LaSondra Renee Barrett (born March 16, 1990) is an American ex-

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who played one season for the

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of the

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, as well as for overseas teams in Australia and Israel. She went to William B. Murrah High School and played collegiately for

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. She is the cousin of former

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quarterback

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LSU statistics

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USA Basketball

Barrett was named to the USA Women's U19 team which represented the US in the 2009 U19 World's Championship, held in

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in July and August 2009. Although the USA team lost the opening game to Spain, they went on to win their next seven games to earn a rematch against Spain in the finals, and won the game 81–71 to earn the gold medal. Barrett scored 6.0 points per game.

WNBA

She was selected in the first round of the 2012 WNBA draft (10th overall) by the

, and played for the team for one year.

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