Brittney Yevette Griner is an American professional basketball player with the Women’s National Basketball Association’s Phoenix Mercury.

Griner attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where she majored in basketball. She is the lone NCAA athlete to have scored 2,000 points and blocked 500 shots. In 2012, the three-time All-American was voted AP Player of the Year, making him the most important player in the Final Four.

Rivals ranked Griner the nation’s top high school women’s basketball player in 2009. Griner was named to the McDonald’s All-American team in 2009. She won the simplest feminine jock spot Award in 2012.

Griner was recently a member of the USA Olympic Women’s team, where she played a key role in their success. Griner got an endorsement agreement with Nike in 2013.

She was recently detained in Russia over illegal drugs.

Brittney Griner parents: Meet Raymond Griner and Sandra Griner

Raymond Griner and Sandra Griner are the parents of the NBA star.

Griner came out as a lesbian in an interview with SI.com in 2013.

According to her, she initially revealed her sexuality to her mother, Sandra Griner, during her freshman year of high school, but kept it a secret from her father, Raymond Briner, until her senior year, when he booted her out of the family.

Her narrative, which she penned alongside Sue Hovey is titled In My Skin: My Life On and Off the Basketball Court.

Who are her siblings?

The basketball star is the youngest of three siblings, with two sisters, Shkera Griner and Pier Griner, and a brother, Decarlo Griner.

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