Sami Whitcomb is an American-Australian basketball guard. He played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). In 2025, while playing for the Bendigo Spirit, she won her first WNBL championship and was also chosen as the league’s Most Valuable Player (MVP).
Height, Weight & Physical Appearance
According to the information, she is 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) in height and her weight is approximately 149 lb (68 kg). Her playing position is shooting guard. She has light brown hair, and her eyes are also brown.
Early Life & Educational Details
Her real name is Samantha Allison Whitcomb. She was born on July 20, 1988, in Ventura, California, U.S. She is 36 years old as of 2024. When she was a child, she wanted to become a soccer player.
She attended Buena High School in Ventura, where she played basketball for all four years and served as team captain for one season. In her first year at Washington University during the 2006–07 season, she played in 21 games and started in four of them.
She finished her history degree at Washington in the spring of 2010. During her last season, she started working as a coaching intern. After briefly trying out for a WNBA team, she decided to take a job as the video coordinator for the Huskies for the 2010–11 season.
Husband, Children & ParentsÂ
She is married to Kate Malpass, a former Willetton Tigers player who now works as a physiotherapist and PE teacher. They got married in the U.S. in 2017, and their marriage was officially recognized in Australia after same-s*e*x marriage became legal.
The couple welcomed their first child in November 2020. She was born to American parents; her mother’s name is Mrs. Jan Whitcomb, and her father’s name is Mr. Sander Whitcomb. She has an older brother named Jason.
Her great uncle, Roy Schmidt, played professional football in the NFL during the 1960s and 1970s for teams like the Falcons, Packers, and Redskins.
Net Worth, Religion & Ethnicity
As per media information, her current net worth is approximately $3.5 million from all of her income sources. She belongs to the Christian religion. She has dual citizenship and has an American-Australian White Ethnicity.
Career Details
She played her first WNBA game in 2017. She went on to win championships with the Seattle Storm in 2018 and 2020. In 2018, she also became an Australian citizen and started playing for the Australian national team, the Opals.
She also plays for Beşiktaş JK in Turkey’s Women’s Basketball Super League. She played college basketball with the Washington Huskies, then became well-known in Australia by playing for the Rockingham Flames in the SBL and the Perth Lynx in the WNBL.
After not getting picked in the 2010 WNBA Draft, she joined the Chicago Sky for training camp in April 2010. Later, in February 2017, she signed with the Seattle Storm. Most recently, in February 2025, she signed with the Phoenix Mercury.
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