Three more products of Dawn Staley’s women’s basketball program at South Carolina were drafted by the WNBA Monday night. None were taken in the first round despite Staley calling Sania Feagin a Lottery pick during the NCAA Tournament.
Instead, Atlanta chose Te-Hina Paopao with the sixth pick ot the second around. Two picks later Bree Hall was taken by Indiana. And on the next pick Los Angeles drafted Feagin.
Staley has had at least one Gamecock selected in nine of the last 11 WNBA Drafts, including 11 first-round selections.
Player Bios from USC:
Paopao is a two-time All-American and five-time all-conference selection across two conferences. She averaged 10.2 points over the two seasons at South Carolina, which accounted for both her All-America selections.
Hall is an elite defender and her 147 career games played are more than any other four-year player in program history. In her last two seasons as a starter, Hall turned in 7.7 points per game on 41.5 percent shooting, including 38.4 percent from 3-point range
Feagin had a career year as a senior. Her 8.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game were career highs, and she finished the season ranked sixth in the SEC with 1.5 blocks per game