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About Rebecca Lobo
Rebecca Rose Lobo-Rushin (born October 6, 1973) is an American television basketball analyst and former women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 to 2003. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2010, and was voted the fourth-most influential Hispanic female athlete of all time by a panel of blue-ribbon voters assembled by espnW and ESPN. (1)
Her father is of Cuban and Polish descent and her mother of German and Irish heritage.
Background:
- The Lobo name is Spanish
- ¼ Spanish (Cuban): Paternal Grandfather
- ¼ Irish: Maternal Grandfather
- ¼ Polish: Paternal Grandmother
- ¼ German: Maternal Grandmother
On April 12, 2003, Rebecca changed her last name from Lobo to Lobo-Rushin after marrying Sports Illustrated writer Steve Rushin at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. They have four children.
Citations
- REBECCA LOBO THERE FROM THE START espnW, Oct 2013
Links
- "Rebecca Lobo" Hispanic Heritage: Biographies. Thomson Gale
- Wikipedia
- Through the Eyes of the Pack By Lorenzo Currie. Page 292.
- WNBA.com Celebrates Women's History Month: Rebecca Lobo on Her Great-Grandmother When WNBA.com asked Connecticut Sun forward Rebecca Lobo to talk about a woman she admires, she chose her great-grandmother, Rose Sauer.
- RebeccaLobo.com Fun Facts
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Rebecca Lobo's Timeline
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October 6, 1973
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Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
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