Rebecca Lobo - Through the Years

UConn Head Coach Geno Auriemma shows his discontent as UConn trails Stanford 20-12 at the half while being pulled aside by ESPN commentator and former UConn player Rebecca Lobo at the Final Four at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas Tuesday April 6, 2010 for the national women’s basketball championship. (BETTINA HANSEN / HARTFORD COURANT)

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Rebecca Lobo’s star was made in 1992-95, when she came to prominence at UConn, taking fans for a ride that ended with her sport on the map for good. She became an icon here - for her play, for her kindness, for kick-starting what has become an obsessive endeavor for countless Connecticut communities. On July 25, 2009, she was voted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.

UConn‘s Maya Moore peeks around a celebrating Tina Charles (31) as former UConn player Rebecca Lobo looks on during the Women’s Final Four semifinals at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. UConn beat Stanford 83-64. (ELSA / GETTY IMAGES)

UConn‘s Rebecca Lobo, right, enters Gampel Pavillion holding the NCAA championship trophy above her head on Monday, April 3, 1995. Jamelle Elliot, left, walks in front of Lobo. More than 8,000 fans turned out to honor the Huskies, who completed a perfect 35-0 season by rallying from a nine-point, second-half deficit to beat Tennessee 70-64 in the final game. It was the program’s first national title. (ADRIAN KEATING / AP)

Jamelle Elliott (33) looks for a teammate to pass to in the first half of the UConn-Syracuse game at Storrs on Sunday, Jan. 22, 1995. Syracuse’s Kristyn Cook, left, and Thandeka Masimini, third from left, guard Elliott. At right is UConn’s Rebecca Lobo. (BOB CHILD / AP)

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Huskies On The Air: Rebecca Lobo, Kara Wolters

Former UConn basketball players Rebecca Lobo, left, and Kara Wolters share a laugh during a 2002 press conference at the Mohegan Sun Wolf Den introducing the Springfield Spirit of the National Women’s Basketball League. Lobo and Wolters have both gone on to work in broadcasting, Lobo as a TV hoops analyst and Wolters as a radio analyst for UConn games. (KHOI TON / AP)

Huskies On The Air: Rebecca Lobo

UConn women‘s basketball icon Rebecca Lobo, shown at a 1997 news conference in Cleveland announcing the name of the WNBA’s franchise in that city, has become very comfortable behind the microphone now that her playing days are over. She is one of several former UConn players who have gone on to work in TV. Lobo has been color analyst of WNBA games for NBA-TV. (MARK DUNCAN / AP)

Rebecca Lobo And Her Children, Maeve Rushin and Siobhan Rushin

UConn women‘s basketball icon Rebecca Lobo holds on to her children Maeve Rushin, 2, left, and Siobhan Rushin, 4, at the U.S. Women’s Open golf tournament site -- Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pa., on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 during the Celebration of Women in Sport presentation.
Others who took part included Julie Foudy, former captain of the U.S. women’s soccer team and two-time World Cup champion; Wendy Hilliard a Hall of Fame gymnast; Michelle Marciniak, former WNBA player who played her college ball at Tennessee; and Shannon Miller, two-time Olympic gold medalist and the most decorated American gymnast. (MONICA CABRERA / ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL)

Rebecca Lobo walks with her children on Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at the Celebration of Women in Sport presentation that was part of the festivities preceding the U.S. Women’s Open at Saucon Valley Counry Club in Bethlehem, Pa. (MONICA CABRERA / ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL)

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