Odyssey Sims

Personal: Odyssey Sims has two brothers and a 4-year-old son named Jaiden. She has two dogs and enjoys bowling and watching movies on Lifetime Movie Network. As a child, she also participated in volleyball and track and field. She majored in speech communication at Baylor and lists former Baylor assistant women's basketball coach Damion McKinney as a person who has made an influence in her life. Her No. 3 jersey was retired by MacArthur High School on May 21, 2010.

2024 Season: During the 2024 season, Sims earned medalist honors for the second straight season after authoring a second-place finish with 6,046 leaderboard points. She was one of three players to remain in the top four spots of the leaderboard during the entire season. Sims joined Allisha Gray as the only players in the league to hold the top spot on the leaderboard at any point during the season. She also held second place in the league with 2,986 stat points and was fifth in the league with 360 MVP points. As a six-time Game MVP selection, she fashioned a 7-5 record in four weeks as a captain. She posted four games with 500 or more leaderboard points, including three outings with 600 or more points. Sims also tied with Gray by authoring 700 or more leaderboard points in two games. She was one of two players to register 800 or more points in a game during the season.

As a starter in all 12 games, Sims ranked third in the league with a 23.5 scoring average. She authored 20 or more points in a game seven times, including two outings with 30 or more points. Sims was one of three players in the league with a 40-point performance during the season. She registered a league-high 117 assists over 12 games and led the league by dishing out seven or more assists in 11 of 12 games, including six games with 10 or more assists. She was one of two players in the league to collect 15 or more assists in a game during the season. Sims also grabbed a career-best 6.3 rebounds per game and reached double figures in scoring in all 12 games, including eight 20-point outings. She registered a league-high six double-doubles and also became the first player in league history with multiple triple-doubles in a single season and career. She joined Natasha Cloud as the only players in league history with a triple-double.

Sims tied with Cloud for the league lead by playing 449 minutes. She was second in the league with 72 made free throws and 84 free throw attempts. She also ranked second with 65 fouls drawn and was third in the league with 23 steals. Sims was fifth in the circuit with 60 defensive rebounds. She opened the season by making 11 of 23 field goal attempts, including a 3-for-4 effort from three-point range, while adding 10 assists and eight rebounds in an MVP 1 performance against Team Mitchell. She also became the third player in league history to accrue 800 leaderboard points in a game after collecting 805 points in a season-opening victory. She netted a career-high 40 points to begin Week Two against Team Gray, securing MVP 3 accolades. She converted 13 of 24 shots from the field while going 11-for-14 from the foul line.

Sims garnered Game MVP distinction in three consecutive contests in Week Three. She started the week with 20 points, 10 assists, and eight rebounds against Team Gray to receive MVP 3 distinction. She added 19 points, 12 assists, and seven rebounds in an MVP 2 showing against Team Cloud on March 16. Sims closed the week with a second straight MVP 2 honor after posting the first triple-double of her Athletes Unlimited career against Team Mitchell, scoring 21 points with 12 assists and a season-high 10 rebounds. She notched her second triple-double on March 22 against Team Bell, scoring 23 points with 10 assists and 10 rebounds. Sims finished the season by earning MVP 1 plaudits and 708 leaderboard points against Team Gray after scoring 31 points with eight assists.

2023 Season: During her second Athletes Unlimited campaign, Sims posted a third-place finish on the league leaderboard with 6,383 points. She led the league with 3,273 stat points while tying for sixth with 420 MVP points. She posted seven games with 500 or more leaderboard points, including a career-high 650 points against Team Sims to close Week One. She also secured four consecutive results with 500 or more leaderboard points from February 24 to March 3. Sims was third in the league with eight Game MVP awards, including four MVP 2 distinctions and four MVP 3 commendations. She held the top spot on the league’s leaderboard after 12 of 15 game days, setting league single-season and career standards.

Sims was the first player in Athletes Unlimited Basketball history to serve as a captain during all five weeks of a season. She posted an 8-7 record as a captain, setting the league single-season mark for most victories by a captain, and served as Gold team captain for the final four weeks of the season. She became the first player in Athletes Unlimited Basketball history to reach 10,000 career leaderboard points. As a starter in all 15 games, she led the league in scoring average (26.1 ppg), minutes played (560), field goal attempts (314), free throws made (89), and assists (106). She finished the season as the third player in league history to accrue 100 or more assists in a single campaign. Sims ranked second in the league in free throw attempts (103) and fouls drawn (86) and seventh in the league with 24 steals. She also set a league single-season record by scoring 392 points over 15 games.

Sims paced the league with five games of 30 or more points, including an Athletes Unlimited career-high 38 points against Team Harrison on March 24. She established a league record by scoring 20 or more points in 11 consecutive games before being held to seven points in the season finale against Team Smith, which also ended a string of 23 straight double-digit scoring performances dating back to the 2022 campaign. She compiled three straight double-doubles to begin the season while setting the league standard for most assists in a single week (38). Sims matched the Athletes Unlimited single-game record by drawing 11 fouls against Team Harrison on March 4. She also established a league single-game standard with 17 free throw attempts in a 109-107 setback and grabbed a season-high eight rebounds in three different games.

