Cheyenne Parker-Tyus is a women's basketball player who plays for the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA. She was born on August 22, 1992, in Queens, New York, U.S. Parker started her basketball journey at Southwest Guilford High School in North California then shifted to the High Point Panthers women's basketball team for college basketball. In college, she won the Big South All-Freshman Team and two-time Big South Defensive Player of the Year award.
In 2015 Parker was selected 5th overall by the Chicago Sky in the WNBA draft. Other than WNBA she also played for many teams like Wisła Krakow in the Polish League, Henan Phoenix in the Chinese League and currently Zhejiang Chouzhou Bank in China. In the 2024 season in the WNBA, she is averaging 9.2 points, 1.5 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game playing for the Atlanta Dream as a power forward.
Cheyenne Parker parents
Verna Bryant and Stanley Parker are the parents of Cheyenne Parker. Not many details are available in the public domain, the only things maintained are that they were separated when Cheyenne was 10 years. Parker and her family moved around in homeless shelters for a long time as per an interview given by Cheyenne Parker in The Players Tribute.
Cheyenne Parker partner
Keevin Tyus is the current partner of Cheyenne Parker. Keevin Tyus is a former college basketball player at Lee University's team and currently works as a fitness coach at LA Fitness. He also played professional basketball in the Austrian team UBSC Raiffeisen Graz where he averaged 12.5 points, 1.7 assists and 4.2 rebounds in his last season in 2019. He also worked in the WNBA as a practice coach for the Chicago Sky team.
Cheyenne Parker kids
The couple Keevin Tyus and Cheyenne Parker have one daughter named Naomi Sernina Tyus who is almost 3 years old as per Cheyenne’s Instagram post. The couple started dating sense 2015.
FAQ's On Cheyenne Parker family
A. Cheyenne Parker plays as a power forward in the Atlanta Dream.
A. In the 2024 season, Cheyenne Parker averages 9.3 points, 1.5 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game.
A. Cheyenne Parker was drafted in the 2015 NBA draft by the Chicago Sky.
A. As of 2024, Cheyenne Parker makes $190,550 per year as per Spotrac.