Full Bio: Cheyenne Parker-Tyus

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WNBA TRANSACTIONS

April 16, 2015	Drafted by Chicago in the first round (No. 5 overall) in the 2015 WNBA Draft
Feb. 1, 2019	Signed a two-year extension with Chicago
Feb. 1, 2021	Signed a three-year deal with Atlanta
March 9, 2023	Signed an extension with Atlanta
Feb. 5, 2025	Signed a training camp contract with Las Vegas
Sept. 8, 2025	Las Vegas activated Parker-Tyus due after pregnancy/childbirth

WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER

Career Highlights

2025 WNBA Champion
2023 WNBA All-Star
Drafted No. 5 overall to Chicago in the 2015 WNBA Draft

2025 (Las Vegas)

Won her first WNBA Championship
Returned to the court on Sept. 9 against Chicago after giving birth to her second child, Yoshua, in July and played the last two games of the regular season

2024 (Atlanta)

Started 11 of 25 while posting 9.2 ppg and 4.8 rpg prior to suffering a left ankle injury against Connecticut on Aug. 18 and was sidelined for the remainder of the season

2023 (Atlanta)

2023 WNBA All-Star
Averaged career-bests of 15.0 ppg and 6.7 rpg
Scored a career-high 29 points against Seattle on Aug. 18
Played in all 40 games for the Dream in 2023, starting in 38.
Recorded her 18th career double-double with a 20 points and a season-high 14 rebounds against the Sun (6/11)
Put up 21 points and team-high 6 rebounds in the opening home game against Indiana (5/28)
Parker scored her 2000th point against Seattle (7/12) on the eve of her first All-Star appearance.
Recorded a season-high 3 blocks against the Wings (6/20),
Recorded three consecutive double-doubles against Los Angeles (7/5), Chicago (7/7) and Chicago (7/9).

2022 (Atlanta)

Recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in her 2022 season debut, adding three steals and two blocks
Tallied her second-straight 10-point game in a win over Los Angeles (5/11)
Scored a season-high 11 points in a win over Indiana (5/15).

2021 (Atlanta)

Started in 11 of 13 games played
Recorded eight double-figure scoring games, highlighted by an 18-point performance at Las Vegas (7/4), where she also tied her season-high record of 7 rebounds
Recorded a career-high five steals against Minnesota (6/23), becoming the second Dream player in 2021 to record at least five in a game (Tiffany Hayes). In that same game against the Lynx, she dished out a season-best 5 assists and pulled down 7 total rebounds for the first time this season
Tied her career-high record of three made field goals, going 3-for-3 from beyond the arc at Las Vegas (7/4).
Reached 100 career steals with her first of 5 steals against Minnesota (6/23)
Missed the first six games of the season due to WNBA Health and Safety Protocols, then missed three games after the Olympic Break in August due to pregnancy. Her status was then changed to inactive for the remainder of the 2021 season

2020 (Chicago)

Grabbed a career-best 15 rebounds against Minnesota on Sept. 2
Averaged 13.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 24.9 minutes over 28 games
Came off the bench in all 34 games this season, averaging a career-high 19.7 minutes per game
Scored in double-figures 12 times, including career-high 22 points vs. Connecticut on June 23
Six games of double-figure rebounds
Recorded three double-doubles for the season

2019 (Chicago)

Came off the bench in all 34 games this season, averaging a career-high 19.7 minutes per game
Scored in double-figures 12 times, including career-high 22 points vs. Connecticut on June 23
Six games of double-figure rebounds
Recorded three double-doubles for the season

2018 (Chicago)

Led the team and was No. 15 in the WNBA in rebounds (196) this season
Ranked No. 14 in the WNBA for blocks per game (1.1)
Scored a career high 20 points three times this season
Averaged 10 points per game with a 53.1 average field goal percentage
Tallied a career high 13 rebounds vs. Las Vegas (6/3)
Averaged 5.8 rebounds per game
Scored in double digits 16 times this season
Earned 3 double-doubles this season

2017 (Chicago)

Averaged 3.8 points and 3.4 rebounds per game
Recorded 15 block and 8 steals over the season
Had a season high 3 blocks vs. Washington (5/26)
Played in 23 games

2016 (Chicago)

Started in 7 games out of 25 played
Played a career high of 31 minutes vs. Seattle
Scored a season high of 15 points vs. Seattle
Played a playoff career high of 18 minutes vs. Los Angeles
Had a playoff career high of 8 points vs. Atlanta
Contributed a playoff career high of 5 rebounds vs. Los Angeles

2015 (Chicago)

Drafted fifth overall by the Sky in the 2015 WNBA Draft
Made her WNBA debut on June 5 against Indiana and had eight points (career high) and four rebounds in 12 minutes of action
Set a career high in rebounds with seven against Washington on 8/2
Averaged 9.3 minutes per game and played in 30 of 33 games
Averaged 2.2 points and 2.5 rebounds per game over the course of the season
Played in two of Sky’s three playoff games against Indiana
Had two points and one rebounds in Game 1 win, two points and two rebounds in Game 2 loss, and played a total of 14 minutes over the two games

