<Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Jones Cup </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1992 Taipei </Td> <Td> Team Competition </Td> </Tr> <P> Lisa Deshaun Leslie (born July 7, 1972) is a former American professional basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is a three - time WNBA MVP and a four - time Olympic gold medal winner . The number - seven pick in the 1997 inaugural WNBA draft, she followed her career at the University of Southern California with eight WNBA All - Star selections and two WNBA championships over the course of eleven seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks, before retiring in 2009 . Leslie was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game . In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in WNBA history . In 2015, she was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . </P> <P> Leslie was born in Gardena, California, the daughter of Christine Lauren Leslie, who stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m), and Walter Leslie, a semi-professional basketball player . Christine started her own truck driving business to support her three children . Walter left the family when her mother was four months pregnant with her . Leslie has two sisters: Dionne, who is five years older, and Tiffany, who is eight years younger . She also has a brother, Elgin, who is the Carondelet high school basketball coach . Lisa played basketball on an all - boys basketball team in middle school . She also played on an all - girls team with the record 33--1 . </P>

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