Lisa Deshaun Leslie-Lockwood (born July 7, 1972) is a former American professional women's basketball player in the WNBA

Women's National Basketball Association

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. She is a three-time WNBA MVP

Most Valuable Player

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 and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner. The number seven pick in the 1997 inaugural WNBA draft, she followed a superb career at the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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 with seven WNBA All-Star appearances and two WNBA championships over the course of eleven seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks

Los Angeles Sparks

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, before retiring in 2009.