Tamara Stocks Lee (born January 29, 1979), née Tamara Stocks, is an American former college and professional

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player who was a

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and center in the

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(WNBA) for a single season in 2001. Stocks played

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for the

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, and thereafter, played professionally for the

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of the WNBA. She currently serves as public relations coordinator for B'Ball 101, LLC, an Atlanta-based player/athlete development company, and its non-profit, the Saved By The Ball Foundation, Inc..

Early life

Stocks was born in

Akron, Ohio Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 C ...

. She played for Pickerington High School in Pickerington, Ohio, where she was named a high school All-American by the

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.. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored eight points.

College career

At the University of Florida, Stocks became one of the Florida Gators women's basketball team's all-time leaders in points and rebounds.. She is the first ever high school NIKE/ WBCA All-American to sign with the Gators..

Professional career

She graduated in 2001 and was selected 25th overall in the first round of the 2001 WNBA draft by the

. She played only one season in the WNBA. In 2006, Stocks signed with

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of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna. She played Grindavík's last two regular season games, averaging 33.5 points, 15.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game. In the playoffs, she averaged 29.5 points and 16.0 rebounds but was unable to prevent Grindavík from being knocked out by Keflavík in the semi-finals.

Personal life

Her father, James Stocks, was the first African-American basketball player to graduate from Murray State University.. He also played for the

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of the

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(ABA).. She resides in

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with her husband, Dorian A. Lee, and their 3 sons..

Florida statistics

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External links

WNBA Player Profile for Tamara Stocks

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