Tamika Catchings

ABOUT TAMIKA CATCHINGS

University of Tennessee women's basketball star who became one of the top WNBA players of all-time with the Indiana Fever.

She was born with a hearing disability and had to wear a hearing aid for a while.

In high school she recorded the first ever quintuple double in 1997, that is: 25 points, 18 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals and 10 blocks.

She is the daughter of NBA player Harvey Catchings. Her sister Tauja also played professionally in the WNBA. In 2016, she married Parnell Smith.

In 2008, she served as the celebrity referee in 3-on-3 basketball played by Barack Obama and students from an Indiana middle school.