Age, Biography and Wiki
Betty Lennox was born on 4 December, 1976 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., is an American basketball player. Discover Betty Lennox's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 47 years old?
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47 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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4 December, 1976 |
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4 December |
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
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United States
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She is a member of famous player with the age 47 years old group.
Betty Lennox Height, Weight & Measurements
At 47 years old, Betty Lennox height is 1.73 m .
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Betty Lennox Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Betty Lennox worth at the age of 47 years old? Betty Lennox’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. She is from United States. We have estimated Betty Lennox's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Betty Lennox Social Network
Timeline
Betty Bernice Lennox (born December 4, 1976) is an American retired professional basketball player.
She played for the Minnesota Lynx, Miami Sol, Cleveland Rockers, Seattle Storm, Atlanta Dream, Los Angeles Sparks and Tulsa Shock in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Lennox grew up in the small town of Grant.
Daughter of Bernice Jefferies and A. B. Lennox, and was raised by her mother primarily.
She was the eighth of nine children and the youngest daughter in the family.
She has five brothers, named Freddy, Karl, A. B., Alfred, and Charles.
She also has three sisters named Lela, Ruby, and Victoria, all of them older than she is.
She learned to play basketball with her four older brothers and one younger, who did not cut her any slack because she was a girl.
She would learn to not be intimated by others while playing with her brothers as a child.
She also developed her work ethic from growing up on a farm with her family.
She was loading bales by age ten, each bale weighing 30 to 40 pounds, and did many daily chores while in primary school in Grant.
Her full name is Betty Bernice Lennox, getting her middle name from her mother.
Betty spent three years attending Fort Osage High School in Independence, Missouri, under the coaching of Dale Williams.
Betty played her sophomore year at Grant High School in Grant, OK.
She originally learned the six-player game of basketball while in Oklahoma.
She struggled when her family moved to Missouri, as she was not used to crossing over the center line to be a defensive player, as she had only been an offensive player while in Oklahoma.
Lennox played college basketball at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas for her sophomore year.
Trinity Valley was her second community college, as she originally enrolled and played her Freshman year at Butler Community College in Kansas garnering all conference honors.
She would transfer to Trinity Valley CC after her freshman year in 1996.
Her Cardinals Trinity Valley CC team won the 1997 NJCAA Women's Basketball Championship, an accomplishment she is most proud of.
She was the MVP of the tournament, and finished the championship game with 27 points and 20 rebounds.
She took a year off from basketball while at LA Tech in 1998 to devote herself to her studies in order to complete her degree.
She would play basketball for LA Tech for her final two years of college in 1999 & 2000.
Lennox then transferred to Louisiana Tech University, and graduated from there in 2000 with a BA in psychology.
She was named the 2000 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and a U.S. Basketball Writers Association First Team All-American while at Louisiana Tech University.
Lennox was selected by the Minnesota Lynx as the sixth overall pick in the 2000 WNBA draft and later became the WNBA's Rookie of the Year in 2000.
She was also the first rookie to ever play in a WNBA All-Star Game that same year.
She also made the All-WNBA 2nd Team in 2000 as well.
She broke her hip in 2001, and was originally told that her basketball career would be over after the injury.
With the work ethic she learned as a child, she fought back from her injury to come back and continued to thrive as a player.
On June 13, 2002, the Minnesota Lynx traded Lennox along with a 2003 first-round draft pick to the Miami Sol in exchange for Tamara Moore and a 2003 second-round draft pick.
After the 2002 season ended, the Miami Sol folded and Lennox was selected by the Cleveland Rockers in the 2003 WNBA Dispersal draft.
When the Rockers folded after the 2003 season ended, Lennox went through another Dispersal Draft before the 2004 season.
This time, she was selected by the Seattle Storm.
Playing alongside Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson, Lennox helped lead the Seattle Storm to the 2004 WNBA Championship against the Connecticut Sun, winning 2–1 in the series.
She was named the Finals Most Valuable Player, averaging 22.3 points per game during the series en route to winning the award.
In 2005 with the Seattle Storm, Lennox made her 200th career three-pointer.
On February 6, 2008, Lennox was selected by the newly formed Atlanta Dream in the expansion draft.
During the 2008 season with the Dream, Lennox averaged a career-high 17.5 points per game and scored a career-high 44 points against the Connecticut Sun.