A former American professional women’s basketball player in the WNBA, and a basketball analyst for ESPN and the Washington Wizards. Lawson primarily played as a shooting guard. She won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Lawson retired from the WNBA in 2015 to focus on her broadcasting career.
Lawson attended the University of Tennessee and played for the Lady Vols Basketball team. She enrolled in UT’s College of Business and graduated in 2003 with a degree in Finance. Lawson received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award from the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association as the best senior player under 5’8″. In 2018, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam named Lawson to the Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee, the governing body of the UT system.
In June, 2019, Lawson was named an assistant coach of the NBA’s Boston Celtics.