Facts: - career teams: los york liberty -lrb- 2007 -- 2008 -rrb- sacramento monarchs -lrb- angeles 2009 -rrb- sparks -lrb- 2006 -- 2007 -rrb- new - career end: 2010 - weight lbs: 170 - number: 40 - position: guard - height in: 0 - draft year: 2006 - college: ucla - medaltemplates: women 's basketball - height ft: 6 - birth date: 13 june 1984 - career start: 2006 - name: lisa willis - draft: 5th overall - nationality: american - draft team: los angeles sparks - birth place: long beach , ca Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lisa willis .
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lisa willis -lrb- born june 13 , 1984 -rrb- was an american professional women 's basketball player with the los angeles sparks and new york liberty of the women 's national basketball association .she entered the wnba in 2006 as the overall fifth draft pick to the los angeles sparks immediately following her college career at university of california , los angeles .while willis played for the los angeles sparks for her first two seasons , she was playing for the new york liberty her last two seasons where she led the wnba in three pointers in 2008 .willis enjoyed a successful college career at ucla where she had an amazing presence offensively and defensively .in 2006 as a senior , willis was named prior to the season by nancy lieberman of espn as the nation 's best defender , named honorable mention ap all american , selected third team all american selection by women 's basketball news service , named as a pre season naismith award nominee , nominated for the bayer advantage senior class award , was ucla 's all time 3point shot leader -lrb- second on all time pac10 list -rrb- , ranked ninth on the all time ucla scoring list , ranked fifth at ucla in all time games played , ranked 13th on all time school rebounding list , ranked 10th in all time school scoring list , ranked 8th in all time school free throw percentage , ranked second in all time school steal list and listed as the first player in history to record three straight seasons with 100 or more steals .in 2005 as a junior , willis was deemed as ucla 's all time 3point shot leader , was selected first team all pac10 , was ranked sixth in nation in steals , became first bruin to record back to back 100 steals seasons , tied her own school record for made 3point shots , recorded 26 double figure scoring games and tallied nine double figure rebounding games .she was also selected to the 2005 usa team and won a gold medal in izmir , turkey .in 2004 as a sophomore , willis tallied a total of 100 steals -lrb- which was the most ever by a ucla...