Brittney
Griner
3,283
Points
18
Dunks
A
post
player
standing
at
6
feet
8
inches,
weighing
199
pounds,
and
tallying
3,283
points
in
college
and
18
dunks,
one
might
think
that
this
athlete
deserves
to
head
to
the
pros.
However,
from
these
statistics,
one
also
might
think
we
are
describing
a
male.
Brittney
Griner,
a
23
year-?old
woman
from
Houston,
Texas
has
turned
heads;
not
only
has
she
had
a
remarkable
basketball
career,
earning
her
the
1st
overall
pick
in
the
WNBA
draft,
but
she
also
wears
a
men’s
size
17
shoe
and
has
an
arm
span
of
86
inches,
making
her
taller
than
many
male
basketball
players.
Griner
sports
a
variety
of
tattoos
on
her
body
and
unfailingly
shops
in
the
men’s
department
for
clothes.
She
has
recently
revealed
that
she
is
homosexual
and
since
doing
so,
her
life
has
only
changed
for
the
better.
Despite
her
physical
features
and
sexual
orientation,
Griner
has
shown
that
it
is
okay
to
be
who
you
are
and
not
conform
to
the
societal
pressures
and
expectations
that
have
been
created
of
being
a
woman.
Throughout
her
younger
life,
Brittney
has
been
faced
with
bullies
and
even
in
college
she
was
the
topic
of
critics,
much
of
which
stemmed
from
her
physical
features,
and
incomparable
basketball
statistics.
However,
now
in
the
WNBA,
Griner
has
never
felt
so
alive
and
confident.
Defying
Gender
Norms
One
Dunk
at
a
Time