WNBA POSTSEASON CAREER

2025 (Las Vegas — 2-1 vs. Seattle, 1st Round; 3-2 vs. Indiana, Semifinals; 4-0 vs. Phoenix, Finals)

Won the WNBA Championship

2023 (Atlanta — 0-1 vs. New York, First Round)

Averaged 13.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists 33.5 minutes over the 2 playoff games

2020 (Chicago — 0-1 vs. Connecticut, First Round)

Scored 8 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 blocks in the loss against Connecticut

2019 (Chicago — 1-0 vs. Phoenix, First Round; 0-1 vs. Las Vegas, Second Round)

Over the 2 playoff games, she averaged 9.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocks in 22.0 minutes

2016 (Chicago — First Round, Bye; Atlanta — 1-3, Second Round)

Recorded a team-high 24 points with 5 rebounds and 2 assists in the loss

OVERSEAS CAREER

2024-25

Beijing Great Wall — China (WCBA)
Averaged 16.3 ppg and 6.8 rpg over 34 games

2022-23

Virtus Segafredo Bologna — Italy

2020-21

Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomeration (BLMA) — France (LFB)

2019-20

Sichuan Blue Whales — China (WCBA)

2018-19

KEB-Hanabank — South Korea (WKBL)

2017-18

Wislaw Krakow — Poland (OBLK)

2016-17

Henan Yichuan — China (WCBA)

2015-16

Henan Yichuan — China (WCBA)
- Named a 2016 WCBA All-Star
- Led the league in rebounds per game (14.1)

COLLEGE

Senior (Middle Tennessee State University, 2014-15)

Conference USA Player of the Year
Tennessee Sports Writers Association Player of the Week (Jan. 27)
Conference USA Player of the Week (Feb. 2)
Averaged 18.6 ppg ,11.0 rpg and 4.0 bpg as a senior
Recorded first triple-double in program history with 18 points, 17 rebounds and 11 blocked shots vs. UTEP on 1/31/15
Set the single season blocks record with 88
Finished in the top 10 in field goal percentage (No .5, .588), rebounds per game (No. 6, 11.0) and offensive rebounds (T-No. 10, 116)
Her 88 blocks led the conference

Senior (2013-14)

Sat out the 2013-14 season due to NCAA transfer rules and regulations

Junior (High Point University, 2012-13)

Big South Player of the Year
Big South Defensive Player of the Year
First Team All-Big South
Only the second player in conference history to earn back-to-back DPOY awards
Averaged 17.9 points per game
Finished No. 3 in the nation with 13.2 rebounds
Her 4.8 blocks per game led the nation
Tallied 23 double-doubles in 30 games
Became the fifth Big South player to surpass 1,000 career points (1,200) and 1,000 rebounds (1,039)
Recorded her first career 30/20 point-rebound double-double on 2/7/13
Her 396 single season rebounds and 133 blocks led the conference

Sophomore (High Point University, 2011-12)

Big South Player of the Year
Big South Defensive Player of the Year
Second-Team All-Big South
Big South All-Tournament
Set the Big South single-season record in rebounds (403) and blocked shots (121)
Set the all-time HPU single-season blocks record and tied the all-time rebound record
Set the HPU Division I single-season record for total rebounds, rebounds per game (12.2) and blocked shots
Her 33 games played and 121 blocks led the conference

Freshman (High Point University, 2010-11)

Big South All-Freshman Team
Averaged 7.8 points and 8.0 rebounds
Set an HPU Division I single-season record with 240 rebounds
Second in the Big South among freshman with 75 blocks
Played in 30 games with 6 starts in her freshman season
Recorded 15 points, 9 rebounds and 6 blocks in her collegiate debut on 11/12/10

COLLEGE STATISTICS

Year	Team	League	G	GS	Min	FG	FGA	FG%	3G	3GA	3G%	FT	FTA	FT%	OR	DR	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	Avg
2010-11	High Point	Big South	30	6	645	89	213	.418	1	11	.091	55	85	.647	91	149	240	22	33	75	55	79	234	7.8
2011-12	High Point	Big South	33	32	956	161	322	.500	0	3	.000	108	170	.635	153	250	403	25	68	121	90	93	430	13.0
2012-13	High Point	Big South	30	28	920	207	422	.491	0	5	.000	122	187	.496	155	241	396	56	70	133	98	88	536	17.9
2014-15	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	22	19	624	157	267	.588	1	3	.33	94	139	.676	116	127	243	37	29	88	74	70	409	18.6
Totals			115	85	3,145	614	1,224	.502	2	22	.091	379	581	.652	515	767	1,282	140	200	417	353	330	1,609	14.0

HIGH SCHOOL

Attended Southwest Guilford High School in North Carolina
Two-year letterwinner
Starter in the North Carolina East-West All-Star Game

PERSONAL

Married to Keevin Tyus, and they have two children, Naomi, born December 2021, and Yoshua, born July 2025
Originally from New York, moved to High Point, North Carolina, in elementary school
Born August 22, 1992