WNBA Los Angeles Sparks

Leslie is the Lead Vote-getter Among WNBA Centers

Published on July 14, 2009 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Los Angeles Sparks News Release


LOS ANGELES - Sparks veteran center Lisa Leslie has been named to the Western Conference starting line-up of the 2009 WNBA All-Star game it was announced today. Leslie, who announced that 2009 will be her final season, is the leading vote-getter among WNBA centers and will be playing in her league best, eighth All-Star game.

Leslie, the WNBA's leader in career points and rebounds, is no stranger to the WNBA All-Star game having been selected as a Western Conference All-Star eight times. In the inaugural WNBA All-Star game in 1999, Leslie led the Western Conference All-Stars to victory and garnered her first of three All-Star game MVP awards. She later won the award back to back, as a reserve in 2001 and as a starter in 2002.

" I am so thankful to the fans for voting me to start on the 2009 All-Star team," said Leslie. "It is truly an honor being that this is my final season. It's always exciting to just be an All-Star but being voted a starter by the fans makes it even more special."

Of Leslie's eight All-Star selections, she has been named to the starting line-up five times, (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009), and has career All-Star game averages of 14.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.4 blocks.

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