2022 Season: In the 2022 season, Sims was sixth in the league with 5,043 leaderboard points. She authored five games with 400+ points, including a season-high 564-point effort on February 12 against Team Cloud. Honored as a game MVP four times, she was the third-leading scorer in Athletes Unlimited with 20.7 points per game. She also ranked third in total points (311), field goals made (114), field goal attempts (240), and three-point field goal attempts (89). Sims tied for fourth in the circuit with 80 assists, including a season-high 12 assists against Team Mitchell on January 28. She was sixth in AU with a .416 three-point field goal percentage and ranked second in the league with 37 made three-pointers. She shot 90.2 percent from the free-throw line (46-for-51) while starting all 15 games and also ranked seventh in the league with 67 defensive rebounds.

Sims reached double figures in scoring in 14 of 15 appearances, including eight games with 20+ points, and finished the season with five straight 20-point efforts. She authored her lone double-double of the season on February 11 against Team Brown with 16 points and a season-high 12 rebounds. She shot 5-for-12 from the field and was a perfect 5-of-5 from the free throw line in 38 minutes. She netted a season-high 32 points on 12-of-21 shooting from the floor against Team Cloud to complete Week Three. Sims also grabbed eight rebounds while going 4-of-4 at the free-throw line. She registered a 31-point performance against Team Mitchell on January 28, going 9-for-20 from the field and 9-of-9 from the charity stripe. She closed the season with 30 points against Team Brown, including 6-of-8 three-point field goal attempts, and finished the game by making 12-of-24 field goals in 35 minutes.

Other Professional Experience: Odyssey Sims is an eleven-year WNBA veteran who has played for seven different teams. She has appeared in 292 regular-season games with 197 starts and owns an 11.2 career point-per-game average while knocking down 39.7 percent of her field goal attempts.

Sims was selected No. 2 overall by the Tulsa Shock in the 2014 WNBA Draft and was a member of the 2014 WNBA All-Rookie Team. She was a two-time WNBA Rookie of the Month selection who averaged 16.7 points per game in her first season with Tulsa while shooting 40.6 percent from the field. She earned a 2019 WNBA All-Star selection while playing for Minnesota and has also spent time with Las Vegas, Dallas, Atlanta, Minnesota, Connecticut, and Los Angeles during her career. Sims claimed a spot on the 2019 All-WNBA Second Team after posting a 14.5 scoring average while starting all 34 games in her first season with Minnesota. She helped the Connecticut Sun reach the 2022 WNBA Finals after signing a seven-day contract on August 3 and then inking a season-long deal on August 10. She appeared in five regular-season games for the Sun, in addition to all 12 playoff contests. Sims saw action in 28 games in her return to Dallas during the 2023 campaign, averaging 2.0 points and 2.2 assists per outing. She contributed 9.8 points and 5.1 assists per game in nine appearances with the Wings in 2024 before being acquired by the Los Angeles Sparks on August 17, 2024. She saw action in 15 games with 10 starts in Los Angeles, averaging 9.8 points and 5.3 assists per outing. Sims has also played in South Korea and Turkey during the offseason.

International Experience: Sims played on USA Basketball’s World University Games team in 2011 and led Team USA to a Gold medal after averaging 6.2 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. She also earned a Gold medal with Team USA at the 2013 World University Games in Russia, averaging 12.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game en route to securing Most Valuable Player honors.

At Baylor: Odyssey Sims was a three-time consensus First-Team All-America selection. She started 132 of her 145 games with the Lady Bears from 2010 to 2014. As a freshman, she also garnered Honorable Mention All-America recognition by the Associated Press and WBCA. She was named to the John Wooden All-America Team as a junior and senior. In 2014, she received the Wade Trophy, the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, and the Nancy Lieberman Award as the nation's top point guard. She also earned Wade Trophy and Wooden Award finalist status three times. In 2014, she was named Freshman of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association. Sims was a four-time First-Team All-Big 12 Conference pick who earned Player of the Year honors in 2014. She collected Big 12 All-Defensive Team plaudits three times, in addition to being named the league's Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. She was also tabbed Big 12 Athlete of the Year in 2013-14.

Sims was the third-leading scorer in program history with 2,533 career points and owns the Baylor all-time record for career three-point field goals made (258). She was one of five players in program history to make at least 40.0 percent of her career three-point field goal attempts (40.2%). She ranks second in program history with 331 career steals and 641 career assists. She set the Baylor single-season scoring record by averaging 28.5 points per game in 2013-14 and also made a school-record 98 three-pointers as a senior. Sims was one of six players in NCAA Division I women's basketball history to score 1,000 points in a single season after compiling 1,054 points during the 2013-14 campaign. She also holds the distinction of being one of four players in Baylor history with at least 1,000 points in a single campaign. She scored 40 or more points in a game four times, including a career-high 48 points at West Virginia on January 8, 2014. As a sophomore and junior, she led the Bears in assists, and also paced the squad in steals during each of her final three seasons. She was the only player in program history to wear #0.