Swin Cash

Cash in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1979-09-22)September 22, 1979 (age 46) McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	162 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school	McKeesport (McKeesport, Pennsylvania)
College	UConn (1998–2002)
WNBA draft	2002: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Drafted by	Detroit Shock
Playing career	2002–2016
Position	Forward
Number	32, 2, 8, 4
Career history
2002–2007	Detroit Shock
2003–2004	VBM-SGAU Samara
2008–2011	Seattle Storm
2008–2009	ZVVZ USK Prague
2012–2013	Chicago Sky
2014	Atlanta Dream
2014–2016	New York Liberty
Career highlights
3×WNBA champion (2003, 2006, 2010) 4×WNBA All-Star (2003,2005,2009,2011) 2×WNBA All-Star Game MVP (2009, 2011) 2×All-WNBA Second Team (2003,2004) WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016) WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021) 4×NBA Shooting Stars champion (2007,2013–2015) 2×NCAA champion (2000, 2002) NCAA Tournament MOP (2002) All-American –Kodak,USBWA (2002) Second-team All-American –AP (2002) First-team All-Big East (2002) No. 32retired by UConn Huskies
Career WNBA statistics
Points	5,119 (10.7 ppg)
Rebounds	2,521 (5.3 rpg)
Assists	1,133 (2.4 apg)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats atBasketball Reference
Basketball Hall of Fame
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals Women'sbasketball Representingthe United States Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team competition 2012 London Team competition FIBA World Championship for Women 2010 Czech Republic Team Competition

Swintayla Marie Cash Canal (born September 22, 1979) is an American former professionalbasketball player. She played in college for theUniversity of Connecticut and professionally for 15 years in theWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and overseas leagues.^[1]

A prolific scorer and rebounder, as well as a capable ball handler and defender, she helped lead theUConn Huskies to national titles in2000 and2002. She was drafted second overall in the2002 WNBA draft by theDetroit Shock, and helped lead the team to championships in2003 and2006. She won a third championship with the Seattle Storm in2010, and also played for theChicago Sky andNew York Liberty before retiring in 2016. She was named aWNBA All-Star four times and won the All-Star Game MVP award twice.

In 2015, she was named a studio analyst forMSG Networks covering theNew York Knicks pre-game, post-game, and weekly coaches shows. In 2017, she was named the director of franchise development for theNew York Liberty.^[2] She was inducted into theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 9, 2022.^[3]

Cash is one of 11 women to receive an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a FIBA World Cup, and a WNBA Championship.^{[citation needed]}

Cash was born in thePittsburgh suburb ofMcKeesport and raised by her mother, Cynthia. She has two brothers named Stephen and Kevin Menifee and one sister, Angelique Menifee. She holdsbasketball camps and clinics under her company, Swin Cash EnterpriseLLC, and is involved in charity events through theWNBA. Cash married longtime boyfriendSteve Canal in Atlanta, Georgia. On July 9, 2025, Cash became an honorary member ofDelta Sigma Theta sorority.^[4]

Cash attendedMcKeesport Area High School inMcKeesport, where she participated in many activities. She tried baseball, track and cheerleading. She was also in school plays.^[5] Cash is best known for her basketball skills, which earned her a place on the nationalWBCA All-American team. She participated in theWBCA High School All-America Game where she scored fourteen points, and earned MVP honors.^[6][7]

Cash was anAll-American at theUniversity of Connecticut (UConn). She won theNCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship with the UConn Huskies in 2000 and 2002. She also helped lead UConn to an undefeated 39–0 season in 2002. Swin was a member of the inaugural class (2006) of inductees to the University of Connecticut women's basketball "Huskies of Honor" recognition program.^[8]

Cash was selected by theDetroit Shock in the 2002WNBA draft, second overall.^[9] After leading the Shock's resurgence in the second half of her rookie season, she then led theDetroit Shock to their firstWNBA Championship title in 2003.^[10] She played in the 2003WNBA All-Star Game and won thegold medal with the U.S. women's basketball team at the2004 Olympic Games.^[11]

In the off-season, Cash has appeared as a studio analyst onESPN'sNBA Fastbreak (according toESPN.com) and during the 2008 Beijing Olympic games, she alternated withTeresa Edwards in presenting in-game commentary forNBC's presentation of the women's basketball tournament from the network's New York broadcast studios. Swin appeared (as herself) in the movieBring It On: All or Nothing.^[12]

Cash received theDapper Dan Sportswoman of the Year award given to one who shows excellence in thePittsburgh area.^[13] She was also honored withSidney Crosby andDan Rooney.

Cash left Detroit for the 2008 season after "struggling to build a consistent relationship with Detroit Shock head coachBill Laimbeer". On February 19, 2008 Cash was traded to theSeattle Storm for the 4th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft.^[14] The Shock selectedAlexis Hornbuckle with their draft pick.^[15] Cash along withSue Bird andLauren Jackson helped the Storm win their second championship in 2010.^[16] On January 2, 2012, in perhaps the WNBA's biggest blockbuster trade news thus far, Cash was traded, along withLe'Coe Willingham, to theChicago Sky joining All- StarSylvia Fowles.

