At Ohio State University, Lavender was named Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year in each of her four seasons (2008–2011).

The Big Ten presents two separate POY awards, one voted on by league coaches and the other by media members.

[4] Lavender was a member of the USA Women's U19 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia.

[5] Lavender was named a member of the team representing the US at the 2009 World University Games held in Belgrade, Serbia.

The Sparks would once again finished as the number 2 seed in the league with the same record they posted last season, receiving a double-bye to the semi-finals.

The Sparks would eliminate the Phoenix Mercury in a 3-game sweep, advancing to the Finals for the second season in a row, setting up a rematch with the Lynx.

In the first round elimination game, the Sparks defeated the Minnesota Lynx 75–68, ending their streak of three consecutive Finals appearances.

A few days before the 2019 season, Lavender was traded to the Chicago Sky in exchange for a 2020 second round draft pick.

[13] Without Lavender, the Sky finished the season 20–14 as the number 5 seed, they would make it as far as the second round where they lost 93–92 to the Las Vegas Aces in the elimination game.

[14] On August 28, 2020, Lavender was traded to the Indiana Fever along with a second and third-round draft pick in exchange for Stephanie Mavunga.

[21][22] In January 2020, Lavender signed with Çukurova Basketbol of the Turkish league for the 2019-20 off-season, the Turkish/Euroleague season eventually got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.