Lisa Leslie
Chronology
| 1972 | Born July 7 |
| 1987 | Enters Morningside High School in Inglewood, California and joins the basketball team |
| 1989 | Named to USA Today 's high school All-American first team |
| 1989 | Competes with U.S. women's Junior World Championship team |
| 1990 | Scores 101 points in the first half of game against South Torrance High; denied national record for points in one game when South Torrance forfeits |
| 1990 | Leads Morningside to state title |
| 1990 | Awarded Naismith and Dial awards |
| 1990 | Becomes last player cut from U.S. women's National Team |
| 1991 | Enters University of Southern California as most highly recruited female basketball player since Cheryl Miller in 1983 |
| 1991 | Earns National and Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors |
| 1991 | Becomes first freshman named to Pac-10 first team |
| 1991 | Leads U.S. to gold at the World University Games |
| 1992 | Attends Olympic trials as youngest player trying out for U.S. women's team |
| 1993 | Named Female Athlete of the Year by USA Basketball |
| 1994 | Earns second Naismith Award |
| 1994 | Qualifies for U.S. women's national team and leads team to gold in Goodwill Games |
| 1994 | Travels to Italy to play professionally |
| 1996 | Named to U.S. women's Summer Olympics "Dream Team" and leads team to gold medal |
| 1996 | Assigned to Los Angeles Sparks of newly formed Women's National Basketball Association |
| 2001 | Leads L.A. to first WNBA title and named tournament MVP |
| 2002 | On July 30 becomes first woman to slam dunk in a professional game |
| 2002 | Leads L.A. to second WNBA title and named tournament MVP |
| 2002 | Named regular season, All-Star and tournament MVP, becoming first WNBA player to win all three MVP trophies in one season |
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