Oct. 18, 1990: Brittney Griner was born in Houston.
2009: Led Nimitz High School to Texas 5A girls basketball state championship game where they lost. The 6-foot-7 star dunked 52 times as a senior, including seven times in one game against Aldine High School.
2009-10: Set NCAA single season record with 223 blocks as a freshman at Baylor. Became the seventh women’s basketball player to ever dunk in college.
2011-12: Led Baylor to a 40-0 record and earned Associated Press Player of the Year honors averaging 23.2 points, 9.4 rebounds and 5 blocks.
April 3, 2012: Had 26 points, 13 rebounds and 5 blocks in NCAA title game as Baylor beat Notre Dame 80-61. She earned Most Outstanding Player honors of the Final Four.
July 1, 2022: Trial started in court outside of Moscow.
July 7, 2022: Pled guilty to drug possession charges, saying: “There was no intent. I didn’t want to break the law.”
Aug. 4, 2022: Sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison for drug possession.
Oct 25, 2022: Appeal of the prison sentence for drug possession was rejected by a Russian court.
Nov. 17, 2022: Griner was transferred to a penal colony in the western Russian region of Mordovia.
Dec. 8, 2022: Russia frees Griner in high-level prisoner exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout.
