Vicky Bullett

Victoria Andrea Bullett (born October 4, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player and current women's basketball head coach at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

She played for the Charlotte Sting and Washington Mystics in the WNBA, as well as for European and South American professional teams, the U.S. Olympic team, and the University of Maryland Terrapins.

Bullett played at various times as a center, small forward, and power forward.

Bullett is one of the most decorated players in the history of the women's basketball program at the University of Maryland, which she attended from 1985 to 1989.

Over the course of her college career, Bullett averaged 16.9 points per game and 8.5 rebounds per game.

She set Maryland records for points scored, field goals made, and rebounds recovered.

She led the Terrapins to three ACC titles and one NCAA Final Four.

She also played on the 1986 USA Select (junior national) team, the United States team which won the gold medal at the 1990 World Championships, and the United States team for the 1990 Goodwill Games.

She was also chosen for the All-ACC First Team in 1987, 1988, and 1989.

Bullett graduated from Maryland with a bachelor's degree in general studies.

Bullett was selected to the 1988 and 1992 United States Olympic Teams, which won gold and bronze medals, respectively.

In 1989, Bullett was named ACC Tournament MVP, ACC Player of the Year, and a Kodak All-American.

Bullett's younger brother Scott played Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs in the 1990s.

Bullett was a member of the USA National team at the 1990 World Championships, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The team won their opening round games fairly easily, with the closest of the first three games a 27-point victory over Czechoslovakia.

Then they faced Cuba, a team that had beaten the US in exhibition matches only a few weeks earlier.

The USA team was losing at halftime, but came back to win 87–78.

The USA team found itself behind at halftime to Canada in their next game, but came back to win easily 95–70.

After an easy match against Bulgaria, the USA team faced Czechoslovakia again, end achieved an almost identical result, winning 87–59.

In the title match, the USA team won the gold medal with a score of 88–78.

Bullett averaged 9.5 points per game.

When the WNBA was founded in 1997, Bullett was assigned by the league to the Charlotte Sting in the Initial Player Allocation phase of the draft.

Her debut game was played on June 22, 1997 in a 59 - 76 loss to the Phoenix Mercury.

Despite the loss, Bullett recorded 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals.

Over the next three seasons, Bullett started in all 90 of the Sting's games and averaged more than 10 points per game.

In all three seasons, the Sting reached the WNBA Playoffs.

In 1999, Bullett was named as a reserve to the inaugural WNBA Eastern Conference All-Star team, and played in the All-Star Game as a substitute for the injured Rebecca Lobo.

In January 2000, Bullett was traded to the Washington Mystics for Shalonda Enis and a 2000 3rd-round pick (later turned out to be Jill Morton, who ended up never playing in the WNBA).

Over the next three seasons, she started in all 96 of the Mystics' games.

In 2001, she returned to school and earned an additional degree in social work.

She was also named a member of the ACC Women's Basketball 50th Anniversary team in 2003.

In 2007, Bullett was named an ACC Women's Basketball Legend.

She is also a member of the Maryland Athletics Walk of Fame.

Fellow left-handed forward Crystal Langhorne in 2007-2008 broke many of Bullett's Maryland career records.

She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

Bullett spent her childhood in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

She grew up playing backyard basketball with her six brothers.

One of her older brothers coached her high school basketball team and helped Bullett attract the attention of collegiate scouts.

In 2015, she graduated from the United States Sports Academy with a master‘s degree in sports coaching.

After she graduated, the University of Maryland honored Bullett by retiring her jersey (#23).