Why is Rebecca Lobo important?

Rebecca Lobo is an important figure in American women’s basketball. In 1997, Lobo was one of the first women signed to the WNBA, where she became an All-Star and an All-WNBA performer.

As a part of Team USA during the 1996 Summer Olympics, Rebecca Lobo won gold on one of the greatest basketball teams ever assembled.

Rebecca Lobo was named to the USA U18 team (then called the Junior World Championship Qualifying Team) in 1992.

Rebecca Lobo played two seasons in the National Women’s Basketball League with the Springfield Spirit from 2002 through 2003.

Rebecca Lobo was the state-scoring record-holder with 2,740 points in her high school career for Southwick-Tolland Regional High School in Massachusetts.

Rebecca Lobo held the state-scoring record with 2,740 points in her high school career for 18 years until January 2009.

Rebecca Lobo played college basketball at the University of Connecticut. Rebecca Lobo was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. Lobo helped lead the Huskies to the 1995 National Championship with an undefeated 35–0 record.