Jasmine Lister

Jasmine Lister (born September 12, 1992) is an American former basketball coach and professional basketball player. She played guard for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Lister played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores and was an assistant coach for the UConn Huskies, DePaul Blue Demons, and Washington Huskies.

Early life Lister was a four-year starter and three-time team most valuable player on the basketball team at Santiago High School in Corona, California. She set several school records, including most points in a game (38), most points in a season (656), and most career points (2,265). Lister averaged 20 points, five assists, and four steals per game in her senior season. She was a three-time first-team All-State selection and was her class salutatorian.

College career As a freshman at Vanderbilt, Lister was one of only two players on the team to start in every game, leading the team in minutes played and points per game (11.8). She was named to the SEC All-Freshman team for her efforts. After two years at UConn, Lister joined Mike Neighbors's staff at Washington as an assistant coach for the 2016–17 season. She spent the 2017–2018 season as an assistant coach at DePaul, a season in which the Blue Demons won the Big East regular season and conference tournament championships. She returned to Auriemma's staff at UConn in 2018 as an assistant coach. In January 2020, UConn announced that Lister was taking a leave of absence for personal reasons after missing eight games and not "feeling well". That May, the school announced her resignation; Auriemma noted that Lister was "doing well" but would be pursuing other opportunities. Lister expressed gratitude to UConn and Auriemma in a statement confirming her resignation.

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Personal life Her twin sister, Cinnamon Lister, played college basketball at Boise State and Cal State Northridge. as well as the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.

After her basketball coaching career, Lister opened a therapy practice in San Diego, California.