La'Keshia Frett (born June 12, 1975 in Carmel, California, U.S.) is a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She is currently an assistant coach for the women's basketball team at the University of Georgia.

High school[link]

Frett attended Phoebus High School in Hampton, Virginia, where she was named a High School All-American by the WBCA.^[1] She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1993, scoring six points.^[2] Additionally, Frett was named the 1993 Gatorade Female Basketball Player of the Year.

University of Georgia[link]

After being named the 1993 National Prep Player of the Year at Phoebus High School in Hampton, Virginia, Frett attended the University of Georgia and played for their women's basketball team, averaging 15.2 points and 6.9 rebounds during her collegiate career from 1993 to 1997.

She was a three–time All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) first team selection, and was named the 1993-94 "SEC Freshman of the Year". In 1996, Frett was named to the Final Four All Tournament team.^[3]

By the time she graduated, she had scored 242 points in 15 NCAA tournament appearances, ranking third time all-time among scorers in the university's history. She competed with USA Basketball as a member of the 1994 Jones Cup Team that won the Gold in Taipei.^[4]

International competition[link]

Frett was a member of the USA Basketball team that claimed the R. Williams Jones Cup (1994) and the gold medal-winning USA women's basketball team at the 1997 World University Games.

She was also a member of the silver medal-winning basketball team at the 1995 World University Games, and led the team in scoring, averaging 18.0 points per game.

ABL and WNBA[link]

After graduating from college, Frett started her professional career in 1997 playing two seasons for the Philadelphia Rage of the American Basketball League (ABL).

After the ABL folded due to financial difficulties, she was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 1999 WNBA Draft, and later played for the Sparks during the 1999 and 2000 seasons.

After the 2000 season ended, the Sparks traded Frett to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Latasha Byears. Frett played for the Monarchs for the next three seasons before signing a free agent contract with the Charlotte Sting. However, the Sting waived her halfway through the 2004 season.

A week after being waived, she signed with the New York Liberty and played for them during the remainder of the season, as well as the following 2005 season.

Shortly after the 2005 WNBA season ended, Frett returned to her alma mater, the University of Georgia, after being hired as an assistant coach for the women's basketball team for the 2005-06 season.

On April 2006, Frett announced her retirement from the WNBA to devote herself full-time to her collegiate coaching position.

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• WNBA Player Profile
• University of Georgia Bulldogs coaching biography
• April 10, 2006 New York Liberty press release on Frett's retirement from the WNBA

Lady Grooms (born September 12, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player, who was one of the 16 original WNBA players allocated to the teams in the new league's Initial Player Allocation draft (as Lady Hardmon). After a college career at the University of Georgia, she played 8 WNBA seasons and had career averages of 4.6 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, scoring over 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds.^[1]

WNBA career[link]

1997: Utah Starzz
1998–2004: Sacramento Monarchs

Since 2009, Grooms has coached the varsity girls basketball team at Arlington Christian School in Fairburn, Georgia. In her first two seasons coaching the team, they won the state title each year in the GISA. Grooms has won awards as state and regional coach of the year.^{[citation needed]}

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