Lisa Willis
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June 13, 1984 Long Beach, California |
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | |||||||||||||
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| High school | Narbonne (Harbor City, California) | |||||||||||||
| College | UCLA (2002–2006) | |||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall | |||||||||||||
| Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2006–2010 | |||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | |||||||||||||
| Number | 40 | |||||||||||||
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| 2006–2007 | Los Angeles Sparks | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | New York Liberty | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Sacramento Monarchs | |||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||
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Lisa Camille Willis (born June 13, 1984) was an American professional women's basketball player with the Los Angeles Sparks and New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. She entered the WNBA in 2006 as the overall fifth draft pick to the Los Angeles Sparks immediately following her college career at University of California, Los Angeles. While Willis played for the Los Angeles Sparks for her first two seasons, she was playing for the New York Liberty her last two seasons where she led the WNBA in three pointers in 2008.
Willis enjoyed a successful college career at UCLA where she had an amazing presence offensively and defensively. In 2006 as a senior, Willis was named prior to the season by Nancy Lieberman of ESPN as the nation’s best defender, named Honorable mention AP All American, selected Third Team All American selection by Women’s Basketball News Service, named as a Pre Season Naismith Award Nominee, nominated for the Bayer Advantage Senior Class Award, was UCLA's All time 3point shot leader (second on All Time PAC10 list), ranked ninth on the All Time UCLA Scoring List, ranked fifth at UCLA in all time games played, ranked 13th on all time school rebounding list, ranked 10th in all time school scoring list, ranked 8th in all time school free throw percentage, ranked second in all time school steal list and listed as the first player in history to record three straight seasons with 100 or more steals.
In 2005 as a junior, Willis was deemed as UCLA’s all time 3point shot leader, was selected first team All PAC10, was ranked sixth in nation in steals, became first Bruin to record back to back 100 steals seasons, tied her own school record for made 3point shots, recorded 26 double figure scoring games and tallied nine double figure rebounding games. She was also selected to the 2005 USA Team and won a gold medal in Izmir, Turkey.
In 2004 as a sophomore, Willis tallied a total of 100 steals (which was the most ever by a UCLA sophomore), was ranked third in NCAA in steals per game, was ranked ninth for sophomores scoring at UCLA, ranked first in PAC10 in steals, ranked first in PAC10 in 3point shots made, ranked seventh in PAC10 in defensive rebounding, 15th in overall rebounding, and ranked tenth in PAC10 in scoring.
In 2003 as a freshman, Willis Finished the regular season seventh in PAC10 3pointers made and ranked second on UCLA’s all-time single season frosh list for 3pointer.
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