Janice Lawrence Braxton

Janice Faye Lawrence Braxton ( Lawrence, born June 7, 1962) is an American former professional women's basketball player.

USA Basketball Braxton was a member of the 1983 Pan American Games team that won a gold medal in Venezuela.

She was inducted into the Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2006, Braxton was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her only time making the playoffs with the Rockers was during the 1998 season. Braxton started in all 30 games that season and helped the Rockers finish 20–10 (#1 in the Eastern Conference) as they matched up against the Phoenix Mercury in the Semi-Finals. Despite Braxton having great averages of 10.6 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in the playoffs series, Cleveland would lose 2–1 to the Mercury and be eliminated.

The 1999 season saw a massive downturn for the Rockers as they finished the season 7–25 with Braxton playing in less minutes per game than previous years and averaging less points, rebounds and assists across the board. Braxton's final WNBA game was played on August 21, 1999, in a 66–56 win over the New York Liberty where she recorded 7 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal.

In 2003, she joined the Cleveland Rockers as an assistant coach.