Cherelle Griner’s Career: A Look at the Professional Life of Brittney Griner’s Wife

Brittney Griner and Cherelle Griner were college acquaintances at Baylor University between 2010 and 2014. Although their relationship didn’t begin until after Brittney’s first marriage to fellow WNBA player, Glory Johnson, ended in 2016, Brittney remembers their first meeting perfectly. She posted in 2020 on Instagram about that special day, which she said she’ll “never forget.” Cherelle majored in political science and government, minoring in family and child studies at Baylor. After graduating, she went on to become a teacher. In May 2022, Cherelle graduated from the North Carolina Central University of Law and now wants to use her degree to help those who are voiceless. Her experience with Brittney’s detainment inspired her to make a difference in the world. She told People, “I should have known about that before, which means we need more voices around this issue. My story came full circle. But there’s so many other Americans, their story is not full circle. And so it’s changed everything about what I thought I was going to do career-wise.” In 2018, Brittney proposed to Cherelle and the two are still together today.