .308 || .856 || 4.9 || 2.9 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 1.90 || 14.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2005 | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 33 || 33 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|37.1° || .447 || .360 || .850 || 3.6 || 4.3 || 2.0 || 0.8 || 2.18 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|18.6° |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2006 | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 31 || 31 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|35.8° || .413 || .278 || .764 || 5.9 || 3.7 || 2.1 || 0.3 || 2.39 || 15.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2007 | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 3 || 3 || 35.3 || .360 || .143 || 1.000 || 5.7 || 3.7 || 1.7 || 0.3 || 3.00 || 7.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2008 |