Kara Lawson

Kara Lawson
Information about the player
Full name	Kara Marie Lawson
birthday	14th February 1981 (age 39)
place of birth	Alexandria , Virginia , United States
size	173 cm
position	Point guard
college	University of Tennessee
WNBA Draft	2003 , 5th Pick, Detroit Shock
Jersey number	20th
WNBA clubs as active
2003-2009	Sacramento Monarchs
2010-2013	Connecticut Sun
2014-2015	Washington Mystics
1 As of October 12, 2016

Kara Marie Lawson (born February 14, 1981 in Alexandria , Virginia , United States ) is a professional basketball player. She last played in the 2015 season for the Washington Mystics in the Women's National Basketball Association .

Career

College (1999 to 2003)

Kara Lawson played until 2003 under Pat Summitt for the Lady Volunteers , the women's basketball team at the University of Tennessee . In 2003 she graduated with a degree in finance.

WNBA (since 2003)

Lawson was selected in the 2003 WNBA Draft by the Detroit Shock in fifth place. But just five days later she was transferred to the Sacramento Monarchs for Kedra Holland-Corn and a second-round pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft . In their first five seasons, Lawson rarely played in the Monarchs' starting lineup, but they still got a considerable playing time at around 22 minutes per game. In the 2005 season she won the WNBA championship with the Monarchs. Lawson made a significant contribution to this success with her average of 11.3 points per game. Their strongest season for the Monarchs, they played so far in the 2007 season when she with 11 points, 0.9 steals, 2.3 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game in each of these categories set a new personal record. In the 2008 season Lawson was an integral part of the starting lineup. She was able to set a new personal record in the season with an average of 12.2 points. In addition, she reached the playoffs with the Monarchs for the sixth time in a row, where the Monarchs were knocked out in the Conference Semifinals just 2-1 in games against the San Antonio Silver Stars . The 2009 season was not nearly as successful as a team as the previous one, when Lawson first missed the playoffs with the Monarchs and ended the season as the worst team in the league. Lawson was rarely in the starting line-up during the season, but their playing time remained almost as long as the previous season. In the end, Lawson was able to close the season with a personal sense of achievement when she was awarded the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award .

After the dissolution of the Monarchs, she moved to the Connecticut Sun as a free agent before the 2010 season . There she played most of the games as a member of the starting lineup. She reached the playoffs twice in four seasons with the team. After four years with the Sun, Lawson moved to the Washington Mystics team for the 2014 season, for which she was active until 2015. In Washington she reached the playoffs with the Mystics, but always failed in the first round.

After the 2015 season , Lawson no longer played in the WNBA. Up to this point she played in 13 WNBA seasons in the regular season 377 games, she was 159 May in the starting lineup and scored 3679 points, 981 rebounds and 950 assists. In 47 playoff games (19 of them in the starting lineup) she scored 491 points, 155 rebounds and 116 assists.

National team (2008)

In 2008 she won the gold medal with the US national basketball team at the Summer Olympics in Beijing . She also won the 2007 American Basketball Championship with the US team .

Web links

• WNBA player profile
• Statistics about the player on basketball-reference.com (engl.)
• FIBA overview of participation in international tournaments