Written by Austin Kent
Like many of the women's basketball players before her, Jennifer Azzi came out of a successful career as a college basketball player at a time when not many options existed for female athletes. After leading the Stanford Cardinals to an NCAA championship in 1990, Azzi graduated and looked for opportunities to continue playing basketball.
From here the 5'8" guard would head overseas to play basketball in France, Sweden and Italy. After representing her native United States in international tournaments in 1990 and 1994, Azzi was then named to the 1996 United States Women's basketball team. It was here where she helped lead Team USA to a gold medal and a spot on top of the women's basketball world - a spot that the team, heading into the 2008 games, has yet to relinquish.
After retiring from a five-year WNBA career Azzi opened up her own fitness facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.
