Lusia Harris-Stewart (born Lusia Harris; February 10, 1955 – January 18, 2022) was an American basketball player. She played for Delta State University. She won three Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National Championships.
Career
She represented the United States' national team and won the silver medal in the 1976 Olympic Games. She played professional basketball with the Houston Angels of the Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL). She was the first and only woman ever officially drafted by the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Harris was honored into to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
Death
Harris died on January 18, 2022 in Greenwood, Mississippi at the age of 66.
