Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Who was the first woman to dunk in an official WNBA game?"
Lisa Leslie is a former professional basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association. She is a three-time WNBA MVP and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner. The number-seven pick in the 1997 inaugural WNBA draft, she followed her career at the University of Southern California with eight WNBA All-Star selections and two WNBA championships over the course of eleven seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks, before retiring in 2009. On July 30, 2002, Leslie became the first woman to dunk the ball in a WNBA game.