# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sami-whitcomb
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:01:06.650Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sami-whitcomb"
name: "Sami Whitcomb"
slug: "sami-whitcomb"
description: "Samantha Allison Whitcomb is an American-Australian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is also contracted with the Perth Lynx of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college basketball for the Washington Huskies before making a name for herself in Australia with the Rockingham Flames in the State Basketball League (SBL) and the Perth Lynx in the WNBL. She made her debut in the WNBA in 2017 and won championships with the Seattle Storm in 2018 and 2020. She became an Australian citizen in 2018 and made her debut for the Australian Opals. With the Bendigo Spirit in 2025, she was named WNBL Most Valuable Player and won her first WNBL championship."
tagline: "American basketball player (1988-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sami_Whitcomb_32_Be%C5%9Fikta%C5%9F_WB_TKBSL_20251224_(3)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1988-07-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.61562933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/SamBam32"
    handle:    "SamBam32"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bamsam32/"
    handle:    "bamsam32"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%90%A8%E7%B1%B3%C2%B7%E6%83%A0%E7%89%B9%E7%A7%91%E5%A7%86"
    title: "萨米·惠特科姆"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8"
    title: "سامي وايتكومب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8"
    title: "سامى وايتكومب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Whitcomb"
    title: "Sami Whitcomb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Whitcomb"
    title: "Sami Whitcomb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8"
    title: "سامی ویتکامب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Whitcomb"
    title: "Sami Whitcomb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Whitcomb"
    title: "Sami Whitcomb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Whitcomb"
    title: "Sami Whitcomb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Whitcomb"
    title: "Sami Whitcomb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Whitcomb"
    title: "Sami Whitcomb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B8"
    title: "Уиткомб, Сэми"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Whitcomb"
    title: "Sami Whitcomb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20744786"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump