Dallas Wings Announce 2023 WNBA Draft Selections

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The Dallas Wings acquired 4 players in the first round of the 2023 WNBA Draft tonight. The group selected Maddy Siegrist out of Villanova College with the third general option, Lou Lopez Senechal out of the College of Connecticut with the 5th total selection and Abby Meyers out of Universi

The team picked Iowa State's Ashley Joens with the 19th total choice and Paige Robinson from Illinois State with the 31st overall choice. In a profession with the Washington Mystics, the group likewise acquired the draft legal rights to Stephanie Soares out of Iowa State, for a 2024 Second Round Selection and Atlanta's 2025 Initial Round Choice acquired by means of trade) Maddy Siegrist, a four-year starter at Villanova University, led the nation in scoring this year with 29.2 factors per video game. The three-time USBWA All-American and 2023 AP First-Team participant ended up being simply the fifth gamer in Department I women's basketball history to rack up 1, 000 points in a solitary period and came to be the first Department 1 player, man or woman, to tape-record 37 successive 20-point games this past season, which breaks the previous record held Kelsey Plum. This previous period she taped 1 https://www.storemystics.com, 081 points, which are the second-most points ever before videotaped in Division I ladies's basketball, just tracking Plum 1, 109 points). She was a two-time Big East Gamer of the Year 2022 & & 2023), four-time All-Big East First Team option and 17-time Big East Gamer of the Week, which are one of the most selections in Big East background. Siegrist finished her career on the Key Line with 2, 896 points, which positions her as the program's all-time leading scorer as well as completing as the Big East's all-time leading scorer, for males and females, while ending up second in institution history with 1, 102 occupation rebounds. She tape-recorded her profession high in factors this past season as she gathered 50 factors 2/11/23 vs. Seton Hall) on 20-26 shooting, which established Villanova and Big East documents for the majority of points and field objectives in a solitary game. Siegrist was called the 2023 Katrina McClain Honor champion, as the ideal power onward in the country. The former Wildcat, who additionally won the Big East Fresher of the Year in 2019, averaged 24.3 points and 9.3 rebounds throughout her four-year career where she began 116 of the 119 games she appeared in and also tape-recorded 55 double-doubles in her four-year profession. Stephanie Soares invested her initial year with the Iowa State Cyclones in 2022-23 where she played in 13 video games prior to being sidelined with a knee injury. During her stint with the Cyclones, Soares balanced 14.4 points and 9.9 rebounds while shooting 54.4% from the field and taping a double-double in eight of 13 competitions. On January 4, Soares became the sixth player in Iowa State history to record a 20-rebound game vs. West Virginia. She represented Brazil at the 2022 FIBA South American Women's Championship where she balanced 10.2 factors and 6.6 rebounds and helped lead Brazil to a Gold Medal. The 6'6 Sao Paulo, Brazil native gained numerous honors in the NAIA at Master's College before transferring to Iowa State her senior year. She was the 2020 and 2022 NAIA Division 1 Gamer of the Year and furthermore was the WBCA NAIA Player of the Year in 2020 and 2022. Soares was also a three-time First-Team NAIA All-American, GSAC Player of the Year and GSAC Defensive Player of the Year 2019, 2020, 2022). Lou Lopez Senechal, a guard for the College of Connecticut, amounted to even more than a 3rd of her baskets in 2022-23 from three-point array, shooting 44% from deep. She averaged 15.5 factors per game for the Huskies and scored in dual numbers in almost 5 video games, highlighted by a 26-point efficiency versus Tennessee 1/26/23), where she was 6-11 54.5%) from the area, consisting of 4-6 66.7%) from beyond the arc. Prior to transferring to UConn for her final year, the Grenoble, France local was acknowledged as the Metro Atlantic Athletic Seminar Event MAAC) The Majority Of Belongings Gamer in 2022 at Fairfield College after leading the Stags to the 2022 MAAC Championship and an NCAA Competition appearance. Lopez Senechal was called the MAAC Player of the Year in 2021 and is a three-time All-MAAC First Group 2020, 2021 & & 2022) honoree. She led Fairfield in scoring during her 4 years and balanced 19.5 points in her final year with the team in 2021-22. Abby Meyers, the 2022 Ivy Organization Gamer of the year, tackled the role of co-captain of the Maryland Terrapins in her first year with the team after transferring from Princeton. The Potomac, Maryland native recorded double-digit racking up numbers in 28 of the group's 35 video games. She balanced 14.3 factors per game and ended her NCAA occupation recording 12.5 factors per video game. Meyers was called a 2022 All-American Honorable Mention and was most recently named to the 2023 All-Big 10 Second Team. Ashley Joens concluded her five-year job with Iowa State ranked ninth all-time in NCAA Division I women's basketball with 3, 060 profession factors. She was called the Cheryl Miller Honor Champion for the 3rd straight period following her third period with even more than 600 points. The honor, offered to the country's leading small onward, was earned after a season that saw the Iowa City, Iowa native record the eighth most points in all of Division I women's basketball in 2022-23 and become Iowa State's all-time leading scorer. Her 21.6 factors per game represent her fourth-straight period with a typical scoring figure north of 20 points. Joens' distinctions include being named to the Unanimous All-Big 12 First String in 2020, 2021 and 2022 along with a WBCA All-American in 2021. Paige Robinson, from Illinois State, began all 32 video games she appeared in in 2022-23 and balanced 18.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3 rebounds, consisting of a season-high 37-point performance against Wisconsin, where she was 14-19 from the area. Previously she invested 4 years at D-II Drury University and was a two-time All-American. In her final period, she was a First-Team All-Mid West Region and First String All-Great Lakes Valley honoree, as she averaged 21.3 points and 3.2 assists.

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