Sports Foundation. Lobo was the first player in the Big East Conference ever to earn first team all American honors for both basketball and academics. USA Basketball Lobo was named to the USA U18 team (then called the Junior World Championship Qualifying Team) in 1992. The team competed in Guanajuato, Mexico in August 1992. The team won their first four games, then lost 80–70 to Brazil, finishing with the silver medal for the event, but qualifying for the 1993 world games. Lobo averaged 6.8 points per game during the event. Lobo continued with the team to the 1993 U19 World Championship (then called the Junior World Championship). The team won five games and lost two, but that left them in seventh place. Lobo averaged 7.7 points per game and recorded six blocks, highest on the team. In 1995 Lobo passed through tryouts to join the national team, which later became the US team for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, GA. Though her minutes on the floor were few, Lobo shared in the gold medal. WNBA In 1997, the WNBA was formed and enjoyed its inaugural season, and Lobo was assigned to the New York Liberty during the league's first player allocations on January 22, 1997. The first season the Liberty fell to the Houston Comets in the WNBA Finals. Lobo suffered a setback in 1999, tearing her left anterior cruciate ligament and her meniscus in the first game of the season. In 1999, she was selected to the inaugural WNBA All Star team but could not play because of the injury. In 2002, she was traded to the Houston Comets in exchange for Houston's second-round selection (26th overall) in the 2002 WNBA draft. The next season she was traded to the Connecticut Sun, where she retired in 2003. Lobo also played two seasons in the National Women's Basketball league with the Springfield Spirit 2002 through 2003. Legacy Awards and honors 1994—Kodak First team All-America 1995—Honda-Broderick Cup 1995—ESPY Award–Outstanding Female Athlete 1995—AP Female Athlete of the Year 1995—NCAA Women's Basketball Player of the Year 1995—Women's Sports Foundation–Sportswoman of the Year 1995—Wade Trophy 1995—Kodak First team All-America 1995—Honda Sports Award, basketball 1997—All WNBA Second team 1997—WNBA Eastern All-Star team 2010—Women's Basketball Hall of Fame 2017—Basketball Hall of Fame 2019—UConn jersey No. 50 retired Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Lobo was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the