Lisa Leslie
- Sport: basketball
- Position: center
- Nationality: USA
- Birth date: 1972-07-07 (36 years)
- Place of birth: Gardena, California), USA
Lisa Leslie was born July 7, 1972 in Gardena, California.
High School
Lisa, who is 6 ft 5 inches tall, was six feet tall when she started playing basketball in the seventh grade. She was a dominating player, made legendary by scoring 101 points in the first half of a high school basketball game.
That is not the record, however. Cheryl Miller set a high school record of 105 points. (Lisa's opponent on this occasion elected to forfeit the game at half-time.)
Lisa attended Morningside High School in Inglewood, California, and was named the 1990 Gatorade Girls Basketball National Player of the Year. She received the Dial Award for female American high-school athlete/scholar of the year in 1989.
College
Lisa went to the University of Southern California, where she was a four time All-Pacific Ten Conference first team selection.
WNBA
Lisa was on the Women's Olympic team in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, which won the Gold Medal. After these games, Leslie became one of the original members of the Los Angeles Sparks when the WNBA's first season opened in 1997.
In 2001, Lisa was named MVP of the league, the All-Star game and the finals, becoming the first player ever to garner all three awards in the same season.
On July 30, 2002, in a game against the Miami Sol, Lisa became the first woman to score with a dunk in a WNBA game.
On July 29, 2004, Lisa reached the milestone of 4,000 career points. Later in 2004 she won a gold medal winner with United States women's national basketball team in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.
At the 2005 WNBA All Star Game, Leslie dunked once again in the closing seconds of the game. It was the both the 2nd dunk of her career in the WNBA as well as the second dunk in the history of the WNBA.
On June 25, 2006, Lisa Leslie scored her 5,000th career point and set an individual career high with 41 points versus the San Antonio Silver Stars. At the end of the season, she was named the WNBA MVP for the third time.
Personal
Lisa Leslie married Michael Lockwood, a pilot and former Air Force basketball player, in Maui in November 2005. She gave birth to the couple's first child, daughter Lauren Jolie Lockwood, on June 15, 2007 in Los Angeles. She missed the 2007 WNBA season due to pregnancy and maternity leave.
High School
Lisa, who is 6 ft 5 inches tall, was six feet tall when she started playing basketball in the seventh grade. She was a dominating player, made legendary by scoring 101 points in the first half of a high school basketball game.
That is not the record, however. Cheryl Miller set a high school record of 105 points. (Lisa's opponent on this occasion elected to forfeit the game at half-time.)
Lisa attended Morningside High School in Inglewood, California, and was named the 1990 Gatorade Girls Basketball National Player of the Year. She received the Dial Award for female American high-school athlete/scholar of the year in 1989.
College
Lisa went to the University of Southern California, where she was a four time All-Pacific Ten Conference first team selection.
WNBA
Lisa was on the Women's Olympic team in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, which won the Gold Medal. After these games, Leslie became one of the original members of the Los Angeles Sparks when the WNBA's first season opened in 1997.
In 2001, Lisa was named MVP of the league, the All-Star game and the finals, becoming the first player ever to garner all three awards in the same season.
On July 30, 2002, in a game against the Miami Sol, Lisa became the first woman to score with a dunk in a WNBA game.
On July 29, 2004, Lisa reached the milestone of 4,000 career points. Later in 2004 she won a gold medal winner with United States women's national basketball team in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.
At the 2005 WNBA All Star Game, Leslie dunked once again in the closing seconds of the game. It was the both the 2nd dunk of her career in the WNBA as well as the second dunk in the history of the WNBA.
On June 25, 2006, Lisa Leslie scored her 5,000th career point and set an individual career high with 41 points versus the San Antonio Silver Stars. At the end of the season, she was named the WNBA MVP for the third time.
Personal
Lisa Leslie married Michael Lockwood, a pilot and former Air Force basketball player, in Maui in November 2005. She gave birth to the couple's first child, daughter Lauren Jolie Lockwood, on June 15, 2007 in Los Angeles. She missed the 2007 WNBA season due to pregnancy and maternity leave.
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