Tamara Stocks

Tamara Stocks
Personal information
Born (1979-01-29) January 29, 1979
Akron, Ohio
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school Pickerington (Pickerington, Ohio)
College Florida (1997–2001)
WNBA draft 2001 / Round: 2 / Pick: 25th overall
Selected by the Washington Mystics
Playing career 2001–2001
Position Forward / Center
Number 4
Career history
2001 Washington Mystics
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Tamara Stocks Lee (born January 29, 1979), née Tamara Stocks, is an American former 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 was born in Akron, Ohio. She played for Pickerington High School in Pickerington, Ohio, where she was named a high school All-American by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored eight points.[1]

At the University of Florida, Stocks became one of the Florida Gators women's basketball team's 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. Her father, James Stocks, was the first African-American basketball player to graduate from Murray State University. He also played for the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association (ABA).

She resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, Dorian A. Lee, and their 3 sons.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
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