Lugo

It was 1999, the summer before her senior year, and the nationally ranked Don Lugo High star was feeling it.

Word started to spread and before long, gyms were packed at both her AAU tournaments and at Don Lugo, a rarity for girls’ basketball at the time.

“I remember when I first started at Don Lugo, and our first game had just a few people in the stands,” she told the Chino Champion in 2000.

Don Lugo’s Larry Webster, Diana Taurasi’s high school coach for four years, said it was clear she was destined for a great basketball career.

He retired in 2004, but Webster has followed Taurasi’s career ever since she left Don Lugo.