University of Tennessee Athletics
2001-02 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Kara Lawson
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Alexandria, VA
A four-time All-SEC performer, three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member and two-time SEC Community Service Award winner from 1999-2003, Kara Lawson helped Tennessee to three NCAA Final Fours, four SEC regular-season crowns and a league tourney title. She is the Lady Vols’ No. 6 all-time scorer and ranks No. 2 in career three-point field goal percentage, No. 3 in career three-pointers made and career free-throw percentage, and No. 6 in career assists. After earning WBCA All-America honors and receiving UT’s prestigious Torchbearer Award in 2003, Lawson became the No. 5 overall WNBA Draft pick of the Detroit Shock and spent 13 seasons in the league playing with three different franchises. She was a WNBA champion in 2005 and a WNBA All-Star in 2007 with Sacramento, and she went on to earn the 2009 and 2012 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Awards and the 2013 Dawn Staley Community Assist Award.
