Sonja Henning

Sonja L. Henning (born October 4, 1969) is an American attorney and former collegiate and professional women's basketball player.

She helped the Cardinal win the 1990 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship game, defeating Auburn University.

Henning was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The USA team lost a three-point game to Brazil, then responded with wins over Argentina and Cuba, earning a spot in the medal round.

[5] After playing one season in Sweden, she enrolled in Duke University Law School in 1992 where she obtained a Juris Doctor in 1995.

Henning was eventually drafted by the San Jose Lasers, a team which also featured former Stanford players Jennifer Azzi, Anita Kaplan, and Val Whiting.

Henning was selected by the Seattle Storm and played with the team from 2000 to part of the 2002 season until she was traded back to the Comets.

After serving two years as general counsel for Lucy.com, a startup Internet company that sells women's sporting apparel, Henning joined the law firm Tonkon Torp LLP, in Portland, Oregon.