Swin Cash

Swintayla Marie Cash Canal (born September 22, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. She played in college for the University of Connecticut and professionally for 15 years in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and overseas leagues. She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 9, 2022.

Cash is one of 11 women to receive an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a FIBA World Cup, and a WNBA Championship.

Personal life Cash was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKeesport and raised by her mother, Cynthia. She has two brothers named Stephen and Kevin Menifee and one sister, Angelique Menifee. She holds basketball camps and clinics under her company, Swin Cash Enterprise LLC, and is involved in charity events through the WNBA. Cash married longtime boyfriend Steve Canal in Atlanta, Georgia. On July 9, 2025, Cash became an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

High school Cash attended McKeesport Area High School in McKeesport, where she participated in many activities. She tried baseball, track and cheerleading. She was also in school plays.

Washington and Jefferson College awarded Cash with an honorary degree in Doctorate of Public Service at their commencement ceremonies in May 2011 to honor her charity work. Cash is the founder of the Pennsylvania-based Cash for Kids charitable organization.

Executive career On June 10, 2019, Cash was hired to serve as the vice president of basketball operations and team development for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association. On September 26, 2024, she was promoted to the role of senior vice president of basketball operations. On April 24, 2025, Cash was dismissed by the Pelicans after six seasons with the team.

On September 23, 2025, Amazon Prime Video hired Cash to serve as a front office insider and WNBA analyst. In December 2026 Cash will be inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.

Anti-racism and anti-violence activism Cash is an advocate against gun violence and police brutality. In 2016, she was fined $500 by the Association, along with her teammates and players from two other WNBA teams, for wearing warm up shirts that read "#BlackLivesMatter" and "#Dallas5", both serving as references to gun violence. In a post-game debriefing following the incident, Cash stated:I think it’s a shame that we keep seeing people that want to make this movement as something that’s violent. Five cops gave their lives up trying to protect a peaceful movement. And in this country, I do believe that you can assemble peacefully and protest against injustice. So until the system transforms, we cannot sit here and act like there is not a problem here in America. She said that part of what motivated her to take a stance against police violence was the Civil Rights Movement era stories her grandmother told her. She recognizes that police brutality is an aspect of racial activism, and she fears that because police are able to kill unarmed people without facing arrests, a regression to pre-Civil Rights laws and practices may occur for black people.

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