Overall Leslie averaged 20.1 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 2.7 blocked shots per game in her college career. Her other individual honors include National and Pac-10 Freshman of the Year awards, and Pac-10 Player of the Week honors three times-all as a freshman.
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Leslie became the first freshman named to the Women's College Basketball All-Pac-10.
By the end of her freshman season, Leslie averaged twenty points and ten rebounds per game, making her the leading freshman scorer and rebounder at USC. During her first game she accumulated thirty points, twenty rebounds, and four steals, and quickly earned the starting center position. Leslie settled in to the demanding schedule of practice, games, and study. Accepting an offer from the University of Southern California (USC), a Pacific Ten (Pac-10) school, Leslie stayed in Los Angeles. The decision was easy she wanted to play where her mother could come to games. This experience, combined with her high school record, meant that she was fiercely recruited by colleges in her last year of high school (1989 to 1990). Leslie earned international attention for her basketball performance in the 1989 Junior World Championship. Leslie also received the prestigious Naismith Prep Player of the Year in 1990 and earned All-America honors in 1994, 1993, and 1992. In 1989 Leslie earned the Dial Award as the best scholar-athlete in the nation (female), and in 1990 USA Today and Gatorade named her Prep Player of the Year. A solid student, she maintained a 3.5 average, was class president three consecutive years, played volleyball, and was a champion high jumper. In addition to leading her team to two state championships, Leslie won a number of individual awards. The opposing team declined to play the second half. By halftime Leslie had accumulated an incredible 101 points, which beat the school record and was only five points shy of breaking the single-game high school record set by Cheryl Miller. In her last game at Morningside, the Lady Monarchs tried to help Leslie break the school's single-game scoring record. She averaged more than twenty-seven points and fifteen rebounds per game. The Lady Monarchs coach Frank Scott said she needed work, but was impressed by Leslie's work ethic and daily improvement.īy her senior year Leslie usually played only the first half of the game so that her teammates could get playing time. As a six-foot, three-inch freshman, Leslie made the varsity team and started every game. They did sit-ups, push-ups, and basketball drills.īy the time Leslie arrived at Morningside High School in Inglewood, California, she was ready to join Morningside's Lady Monarchs, who were rated among the top 10 girls' basketball teams in the United States. Simpson worked on basketball fundamentals and did a good deal of strength training. To her surprise, she liked the game and expressed her interest to her cousin, Craig Simpson, who agreed to work with her over the summer. Convinced to play by a friend, Leslie figured if she gave the game a try people would stop asking her why she did not play. Leslie's basketball career began at Whaley Junior High in Compton, California. Leslie grew more comfortable with her height but still was irritated by the constant question, "Why don't you play basketball?" Her mother, herself six foot, three inches tall, encouraged Lisa to be proud of her stature and enrolled her in charm school and paid for In school Leslie was embarrassed by her height and teased by other children. Despite these separations, the family was close-knit and mutually supportive. Leslie and her sisters-one older, one younger-spent summers traveling with their mother and the school year with relatives. In 1982, after learning her postal carrier job might be terminated, Leslie's mother, Christine, sold her house and bought an eighteen-wheel truck. Leslie's father left the family in 1976 when she was four years old. Leslie was one of three girls born to Walter Leslie, a semi-professional basketball player, and Christine Leslie, a postal worker.
LISA LESLIE PROFESSIONAL
7 July 1972 in Hawthorne, California), college, Olympic, and professional basketball player and professional model known for her grace, skill, and generosity.
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