Remembering the life and impact of Lusia Harris, the only woman to be officially drafted by the NBA
Lusia Harris Is the Nearly-Forgotten ‘Queen of Basketball’ and Title IX Pioneer
Although she was a key trailblazer in the sport and a dominant force in the women’s game, she was relatively unknown to the generations who followed her—until now.Title IX radically altered the sports landscape, but not all at once and not without resistance. In the early years of the statute, the “forgotten heroes” challenged bias and championed equality—and the impact is still felt today.
That would be Lusia Harris: the first woman to score a basket in the Olympics , the only woman ever drafted by an NBA team and the first female college player inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame . Harris was, by many accounts, the first truly dominant player of the women’s game, a key trailblazer in the sport, though unknown to the generations who followed her.
It wasn’t until this past year that Harris finally broke into mainstream consciousness, via the 22-minute documentary, which debuted in 2021 and won an Oscar in March. The film was aided by the promotional muscle of its executive producers: Shaquille O’Neal and Stephen Curry.
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