Cash has been suffering from a herniated disk for more than two years,^[17] an injury suffered while helping the Detroit Shock win the WNBA championship in 2006. In 2009, she came back to Connecticut to lead the Western Conference over the Eastern Conference atMohegan Sun inUncasville,Connecticut. She led all scorers with an All-Star record of 22 points in a 130–118 win. The previous high was 20 by Cash's former Detroit teammate,Deanna Nolan, in 2005.^[18]

Cash was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009.^[19] The team selected to play for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics is usually chosen from these participants. At the conclusion of the training camp, the team will travel to Ekaterinburg, Russia, where they compete in the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational.^[19]

Cash was one of twenty players named to the national team pool. Twelve of this group will be chosen to represent the US in the 2010 World Championships and the 2012 Olympics.^[20]

Cash was selected to be a member of the National team representing the US at the World Championships held in September and October 2010. The team was coached byGeno Auriemma. Because many team members were still playing in theWNBA until just prior to the event, the team had only one day of practice with the entire team before leaving forOstrava andKarlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Even with limited practice, the team managed to win its first games against Greece by 26 points. The team continued to dominate with victory margins exceeding 20 points in the first five games. Several players shared scoring honors, with Cash,Angel McCoughtry,Maya Moore,Diana Taurasi,Lindsay Whalen, andSylvia Fowles all ending as high scorer in the first few games. The sixth game was against undefeated Australia — the USA jumped out to a 24-point lead and the USA prevailed 83–75. The USA won its next two games by over 30 points, then faced the host team, the Czech Republic, in the championship game. The USA team had only a five-point lead at halftime, which was cut to three points, but the Czechs never got closer. Team USA went on to win the championship and gold medal. Cash averaged 8.6 points per game.^[21]

Cash was named as one of the National team members to represent the USA Basketball team in the WNBA versus USA Basketball.^[22] This game replaces the normal WNBA All-Star game with WNBA All-Stars versus USA Basketball, as part of the preparation for theFIBA World Championship for Women to be held in theCzech Republic during September and October 2010.^[23]

Cash was one of 21 finalists for the U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team Roster. The 20 professional women's basketball players, plus one collegiate player (Brittney Griner), were selected by the USA Basketball Women's National Team Player Selection Committee to compete for the final roster which will represent the US at the 2012 Olympics in London.^[24] Cash made the final roster and played for the U.S. team that won the 2012 Olympic gold medal.^[25]

Washington and Jefferson College awarded Cash with an honorary degree in Doctorate of Public Service at their commencement ceremonies in May 2011 to honor her charity work. Cash is the founder of the Pennsylvania-based Cash for Kids charitable organization.^[26]

Cash was waived by New York Liberty on May 11, 2016. On May 24, 2016, it was reported that Cash re-signed with the Liberty for the remainder of the season. She was immediately eligible for their game versus theAtlanta Dream on that day.

On June 7, 2016, Cash announced that she would retire at the end of the 2016 season.^[27]

On June 10, 2019, Cash was hired to serve as the vice president of basketball operations and team development for theNew Orleans Pelicans of theNational Basketball Association.^[28] On April 24, 2025, Cash was dismissed by the Pelicans after six seasons with the team.^[29]

On September 23, 2025,Amazon Prime Video hired Cash to serve as a front office insider and WNBA analyst.^[30]

Cash is an advocate againstgun violence andpolice brutality. In 2016, she was fined $500 by the Association, along with her teammates and players from two other WNBA teams, for wearing warm up shirts that read "#BlackLivesMatter" and "#Dallas5", both serving as references to gun violence.^[31][32][33] In a post-game debriefing following the incident, Cash stated:

I think it’s a shame that we keep seeing people that want to make this movement as something that’s violent. Five cops gave their lives up trying to protect a peaceful movement. And in this country, I do believe that you can assemble peacefully and protest against injustice. So until the system transforms, we cannot sit here and act like there is not a problem here in America.^[34]

She said that part of what motivated her to take a stance against police violence was theCivil Rights Movement era stories her grandmother told her. She recognizes that police brutality is an aspect of racial activism, and she fears that because police are able to kill unarmed people without facing arrests, a regression to pre-Civil Rights laws and practices may occur for black people.^[34] In addition, her brother, Kevin Menifee, was allegedly beaten by police officers, who broke his nose.^[35]

• 1998WBCA All-American.^[6]
• 2000 Big East Third Team^[37]
• 2000 Big East Tournament All Tournament Team^[37]
• 2002 Big East First Team^[37]
• 2002 Big East Tournament All Tournament Team^[37]
• 2002NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 2009WNBA All-Star Selection (MVP)
• 2011 Honorary Doctorate of Public Service fromWashington and Jefferson College^[26]
• 2011WNBA All-Star Selection (MVP)
• Honoree of the Boys and Girls Clubs Alumni Hall of Fame^[38]
• 4×NBA Sears Shooting Stars Champion: 2007 (Detroit withBill Laimbeer andChauncey Billups), 2013-2015 (TeamChris Bosh, withDominique Wilkins)
• 2016National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Award
• 2020Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee

• List of Connecticut women's basketball players with 1000 points

• Official website
• Career statistics fromWNBA.com · Basketball Reference 
• Lunch Break Chat: Swin Cash
• Swin Cash at the United States Olympic Team at theWayback Machine (archived June 16, 2006) ... with notes, quotes and photos
• Swin Cash atOlympedia
• Swin Cash atOlympics.com
• Swin Cash traded to the Seattle Storm

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