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Rebecca Rose Lobo (born October 6 1973 in Southwick, Massachusetts ) is an American 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. CAREER High school Rebecca Lobo holds the state scoring record with 2,710 points in her high school career in Southwick-Tolland Regional High School . College 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. Professional After college, Lobo joined the WNBA for its inaugural season. Lobo was assigned to the New York Liberty during the league'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. Sports announcing 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 . FAMILY Lobo is the youngest daughter of Dennis and RuthAnn Lobo. Her father is half Cuban and half Polish . Her mother is of German and Irish heritage.Thomson Gale biography. RebeccaLobo.com. Her brother Jason played basketball at Dartmouth College . 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 . BREAST CANCER ADVOCATE In . Rebecca was the 1996 spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day fund raiser which raises millions of dollars for Breast Cancer research and education. TRIVIA A street named "Rebecca Lobo Way" in Southwick, Massachusetts , where she attended high school, was named after her. Represented the US Women's basketball team in the "Banging Hard in the School Yard" episode of Martin . Lobo was the tallest member of the team. SEE ALSO NOTES REFERENCES | |||||||||||||||
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