Sue Bird has won many, many awards during her long, illustrious career with the Seattle Storm and, before that as one of the best collegiate point guards in history with Connecticut, but the one she received Thursday will stand out.
Bird, who led the Storm to the WNBA title this year while having one of the best seasons of her 17-year Storm career, was given the Royal Brougham Award, “given to an individual for a lifetime of achievement in sports and who exemplifies the spirit of state of our state.”
Bird and others in the Seattle sports scene were honored Thursday at the 84th Annual MTRWestern Sports Star of the Year banquet at Seattle’s Grand Sheraton Hotel.