Mercury's Sabally Joins Past Oregon Players

These two stars attended Oregon, and when they were drafted, they added their name to a special list. There were 10th and 11th Oregon players to make the WNBA.

The first Oregon players to make it to the league were drafted in 2001. Jenny Mowe was drafted in the second round, and she was selected by the Portland Fire. She played with them for two years, and she spent some time with the Los Angeles Sparks due to Portland folding.

Later in the draft, Angelina Wolvert was drafted by the Cleveland Rockers. She played a game with them, but she was later waived. Then, a few years later, players like Edniesha Curry, Shaquala Williams and Cathrine Kraayeveld were drafted.

Brandi Davis attended Oregon, and she signed a deal with the Sparks in 2006. However, she was waived later on. Taylor Lilley was another Oregon player, and she signed a deal with the Mercury. She played 21 games with them in 2010, and she started in one of them. She averaged 3.3 points during that time, and her best performance was a 14-point game against the Tulsa Shock.

A few years passed before another Oregon player made the WNBA, and she was drafted in the second round. Maite Cazorla was picked by the Atlanta Dream, and she spent a year with them. Jillian Alleyne played with the Minnesota Lynx that year, but before that, she was drafted by the Mercury in 2016. However, she did not play for them and did not make her debut until a few years later.

Ionescu and Sabally were after her, and since then, there have been a few other players who came after them.

Sabally is a star, and every time she steps on the court, she is representing Oregon.