The first Jamaican to play in the WNBA in the US, Simone Edwards was a former basketball player. She has now passed away.
Edwards died today after a protracted battle with ovarian cancer. She was 49. After a protracted struggle with sickness, she passed away at home in Florida.
When her ovarian cancer was discovered a while back, 49-year-old Edwards, a former player for the Seattle Storm in the Women’s National Basketball Association, was in stage three (WNBA). She signed with a WNBA franchise becoming the first female Jamaican to do so.
Simone Edwards’s Net Worth At Time Of Death
A Jamaican athlete from the United States of America, Simone Edwards is 48 years old. Her estimated net worth ranges between $100,000 and $1 million.
Before declaring her retirement from the sport in May 2006, Edwards won the WNBA Championship with the Storm in 2004.
Although Edwards spent three years with the WNBA’s New York Liberty as a development player, she didn’t play in a single game until joining the Seattle Storm expansion team in 2000.
She would be the only player to participate in every game throughout the team’s first six seasons, including a WNBA title in 2004. The Jamaican Hurricane retired from the WNBA in 2006 as the all-time leader in the league’s rebounds, games, and minutes played.