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===College career=== Lieberman originally was a verbal commitment to [[Canisius University]] before being heavily recruited by [[Old Dominion University]] in [[Norfolk, Virginia]], where she attended from 1976 to 1980 and played on the women's basketball team there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.odusports.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/oldd/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/wbb-mg08-09-section2 |title=Media Guide |page=9 |access-date=July 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115163637/http://www.odusports.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/oldd/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/wbb-mg08-09-section2 |archive-date=November 15, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During that time, she and her team won two consecutive [[AIAW]] National Championships (1979, 1980)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.odu.edu/ao/alumni_magazine/FALL08/LiebermanHallFame.html |title=Lieberman Inducted Into HR Hall |access-date=July 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223055210/http://www.odu.edu/ao/alumni_magazine/FALL08/LiebermanHallFame.html |archive-date=February 23, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and one WNIT ([[Women's National Invitation Tournament]]) Championship in 1978. She was the first two-time winner of the prestigious [[Wade Trophy]],<ref name="Wade Trophy" /> a national player of the year award in college women's basketball, and was selected as the [[Broderick Award]] winner for basketball as the top women's player in America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.awardsandhonors.com/award/hondabroderick_cup.html |title=Honda-Broderick Cup |access-date=July 6, 2009}}</ref> Lieberman also won three consecutive Kodak [[All-America]] awards (1978, '79, '80).<ref name="WBCA AAT" /> Lieberman was one of six young adults to win the [[Young American Award]] from the [[Boy Scouts of America]] in 1980.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalventuringyouthcabinet.org/files/YoungAmericanAwardRecipients.pdf |title=Recipients of the Young American Award |access-date=July 6, 2009}}</ref> Lieberman earned the nickname "Lady Magic," a nod to [[Magic Johnson|Earvin "Magic" Johnson]] of NBA fame.<ref>Grundy, p. 175</ref> Lieberman set a school record for career assists (961) that still stands today. She led the team in assists each of the four years she was on the teamโin her sophomore year she averaged 8.9 per game.<ref name="odusports">{{cite web |url=http://www.odusports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/050608aaa.html |title=Lieberman To Be Inducted Into Hampton Roads Sports Hall Of Fame |access-date=July 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726233257/http://www.odusports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/050608aaa.html |archive-date=July 26, 2011 }}</ref> Lieberman amassed 2,430 points along with 1,167 rebounds in her collegiate career, producing an average of 18.1 points per game.<ref name="odusports" /> Lieberman achieved a triple double (40 points, 15 rebounds, 11 assists) against [[Norfolk State University|Norfolk State]] in her sophomore year.<ref name="odusports" /> Lieberman stole the ball 562 times and assisted a basket 961 times in her college career, believed to be modern records.<ref name="porter" /> She is the holder of several single-game and single-season records, including best free-throw shooting percentage in her freshman and sophomore years.<ref name="odusports" /> Lieberman earned her degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Old Dominion University on May 6, 1980.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/050608aab.html |title=Old Dominion: Lieberman To Be Inducted Into Hampton Roads Sports Hall Of Fame |publisher=ESPN |access-date=July 29, 2009}}</ref> She was inducted into the ODU Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.odusports.com/trads/oldd-hof.html |title=Old Dominion University Hall of Fame Members |publisher=Old Dominion University |access-date=July 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521155417/http://www.odusports.com/trads/oldd-hof.html |archive-date=May 21, 2011 }}</ref>
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