Lisa Leslie

Another interesting fact…By the time Leslie was in middle school, she had grown to over 6′1″. In the eighth grade, she transferred to a junior high school without a girls’ basketball team and joined a boys’ basketball team. (Courtesy blackpast.org)

To learn more about this inspirational woman, go to Encyclopedia.com’s web page

https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/sports-and-games/sports-biographies/lisa-leslie