Venus Lacy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Venus Lacy
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 9, 1967(1967-02-09)
Age	57
Birthplace	Chattanooga
Country	United States
Birth City	Tennessee
Horoscope	Aquarius

Venus Lacy Biography

Venus Lacy is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on February 9, 1967 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Venus Lacy (some sources give her name as Venus Lacey, born February 9th 1997) has been an American former basketball star at the high school as well as college Olympic and pro levels. A strong, broad-bodied 6’4″ (1.93 meters) center at her peak, Lacy was a formidable presence in the paint as well as rebounding. She was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, she was a champion at every level however, her American professional life was marred due to injuries she suffered from a crash with a car in 1997.

Since there was a lack of a U.S. lacked a women’s professional league, Lacy’s career started in the foreign lands, where she played for teams from Greece, Italy and Japan. She played a key role in leading Greece to win a European championship during the 1995-96 season.

Lacy was also a member of the gold-medal-winning 1996 Olympic team. Lacy was the last player added to the USA’s 12-woman roster, joining the team midway through its year-long exhibition tour to add size in the paint. The team went an undefeated 52-0 in this unprecedented Olympic preparation year, against a variety of college, all-star and international teams.

No doubt due to her injuries, Lacy went undrafted by any WNBA team in the special post-ABL consolidation draft. However, midway through the 1999 season, Lacy was picked up by the New York Liberty to fill in for their injured All- star center, Rebecca Lobo. Lacy played in 17 games that year for the Liberty, and in 2 more in 2000, but without much success. She has not played in the WNBA since.

Lacy participated with the USA team during the 1991 Pan American Games, which took place at Havana, Cuba. The team had 4-2 record however, they were able to secure an Olympic bronze. The USA team fell in an all-three game against Brazil but then came back with victories over Argentina and Cuba which earned them a place in the finals. The following match was a rematch with Cuba but this time, the team from Cuba was victorious in a five-point game. The USA defeated Canada quickly to win the bronze. Lacy was averaging 9.4 score per contest.

Venus Lacy Net Worth

Venus Lacy is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Venus Lacy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

A sports hero from the area (a city parkway was named in her honor), Lacy led Chattanooga’s Brainerd High School to the national championship in 1984.

Venus Lacy attended Louisiana Tech University and was the one who led it to winning the NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Championship in 1988. The following year Louisiana Tech’s Lady Techsters made the 1989 Final Four, but lost to Auburn. In her senior year of in 1990 Louisiana Tech went undefeated during the regular season and was ranked as the top team in the polls of national teams. In that year, Lacy was an all-American consensus selection as well as the WBCA Player of the Year. The 1990 team reached the Final Four, where they were again defeated by their arch-rivals Auburn. Lacy ended her NCAA career with 266 points in the tournament, which placed her in the most successful women at the time. Lacy was admitted into the Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame in the year 2011.

Lacy was the first player selected by the Seattle Reign in the ABL Draft on June 19, 1996. From this promising start, her luck seemed to turn sour. Lacy was seriously injured in a car accident on February 4, 1997, and completed her season in Seattle on the injured list. After that year, she was selected by the ABL’s expansion Long Beach Stingrays. Expansion teams typically fare poorly in their first several years, but this was an exception: Long Beach made the ABL Finals in their first and only season, where they lost the championship to the Columbus Quest, two games to three.(After winning the first two games, played in Long Beach due to scheduling conflicts in Columbus, the Stingrays were unable to win in Columbus). Notwithstanding their on-court success, the Long Beach franchise folded after one year, and next year Lacy was once again drafted by another ABL expansion team, the even shorter-lived Nashville Noise. Just 15 games into the 1998-1999 season, on December 22, 1998, the ABL itself folded.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Venus Lacy height 6 ft 4 in Venus weight 57 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Venus Lacy Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Venus Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Venus Lacy celebrates birthday on February 9 of every year.

Top Facts about Venus Lacy

1. Venus Lacy was a professional basketball player from the United States.
2. She played for Louisiana Tech University and won two NCAA championships.
3. Lacy was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks in 1997.
4. She won two WNBA championships with the Sparks in 2001 and 2002.
5. Lacy also played professionally overseas in Italy, Spain, and South Korea.
6. She was known for her strong post play and rebounding ability.
7. Lacy passed away at age 38 due to kidney failure.
8. In college, she was named an All-American three times.
9. Lacy was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.
10. Her jersey number (42) was retired by Louisiana Tech University.