Rebecca Lobo
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Rebecca Rose Lobo (born October 6, 1973 in Southwick, Massachusetts) is a television basketball analyst and a former player in the professional Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 to 2003. Lobo, at 6' 4", played the center position for much of her career.
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[edit] Career
[edit] College Basketball career
Lobo attended the University of Connecticut and helped lead the Huskies to the 1995 National Championship with an undefeated 35-0 record. In her senior year, she won the 1995 Naismith and College Player of the Year awards.
Rebecca Lobo was born in Southwick, Massachusetts. She holds the state scoring record with 2,710 points in her high school career in Southwick.
[edit] Professional Basketball career
After college, Lobo joined the WNBA for its inaugural season. Lobo was assigned to the New York Liberty during the WNBA's first player allocations on January 22, 1997. She spent the first five years of her career with New York. However, in the first game of the 1999 season, she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee and never fully recovered.
Lobo was traded to the Houston Comets in exchange for their second-round selection (26th overall) in the 2002 WNBA Draft. After playing the 2003 WNBA season with the Connecticut Sun, she retired.
[edit] Sports commentator
Today, Lobo is seen as a color analyst for NBA-TV with a focus on WNBA games. She also announces and commentates women's and men's college basketball games, primarily for her alma mater, the University of Connecticut.
[edit] Family
She is married to former Sports Illustrated writer Steve Rushin. On December 25, 2004 Rushin and Lobo had their first daughter named Siobhan Rose Rushin. Their second daughter, Maeve Elizabeth Rushin, was born on August 10, 2006.
[edit] Breast cancer advocate
In 1996, Lobo and her mother, RuthAnn Lobo, collaborated on a book entitled The Home Team [1], which dealt with RuthAnn's battle with breast cancer.
Rebecca was the 1996 spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day fund raiser which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer research and education.
[edit] Trivia
A street named "Rebecca Lobo Way" in Southwick, Massachusetts, where she attended high school, was named after her.
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| Preceded by Lisa Leslie |
Naismith College Player of the Year (women's) 1995 |
Succeeded by Saudia Roundtree |
| Preceded by Carol Ann Shudlick |
Wade Trophy winner 1995 |
Succeeded by Jennifer Rizzotti |
| Preceded by None |
NCAA Woman of the Year Award 1995 |
Succeeded by Billie Winsett-Fletcher |
