Brittney Griner Yevette is a professional basketball player from the United States who currently plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and UMMC Ekaterinburg in Russia.
Griner was born in Houston, Texas in 1990 as Brittney Yevette Griner.
She is of African American descent and of American nationality.
Griner attended Nimitz High School and participated in both volleyball and basketball.
The Mayor of Houston, Bill White, announced May 7, 2009, as Brittney Griner Day. She was a basketball player at Baylor University.
Her memoir, which she co-wrote with Sue Hovey, is titled In My Skin: My Life On and Off the Basketball Court.
Griner, a skilled basketball player, has an estimated net worth of $3 million, which she has acquired during her successful NBA career.
Brittney Griner mental health: What happened to Brittney Griner?
Griner was arrested in February after the Russian Federal Customs Service claimed they found vape cartridges carrying the marijuana concentrate hashish oil in her luggage.
Griner has been obliged to remain in Russia since, and the allegations against her carry a possible jail sentence of ten years.4
Brittney Griner is still in excellent health after her drug accusations.
