The number of Zags in the WNBA has just doubled. Before today Courtney Vandersloot and Vivian Frieson were the only Zags to be drafted. Now that the 2012 WNBA draft has happened, the number of Zags is up to four. Kayla Standish and Katelan Redmon go from former teammates to future adversaries.
Kayla Standish, who was invited to the event, went as the 7th pick in the second round. Her new team, the Minnesota Lynx, is coming off winning the WNBA championship last season. Katelan Redmon heads across the country to play in the big apple for the New York Liberty. While neither of them landed with Vandersloot's Chicago Sky as I was hoping, they will get reunions soon enough. By May 22nd their three teams will have all have played each other. Vandersloot will get to see both Redmon and Standish in preseason games while Redmon and Standish will face off in New York in a regular season game. While they will be reunited very soon, but I won't get to see either of them play in Chicago until July.
This is great news for these players, obviously, but also for the Gonzaga basketball program. Having players drafted in three straight years, on top of selling out home games, making the sweet sixteen on the regular, and almost always being ranked in the top 25... what more does a recruit want?
Best of luck to Katelan Redmon and Kayla Standish in the WNBA. They are already two of the all time great Zags, now they have a chance to earn that honor on their professional teams. I can't wait until the Sky host the Lynx and Liberty. I'll be rocking my Zags gear at the game because it's not often that two former Zags will be playing professional basketball in the same building.
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