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Forward / Center | |
Personal information | |
Date of birth | January 29, 1979 |
Place of birth | Akron, Ohio |
Nationality | United States |
High school | Pickerington High School Central |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Career information | |
College | University of Florida |
NBA Draft | 2001 / Round: 2 / Pick: 25th overall |
Selected by the Washington Mystics | |
Pro career | 2001–2001 |
League | WNBA |
Career history | |
2001 | Washington Mystics |
Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Tamara Stocks Lee (born January 29, 1979) is a former American college and professional basketball player who was a forward and center in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for a single season in 2001. Stocks played college basketball for the University of Florida, and thereafter, played professionally for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA. She currently serves as public relations coordinator for B'Ball 101. LLC., an Atlanta-based player/athlete development company, and its non-profit, the Saved By The Ball Foundation, Inc.
Stocks played for Pickerington High School in Pickerington, Ohio, where she was named a high school All-American by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.[1] She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored eight points.[2]
At the University of Florida, Stocks is one of the Gators' all-time leaders in points and rebounds. She is the first ever high school NIKE/WBCA All-American to sign with the Gators. She graduated in 2001 and was selected 25th overall in the first round of the 2001 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics. She played only one season in the WNBA. Father, James Stocks is the first African-American basketball player to graduate from Murray State University. He also played for Kentucky Colonels in the ABA (American Basketball Association). It should also be noted that she posed in Playboy Magazine.[1]
She resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, Dorian A. Lee, and their son, Tiago Satori Lee.
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