Sidney Spencer (born March 7, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.

Born in Hoover, Alabama, Spencer attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the second round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. She got off to an exceptional start in her rookie season, and as a fan favorite quickly worked her way into the team's starting line-up.

Early life Sidney Spencer was born March 7, 1985, to Stephen and Janice Spencer. She has two brothers, Brad and Scott.

High school career Spencer received the 2003 Alabama Miss Basketball award. A product of Hoover, Alabama. she was selected as a 2003 Adidas All-American. She was also honored as 2003 "Miss Basketball" by the Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA). Sidney was chosen as the ASWA 6A Player of the Year in 2003 for the second-consecutive season. Also selected as the Gatorade Alabama Player of the Year her senior year. She was named all-state in 2002 and 2003. She was recognized by Street and Smith's Magazine as an honorable mention All-American in 2002. She concluded her high school career by establishing Hoover H.S. records with 1,743 points, 1,098 rebounds and 304 blocks. Also compiled 255 career steals and averaged a career double-double (16.3 ppg and 10.3 rpg). In addition to basketball, she earned two letters with the volleyball team and served as captain one season.

Tennessee 2003–04: As a rookie, she played in all 35 games and averaged 5.5 ppg and 3.5 rpg. She logged 16.8 minutes per contest as one of the Lady Vols' top reserves. She became the 19th Lady Vol all-time to be named to the All-SEC Freshman Team. Earned UT Dean's List honors every semester and was selected to the All-SEC Academic Team.

2004–05: Missed much of the season after suffering a torn ACL in her right knee during practice on Feb. 23. Earned Dean's List honors after recording a 3.64 GPA in sport management during the fall. Earned a spot on the Lady Vol Honor Roll and named to the SEC All-Academic Team.

2005–06: Chosen to the SEC All-Tournament Team after averaging 13.0 ppg in the three contests and shot 69 percent from beyond the arc in the SEC Tournament. She was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV Third Team and earned SEC All-Academic honors for the third straight season.

Career statistics

WNBA career statistics Regular season

| align="left" | 2007 | align="left" | Los Angeles |34||22||24.4||39.3||43.9||88.1||4.1||1.2||0.8||0.3||1.0||9.6 |- | align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Los Angeles |33||2||13.7||40.6||38.3||94.4||1.9||0.5||0.4||0.1||0.7||5.3 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | New York |33||0||10.3||38.6||38.6||100.0||1.2||0.5||0.2||0.0||0.3||3.0 |- | align="left" | 2010 | align="left" | New York |20||0||8.4||51.2||53.3||0.0||0.8||0.3||0.3||0.0||0.4||2.6 |- | align="left" rowspan=2 | 2011 | align="left" | New York |24||0||7.4||44.0||43.8||100.0||0.8||0.5||0.0||0.0||0.1||2.3 |- | align="left" | Phoenix |8||0||8.1||31.3||75.0||100.0||0.6||0.8||0.0||0.0||0.0||1.9 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 6 years, 3 teams |144||24||13.6||40.7||41.8||91.8||1.9||0.6||0.4||0.1||0.5||4.9

Playoffs

| align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Los Angeles |5||0||9.6||25.0||0.0||100.0||1.8||0.2||0.0||0.2||0.6||1.4 |- | align="left" | 2010 | align="left" | New York |3||0||2.3||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.3||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.3||0.0 |- | align="left" | 2011 | align="left" | Phoenix |2||0||2.5||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.5||0.0||0.5||0.0||0.0||0.0 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 3 years, 3 teams |10||0||6.0||18.8||0.0||100.0||1.1||0.1||0.1||0.1||0.4||0.7

College career statistics

Source

Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2003–04 Tennessee 35 191 43.6 28.9 78.6 3.5 0.9 0.4 0.2 5.5 2004–05 Tennessee 25 129 39.2 35.0 80.0 4.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 5.2 2005–06 Tennessee 36 338 45.8 43.4 92.5 3.4 1.3 0.8 0.3 9.4 2006–07 Tennessee 37 430 42.1 39.7 90.0 4.2 1.1 1.1 0.3 11.6 Career Tennessee 133 1088 43.0 39.6 85.3 3.8 1.0 0.7 0.3 8.2

References

External links WNBA.com Player Profile Tennessee Lady Vols bio