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.
who was the first woman to dunk in the wnba
Lisa Deshaun Leslie