Betty Bernice Lennox was born on December 4,1976 and is an American retired professional basketball player.
37 Facts About Betty Lennox
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Betty Lennox played for the Minnesota Lynx, Miami Sol, Cleveland Rockers, Seattle Storm, Atlanta Dream, Los Angeles Sparks and Tulsa Shock in the Women's National Basketball Association.
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Betty Lennox was the eighth of nine children and the youngest daughter in the family.
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Betty Lennox has three sisters named Lela, Ruby, and Victoria, all of them older than she is.
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Betty Lennox learned to play basketball with her four older brothers and one younger, who did not cut her any slack because she was a girl.
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Betty Lennox would learn to not be intimated by others while playing with her brothers as a child.
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Betty Lennox developed her work ethic from growing up on a farm with her family.
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Betty Lennox was loading bales by age ten, each bale weighing 30 to 40 pounds, and did many daily chores while in primary school in Grant.
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Betty Lennox spent three years attending Fort Osage High School in Independence, Missouri, under the coaching of Dale Williams.
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Betty Lennox played her sophomore year at Grant High School in Grant, OK.
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Betty Lennox originally learned the six-player game of basketball while in Oklahoma.
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Betty Lennox struggled when her family moved to Missouri, as she was not used to crossing over the center line to be a defensive player, as she had only been an offensive player while in Oklahoma.
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Betty Lennox played college basketball at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas for her sophomore year.
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Betty Lennox was the MVP of the tournament, and finished the championship game with 27 points and 20 rebounds.
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Betty Lennox then transferred to Louisiana Tech University, and graduated from there in 2000 with a BA in psychology.
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Betty Lennox took a year off from basketball while at LA Tech in 1998 to devote herself to her studies in order to complete her degree.
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Betty Lennox was named the 2000 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and a US Basketball Writers Association First Team All-American while at Louisiana Tech University.
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Betty Lennox was selected by the Minnesota Lynx as the sixth overall pick in the 2000 WNBA Draft and later became the WNBA's Rookie of the Year in 2000.
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Betty Lennox was the first Rookie to ever play in a WNBA All-Star Game that same year.
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Betty Lennox made the All-WNBA 2nd Team in 2000 as well.
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Betty Lennox broke her hip in 2001, and was originally told that her basketball career would be over after the injury.
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Betty Lennox was named the Finals Most Valuable Player, averaging 22.3 points per game during the series en route to winning the award.
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In 2005 with the Seattle Storm, Betty Lennox made her 200th career three-pointer.
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On February 6,2008, Betty Lennox was selected by the newly formed Atlanta Dream in the expansion draft.
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Betty Lennox was the Eastern Conference leading point scorer for the year.
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Betty Lennox reached the 3,000 point and 1,000 rebound milestones in the 2008 season as well.
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Betty Lennox was acquired by the Los Angeles Sparks for the 2009 season as an unrestricted free agent to join forces with Candace Parker, Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson.
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Betty Lennox signed with the Tulsa Shock for the 2011 season, then waived before the start of the season, later re-signed for the remainder of the 2011 season, playing only 9 games.
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Betty Lennox would be sidelined for the later part of the season with a concussion.
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Betty Lennox has played overseas for a total of 7 off-season years during her 12-year career with the WNBA.
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Betty Lennox has been known to play internationally during the off season with the WNBA, playing for many teams throughout the world.
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Betty Lennox played in Turkey in 2010 for Tarsus Belediyes.
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Betty Lennox started the Betty Lennox Foundation 22 in 2005 to support children who were victims of neglect and abuse.
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Betty Lennox was presented with the WNBA's Community Assist Award in June 2006 for her charitable work.
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Since retiring from professional basketball, Betty Lennox has been a basketball trainer for college students.
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In March 2016, Betty Lennox won the award for Woman of the Year at the 2016 Women of Distinction Awards.
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Betty Lennox is a Christian who comes from a deeply religious background and had a bible verse inscribed on the toes of her shoes that she wore during games which she says is the scripture that tells all about her life journey.