Biography
As a 5-foot-10 point guard, Nancy Lieberman was taller than many of her opponents, allowing her to play a physical, aggressive style then uncommon to the women's game. Her ability to drive to the hoop, dish out assists, and grab hard-fought rebounds made her one of the game's premier players. At the age of 18, she became the youngest basketball player in Olympic history to win a medal as the US team captured a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics. A three-time All-America at Old Dominion University, Lieberman had a stellar career in leading the Lady Monarchs to back-to-back AIAW National Championships in 1979 and 1980. She was twice named as the Wade Trophy winner, symbolic of the women's National Player of the Year, and is the only two-time winner in history. In her career at ODU, Lieberman scored 2,430 points, grabbed 1,167 rebounds, and dished out a record 961 assists, a mark that still stands upon her enshrinement into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Over those two championship seasons, Lieberman guided the Lady Monarchs to a 72-2 record.
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