Tamara Kim "Tammy" Sutton-Brown is a former Canadian professional women"s basketball player.
Education
Born in Markham, Ontario, Sutton-Brown was rated Canada"s top female high school basketball prospect by the Toronto Star.
Sutton-Brown attended Rutgers University. As a senior she was nicknamed Simba from the Disney movie "The Lion King" due to her coming of age at Rutgers. She owns a career field goal percentage of 57.6 which ranks third in the Rutgers career records.
Career
Her primary position was center. Sutton-Brown was selected 18th overall in the second round of the 2001 Women's National Basketball Association draft by the Charlotte Sting. In 2002, she was selected for the 2002 Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game, becoming the first Canadian Women's National Basketball Association player to participate.
After the 2006 season ended, the Sting ceased operations and most of the remaining players were entered in a dispersal draft that followed the Sting"s demise.
Since she was an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2006 season, she was exempt from entering the dispersal draft. However, on March 22, 2007, she signed a contract with the Indiana Fever.
During the 2007 season with the Indiana Fever, she made the 2007 Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game. Sutton-Brown retired after the 2012 season.
She plays for Fenerbahçe since start of the 2006-2007 season.
Turkish Women"s Basketball League (5): 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011 Turkish Cup (3): 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009 Turkish President Cup (2): 2006-2007, 2009-2010 EuroLeague Women Quarter-Final (4): 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010 EuroCup Women Runners-up (1): 2004-2005 Fourth (1): 2003-2004 European clubs USK Prague Dynamo Moscow Fenerbahçe Istanbul Sutton-Brown played for Canada in the 2000 Summer Olympics.