Olympic gold-medalist, former South Carolina assistant Nikki McCray-Penson dies at 51

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Two-time Olympic gold-medalist and former ABL MVP Nikki McCray-Penson has died.

Old Dominion women’s basketball coach Nikki McCray-Penson smiles in Norfolk, Va. May 31, 2017. Two-time Olympic gold medalist and former ABL MVP Nikki McCray-Penson has died. She was 51. McCray-Penson was an assistant women’s basketball coach at Rutgers last season and the school confirmed her death, although the cause of her passing was not immediately known.

Nikki McCray models a Women’s National Basketball Association jersey with WNBA President Val Ackerman at the league’s headquarters in New York Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1997. Two-time Olympic gold medalist and former ABL MVP Nikki McCray-Penson has died. She was 51. McCray-Penson was an assistant women’s basketball coach at Rutgers last season and the school confirmed her death, although the cause of her passing was not immediately known.

 

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