Fourteen former Pac-12 women's basketball standouts on 2021 WNBA Playoffs rosters
Sep 22, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO - With the 2021 WNBA Playoffs officially tipping off on Thursday, Sept. 23, Pac-12 women's basketball will be represented by 14 former standouts from six Conference schools on each of the eight teams in the postseason.
When the 2021 regular season began in May, there were 23 Pac-12 alumnae across 10 of the WNBA's 12 franchises.
Among Conference members, OREGON leads all programs with four players on Playoffs rosters, followed by UCLA with three, CALIFORNIA, STANFORD and WASHINGTON each with two, and ARIZONA STATE with one.
STUDENT-ATHLETES ON 2021 WNBA PLAYOFFS ROSTERS BY CONFERENCE
Conference | Student-Athletes | Schools Represented | |
1. | ACC | 22 | 7 |
2. | Big East | 15 | 3 |
3. | Pac-12 | 14 | 6 |
SEC | 14 | 6 | |
5. | Big Ten | 10 | 4 |
6. | Big 12 | 5 | 3 |
STUDENT-ATHLETES ON 2021 WNBA PLAYOFFS ROSTERS BY PAC-12 TEAMS
Team | Student-Athletes | |
1. | Oregon | 4 |
2. | UCLA | 3 |
T3. | California | 2 |
T3 | Stanford | 2 |
T3. | Washington | 2 |
6. | Arizona State | 1 |
PAC-12 STUDENT-ATHLETES ON 2021 WNBA PLAYOFFS ROSTERS
Team | Student-Athletes |
Chicago Sky (1) | Ruthy Hebard - ORE |
Connecticut Sun (1) | Briann January - ASU |
Dallas Wings (1) | Satou Sabally - ORE |
Las Vegas Aces (1) | Kelsey Plum - WASH |
Minnesota Lynx (2) | Jillian Alleyne - ORE Layshia Clarendon - CAL |
New York Liberty (4) | Reshanda Gray - CAL Sabrina Ionescu - ORE Michaela Onyenwere - UCLA Sami Whitcomb - WASH |
Phoenix Mercury (1) | Alanna Smith - STAN |
Seattle Storm (3) | Kennedy Burke - UCLA Jordin Canada - UCLA Karlie Samuelson - STAN |