Lisa Leslie
- The most-recognized player in the WNBA and Team USA & was the most dominant player in the women’s game.
Lisa Leslie, the most-recognized player in the WNBA and Team USA, was the most dominant player in the women’s game. While at Morningside High School in Inglewood, CA, she led the team to two state championships and scored 101 points in a half of a game. At the University of Southern California, the number 1...
read the restLisa Leslie, the most-recognized player in the WNBA and Team USA, was the most dominant player in the women’s game.
While at Morningside High School in Inglewood, CA, she led the team to two state championships and scored 101 points in a half of a game. At the University of Southern California, the number 1 recruit in the nation finished college as the all time Pac-10 leader in points, rebounds, and blocked shots. Lisa went on to win gold on four U.S. Olympic teams in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. She is the first team sport athlete to win four consecutive Olympic Gold Medals.
In 2001, Leslie was the first WNBA player to win the regular season MVP, the All-Star Game MVP and the playoff MVP in the same season. She led the Los Angeles Sparks to back-to-back Championships. She would go on to win her third MVP trophy of the WNBA in 2006. Leslie is the first woman to slam-dunk in a professional game. In 2009, Lisa Leslie retired.
Lisa became an author, and released her book, “Don’t Let the Lipstick Fool You” and “From The Court To The Boardroom”. She became a commentator for ESPN in 2004, covering the NCAA Women’s Tournament and has not looked back. She is now an in-studio sports analyst for CBS’s show called “We Need To Talk”. Lisa is also a head coach in the BIG 3.
Lisa has been happily married to her best friend and husband, Michael Lockwood for eighteen years and proud parents. As a wife, mom, author, sports analyst, motivational speaker and real estate professional with the Lockwood Group, you can see Lisa Leslie does it all.
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