Standing only 5-4 as the Houston Comets starting point guard, Kim Perrot helped lead Houston to its first two WNBA championships - in 1997 and 1998. In February 1999, Kim was diagnosed with lung ...

The Comets have captured all three WNBA ... Things were much tougher a season ago for Houston when inspirational point guard Kim Perrot was diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread to her ...

But months before the WNBA season tipped off, Houston received devastating news. Point guard Kim Perrot, who played a key role in the Comets’ two championships, was diagnosed with lung cancer in ...

Hamby, 30, is a first-time recipient of the award, named for the late Kim Perrot, who succumbed to cancer in August 1999 after helping the Houston Comets win the WNBA title in 1997 and 1998.