Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (born August 22, 1992) is an American professional

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player for the

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of the

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(WNBA).

Early life

Parker-Tyus was born and raised in

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and grew up with both parents in the home. Later on in life, her parents divorced, she and her mother moved to

High Point, North Carolina High Point is a city in the Piedmont Triad region of the United States, U.S. state of North Carolina. Most of the city is in Guilford County, North Carolina, Guilford County, with parts extending into Randolph County, North Carolina, Randolph, ...

to help accommodate her with more basketball opportunities. She enrolled at

Southwest Guilford High School Southwest Guilford High School is a secondary school in High Point, North Carolina, United States established in 1979. It serves grades nine through twelve. The school was recently renovated and expanded to add more class rooms, a media center ...

and played for the girls' basketball team.

College career

After graduating from

, Parker-Tyus enrolled at

High Point University High Point University (HPU) is a private university in High Point, North Carolina, United States. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The university was founded as High Point College in 1924, and it became High Point University in ...

. She played for the women's basketball team from 2010 to 2013. In 2014, Parker-Tyus transferred to

Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a Public university, public research university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight Undergraduate education, undergraduate colleges as ...

, where she put up college career-high numbers in scoring and shooting percentage.

Professional career

WNBA

Chicago Sky (2015–2020)

Parker-Tyus was drafted 5th overall in the 2015 WNBA draft by the

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. In her rookie season, Parker-Tyus played 30 games off the bench, averaging 2.2 points per game during the regular season. The Sky had finished second in the eastern conference with a 21–13 record, but were eliminated 2–1 by the

Indiana Fever The Indiana Fever are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Fever compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) a member of the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference. The team was founded for ...

in the first round. In her second season, Parker-Tyus made her first career start and finished off the season with 7 starts in 25 games played, averaging 4.0 points per game. Under the league's new playoff format, the Sky finished fourth in the league with an 18–16 record, receiving a bye to the second round. They defeated the

Atlanta Dream The Atlanta Dream are an American professional basketball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Dream compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team was founded for the ...

in the second round elimination game. In the semi-finals, the Sky lost 3–1 to the

Los Angeles Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Sparks compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Crypto.co ...

, who won the championship that year. In the 2017 season, Parker-Tyus played all games off the bench, averaging 3.0 points per game in 23 games played. The Sky missed out on the playoffs with a 12–22 record. In 2018, Parker-Tyus had a breakout season and added three-point shooting to her skill set. On June 3, 2018, she scored a career-high 20 points along with a career-high 13 rebounds in a 95–90 victory over the

. On July 31, 2018, Parker-Tyus tied her career-high of 20 points with a game winning putback in a 92–91 victory over the

Dallas Wings The Dallas Wings are an American professional basketball team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Wings compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference. The team is owned by a group ...

. Parker-Tyus finished off the season averaging career-highs in every statistical category while playing 34 games with 5 starts. The Sky finished 13–21, missing out on the playoffs for the second year in a row. In 2019, Parker-Tyus re-signed with the Sky to a 2-year contract. Parker-Tyus would continue to be weapon off the bench for the Sky in the 2019 season. On June 24, 2019, Parker-Tyus scored a new career-high 22 points in a 93–75 win over the

Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun are an American professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut. The Sun compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference. The team i ...

. Later on in the season, Parker-Tyus tied her career-high of 22 points in a 93–85 loss to the

Minnesota Lynx The Minnesota Lynx are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis. The Lynx compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference. The team won the WNBA ...

. For the first time since 2016, the Sky would make it back to the playoffs finishing as the number 4 seed with a 20–14 record. By the end of the season, Parker-Tyus would average new career-highs in blocks and free throw shooting. In the first round elimination game, they defeated the

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105–76 to advance. In the second round elimination game, the Sky were defeated by the

93–92 in heartbreaking fashion, as

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made a late game three-pointer from half-court to put the Aces up by one with 4 seconds left. In 2020, Parker-Tyus would have the best season of her career, putting up new career-high numbers in scoring, assists, rebounds and shooting percentages. In the shortened 22-game season (played in the

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bubble due to the

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) she started in 13 of the 20 games played. On September 6, 2020, Parker-Tyus scored a new career-high 24 points along with 10 rebounds in a 86–80 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sky would finish 12–10 with the number 6 seed in the league, but were eliminated by the

in the first round elimination game.

Atlanta Dream (2021–2024)

In 2021, Parker-Tyus signed with the

Las Vegas Aces (2025–present)

On February 6, 2025, Parker-Tyus signed with the Las Vegas Aces.

Overseas

From 2015 to 2017, Parker-Tyus played a couple off-seasons in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

for Henan Phoenix. In the 2017–18 WNBA off-season, Parker-Tyus played in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

for Wisla Can Pack. In 2018, Parker-Tyus signed with

Bucheon KEB Hana Bank Bucheon Hana Bank () is a South Korean women's professional basketball club based in Bucheon. They play in the Women's Korean Basketball League The Women's Korean Basketball League (WKBL) (Hangul: 한국여자프로농구) is the premier profes ...

of the South Korean League for the 2018–19 off-season. In 2019, Parker-Tyus signed with the Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese League for the 2019–20 off-season. In September 2020, Parker-Tyus signed with

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of the French league for the 2020–21 off-season. She played with

Virtus Bologna Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one ...

of the

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in the 2022–2023 season. In the 2023–2024 season she played with Zhejiang of the

Women's Chinese Basketball Association The Women's Chinese Basketball Association (), often abbreviated as the WCBA, is the first-tier professional women's basketball league in China. It was established in 2002 as the women's counterpart to the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). ...

. Parker-Tyus signed with the Beijing Great Wall for the 2024–2025 season.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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Playoffs

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College

Personal life

In April 2025, Parker-Tyus announced her second pregnancy and was expected to "miss at least the first three months" of the

2025 WNBA season The 2025 WNBA season is the ongoing 29th season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season began on May 16, 2025, and is scheduled to end on September 11. The fifth edition of the WNBA Commissioner's Cup will be held ...

References

External links

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