Lusia Harris
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February 10, 1955 Minter City, Mississippi |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Amanda Elzy (Greenwood, Mississippi) | ||||||||||||||||||
| College | Delta State (1973–1977) | ||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1977 / Round: 7 / Pick: 137th overall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the New Orleans Jazz | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1979–1980 | Houston Angels (WBL) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |||||||||||||||||||
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||||||
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Lusia "Lucy" Harris-Stewart (born Lusia Harris; February 10, 1955) is a former American basketball player. Harris is considered to be one of the pioneers of women's basketball. She played for Delta State University and won three consecutive Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National Championships, the predecessors to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships, from 1975 to 1977. In international level, she represented the United States' national team and won the silver medal in the 1976 Olympic Games, the first ever women's basketball tournament in the Olympic Games. She played professional basketball with the Houston Angels of the Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL) and was the first and only woman ever officially drafted by the National Basketball Association (NBA), a men's professional basketball league. For her achievements, Harris has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
Harris was born in Minter City, Mississippi to Ethel and Willie Harris, a vegetable farmer. She is the tenth of eleven children and the fourth of five daughters. All of her brothers and one of her older sisters, Janie, also played basketball. Harris and her siblings attended Amanda Elzy High School in Greenwood, Mississippi.
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