Standing only 5-4 as the Houston Comets starting point guard, Kim Perrot helped lead Houston to its first two WNBA championships - in 1997 and 1998. In February 1999, Kim was diagnosed with lung ...

* The WNBA Sportsmanship Award was named in honor of Kim Perrot in 2000.

On Wednesday, the WNBA added another accolade to her season, giving her the 2024 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award. Hamby received 12 votes, the most of any WNBA player, beating out Alysha Clark of ...

Hamby, 30, is a first-time recipient of the award, named for the late Kim Perrot, who succumbed to cancer in August 1999 after helping the Houston Comets win the WNBA title in 1997 and 1998. The ...