Background
Gray-Lawson was born April 21, 1987 in Oakland, California.
Gray-Lawson was born April 21, 1987 in Oakland, California.
Oakland Technical High School.
Her parents are Orlando Gray and Roslyn Lawson. She has eight siblings, Kameron, Kenya, Layce, Violet, Vanessa, Kevin, William, and Kenny. High School Gray-Lawson went to Oakland Technical for her entire high school career, and earned the 2005 second team Parade All-American and All-State Honors as she and California teammate Devanei Hampton led Oakland Technical to their second state title.
She was ranked 17th nationally by the Blue Star Index and 25th by Mike White"s All-Star Girls Report.
She was listed as 5th by the NorCal Scouting Report. She was Most Valuable Player of the 2004 California state Championships, named to the 2005 McDonald"s All-American game, and the Senior Slam All-Star game in 2005.
Oakland Technical retired her jersey, as they lost only one home game while she was there. She also played softball, earning three all-city honors and league Most Valuable Player as a senior with the softball team
She completed on the volleyball team as a freshman as well.
Gray-Lawson spent a total of five years at the University of California, Berkeley. During her sophomore year she would play only nine games before suffering a season-ending injury. She would be red-shirted for the remainder of her sophomore season.
She was first on the California Golden Bears career list for three-pointers made with a total of 148, and named one of the top five 2-guards in the nation by Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com in a 2008-2009 women"s basketball preseason ranking.
Source
Gray-Lawson averaged 7.9 points per game and 4.3 rebounds per game. Gray-Lawson was selected the third round of the 2010 Women's National Basketball Association Draft (30th overall) by the Washington Mystics.
She was cut prior to the season. The Phoenix Mercury signed Gray-Lawson to a training camp contract and she would make the team
She played in 27 games with the Mercury, scoring her first points on June 24, 2011 in Atlanta.
Gray-Lawson went to play for Samsun Basketbol in the Turkish Women"s League during the 2010-2011 off-season after she was waived by the Washington Mystics. Foreign her second year overseas, following her rookie season with the Women's National Basketball Association she is playing in Israel with H. R. Le-Zion for 2011-2012.
Gray-Lawson was named a member of the team representing the United States of America at the 2009 World University Games held in Belgrade, Serbia.