Tina Thompson was an All-American at the University of Southern California before being selected as the No. 1 pick of the Houston Comets in the 1997 WNBA Draft. Thompson has helped the Houston Comets win four WNBA titles and more recently, she helped the USA team win Olympic gold over Australia in Athens. Thompson's two-story west Houston home was built in 1998 and offers five bedrooms, three full bathrooms and one half, 3,088 square feet, and has an approximate value of $200,000. Places of interest in Tina Thompson's community include the 7,800-acre George Bush Park which offers miles of hiking and biking trails, a field for radio-controlled model airplane enthusiasts, and the American Shooting Center with rifle and pistol ranges.