Background
Sanders was born in Nuremberg, Germany, where her parents were stationed in the Army. She is the daughter of Reece and Sharon Pringle.
Sanders was born in Nuremberg, Germany, where her parents were stationed in the Army. She is the daughter of Reece and Sharon Pringle.
LaToya attended Seventy-First High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Sanders was named North Carolina"s Mission Basketball for Class 4-A in her junior and senior years. She also was named first-team all-state both years.
She led Seventy-First to state titles in 2003 and 2004, winning tournament Most Valuable Player honors on both occasions.
As a senior, she totalled 25 points, 18 rebounds and seven blocks in the title game. She set a state championship record with 28 rebounds in the 2003 title game.
She also averaged 21.5 points, 14.2 rebounds and nine blocks in her senior season.
Currently, she is forward for Kayseri Kaski South.K. in Turkey. Sanders attended the University of North Carolina. As a freshman at University of North Carolina she averaged 4.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks.
She played in 30 games and ranked fifth in the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination with 1.5 blocks per game.
In her junior year she had a breakout season in her first year as a starter. She started all 38 games for the Tar Heels, establishing a school record for games started and games played in a season.
She was second on the team and fourth in the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination in field goal percentage (550) and second in blocks (318 per game). Her 3.18 blocks per game were good for fifth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. She registered a block in every game and five or more on eight occasions.
Source Sanders was drafted in the first round of the 2008 Women's National Basketball Association Draft with the 13th overall pick by the Phoenix Mercury.
While in Phoenix she played in 29 games and started 7 of those games. She averaged 13 minutes and 4.4 points per game. Later she suffered an injury and was traded to the Minnesota Lynx.
During the off season the Los Angeles Sparks signed Sanders.
She plays for Kayseri Kaski South.K. in Turkey since the 2010-2011 season. After obtaining the Turkish citizenship during the 2012-2013 season, she adopted the name Lara Sanders.
Foreign the 2014 International Basketball Federation World Championship for Women, she was admitted to the Turkey women"s national basketball team
She was formerly a member of the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association.