Cappie Pondexter competed for the United States at several age levels on the international stage. She has won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mar Del Plata, Argentina in July 2000 as a member of the USA Women's U18 team where she had an average of 6.6 points per game. Cappie also represented the USA national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal. She also represented the United States at the 2003 FIBA World Championship for Young Women, the 2005 World University Games, the 2002 World Championship for Young Women Qualifying Tournament, and the 2000 Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament, winning gold medals each time.
Besides, she is active in the social media platform with around 90k followers on her verified Instagram account: @cappa23
Cappie Pondexter is an American former professional basketball player who is best known for her scrappy play, quick crossovers, and midrange jump shot. She played as a point guard as an active professional player before retiring from professional basketball in April 2019.
She began her WNBA career by being selected 2nd overall in the 2006 WNBA Draft by the Pheonix Mercury. In her three years with the team, she helped them win two WNBA championships in 2007 and 2009 respectively. She was also named the Most Valuable Player of the 2007 WNBA Finals after averaging 22 points per game in the five-game series. In March 2010, she joined New York Liberty as part of a three-team, multiplayer agreement. Fans picked her as one of the Top 15 players in the WNBA's fifteen-year history in 2011. She was regular in her 5 seasons with the New York Liberty. She then got traded to the Chicago Sky for a fellow basketball player, Epiphanny Prince in February 2015. Cappie played for Chicago Sky for three seasons as a regular before signing with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2018. However, she got released by the team in June 2018. She was then signed by the Indiana Fever in July 2018 as a free agent. In her 13 years of WNBA career, she got named WNBA All-Star seven times and was included in All-WNBA First Team three times. She averaged 16.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game. She also had a successful career in Europe in addition to her WNBA career. She started her career in Europe in the 2006-07 campaign by joining a Turkish club, Fenerbahçe Istanbul. While in the club, she won two Turkish Championship in 2007 and 2008 respectively, the 2007 Turkish Cup, and two Turkish Presidents Cup in 2007 and 2008 respectively as one of the key players of the team. She also got named 2006–07 FIBA Euro All-Star MVP.
She then signed with the UMMC Ekaterinburg club in the Russian Superleague, where she played from 2008-2012 winning two Russian Championships and three Russian Cups. She re-signed with Fenerbahçe Istanbul for the 2012–13, 2013–14 European seasons. In 2015, she signed with Beşiktaş JK and in November 2016, she was signed by Girne Üniversitesi for the 2016-17 European season.
Cappie Pondexter was born on January 7, 1983, in Oceanside, California, United States. Her birth name is Cappie Marie Pondexter. She holds an American nationality. Her ethnicity is African-American while Capricorn is her zodiac sign. She was born to Leo Pondexter(father) and Vanessa Pondexter(mother). She has a brother named, Ronald Brown. She was raised in Chicago along with her brother. She did her schooling at John Marshall Metropolitan High School. Since her childhood, she was interested in playing basketball. So, she played high school basketball.
At the 2001 WBCA High School All-America Game, she scored 16 points and was named a WBCA All-American. After completing her high school education, she attended Rutgers University where she played college basketball. She led the Scarlet Knights to a 97-22 record and back-to-back Big East Championships in 2005 and 2006. She scored over 2,000 points in college and received numerous trophies and accolades, including the 2006 Women's Basketball News Service National Player of the Year.
Cappie Pondexter is not married yet and is currently single. She has not revealed her personal life. She currently resides in California. She is a good friend of a former basketball player, Dee Brown. Besides, Cappie has attracted the attention of the media on various occasions. First, in March 2011, she was widely criticized for her tweets regarding the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. She had tweeted, "What if God was tired of the way they treated their own people in their [sic] own country! Idk guys, he makes no mistakes." In another tweet, she wrote, "u just never know! They did pearl harbor so u can't expect anything less." Later, she apologized. Also in October 2020, she was reported missing. However, it turned out that she was arrested and placed in custody on suspicion of battery. Previously in 2019, she was arrested for public drunkenness in Beverly Hills.
Recently on July 20, 2021, she made a shocking claim on her Instagram Live Stream. In the live stream, she said "the Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is a trafficker who is trafficking women ‘in real-time’. She even added "I ain’t confused. I ain’t on that shit, that n*gga tried to kill me for real. I just f*cking got outta that shit, I’ve been missing for almost like two years. I ain’t even know where the f*ck I was at." She also claimed "I do not f*ck with LeBron James, that n*gga is a trafficker my n*gga. That n*gga is a trafficker. He is a f*cking trafficker. He traffick women in real-time. That n*gga stole all my money out my bank account".
Cappie Pondexter has earned a good amount of money from her profession as a basketball player. Having played at WNBA for 13 seasons, she was considered one of the best female basketball players. In her WNBA career, she got named WNBA All-Star seven times and was included in All-WNBA First Team three times. She also won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics with the US team. She also became successful in European basketball, winning two Turkish Championships and two Russian Championships. Including all of her earnings, her net worth is estimated to be around $3 million as of 2021.
Cappie Pondexter is a gorgeous lady with a well-maintained hourglass body physique in her late 30s. She stands tall with a height of 5ft 9inches(1.75m) and has a body weight of 73kg(160 lbs). She is a beautiful woman with black hair and a pair of brown eyes.