Nikki McCray children: Meet Nikki McCray’s son – Nikki McCray, an American basketball player, and coach who died on Friday, July 7, 2023, at age 51 was married to Thomas Penson and they had a son. McCray’s son is reported to be 10 years old and apart from his age, there are no details about him — not even his name is known.
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McCray was diagnosed with cancer in 2013.
In 2015, before a South Carolina game, her husband wore pink and did a lap around the court with their son on his shoulders in support of breast cancer survivors.
Born on December 17, 1971, McCray-Penson last worked as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Rutgers.
From 2008 until 2017, she worked as an assistant coach under Dawn Staley in South Carolina. In 2017, she was a member of the Gamecocks’ title-winning team.
McCray-Penson won gold medals with the United States women’s basketball team at the Olympics in 1996 and 2000.
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The 1996 team was instrumental in establishing the WNBA and the now-defunct American Basketball League. She won MVP honors in the ABL in 1997 while leading the Columbus Quest to a title before moving on to the WNBA.
McCray-Penson was a three-time All-Star for the Washington Mystics in that league.
She played until 2006, when she retired, after a brief appearance in San Antonio.
She spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Western Kentucky.
McCray-Penson then spent three seasons as the head coach at Old Dominion, where he went 24-6 in 2020.
She coached at Mississippi State for one year before stepping down due to health concerns. She returned to coaching at Rutgers last season.
McCray-Penson attended Tennessee from 1991 to 1995, where he was coached by Hall of Famer Pat Summitt.
During her junior and senior seasons with the Lady Vols, she was a two-time SEC Player of the Year and a two-time Kodak All-America selection.
She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. McCray-Penson is survived by her husband Thomas and son Thomas Jr.
Source: abtc.ng
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