LSU women’s basketball star Angel Reese declared for the WNBA Draft on Wednesday, practically 48 hours after the Tigers had been eradicated from the NCAA Ladies’s Basketball Match.
Reese revealed her resolution in an interview and a style shoot with Vogue.
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LSU Tigers ahead Angel Reese reacts to a foul name in opposition to the UCLA Bruins within the semifinals of the NCAA Match at MVP Area in Albany, New York, on March 30, 2024. (Gregory Fisher-USA In the present day Sports activities)
“I’ve finished all the things I wished to in school,” Reese stated. “I’ve gained a nationwide championship, I’ve gotten (Southeastern Convention) Participant of the 12 months, I’ve been an All-American. My final aim is to be a professional – and to be one of many best basketball gamers to play, ever. I really feel like I am prepared.”
Reese began her collegiate journey at Maryland, the place she was named to the All-Large Ten Freshman Group and the Large Ten All-Protection staff in her first two seasons with the Terrapins. She averaged 17.8 factors and 10.6 rebounds per recreation in her sophomore yr earlier than deciding to switch to LSU.
Reese rapidly meshed properly in Kim Mulkey’s rotation. She averaged 23 factors and 15.4 rebounds per recreation. She was a unanimous All-America choice and guided LSU to a nationwide championship, profitable the Most Excellent Participant award of the match.
LSU Tigers ahead Angel Reese controls the ball in opposition to Iowa Hawkeyes ahead Hannah Stuelke within the finals of the Albany Regional within the NCAA Match at MVP Area on April. 1, 2024. (Gregory Fisher-USA In the present day Sports activities)
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She was thrust into the highlight in that nationwide championship. Her trash-talking of Caitlin Clark grew to become one of many highlights of the sport. It catapulted her right into a newfound fame that helped her land profitable NIL offers, together with with Sports activities Illustrated.
“You do not actually notice it within the second,” Reese said to Vogue about her viral fame in opposition to Iowa final yr, “however clearly the stuff you say and do can change all the things. I actually wakened the subsequent day and I used to be a celeb.”
Reese practically had a repeat of 2023 this season. Regardless of mysteriously lacking a number of video games for the Tigers, she averaged 18.6 factors and 13.4 rebounds and was solely three wins away from repeating as nationwide champions.
LSU’s Angel Reese reacts in entrance of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark through the NCAA Ladies’s Closing 4 championship recreation, April 2, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Picture/Tony Gutierrez)
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However now, she will get to show professional and tackle an entire new problem in the WNBA.
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