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Huff, Mitchell To Represent Utes During 2020 WNBA Regular Season
7/23/2020 8:00 AM | Women's Basketball
SALT LAKE CITY – Two former Utah women's basketball players are set to start the 2020 WNBA season on Saturday, Jan. 25 as Megan Huff suits up for the Minnesota Lynx and Leilani Mitchell joins the defending WNBA champions in the Washington Mystics.
The first weekend of play which features two days of national TV tripleheaders, will be dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement. All aspects of the game and player outfitting will be designed to affirm Black Lives Matter and honor victims of police brutality and racial violence.
The WNBA regular season will feature at least 64 national telecasts across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, CBS and CBS Sports. The game will take place in Bradenton, Fla. at the IMG Academy with a 22-game schedule for each of the 12 teams.
#ProUtes Career Snapshots
Megan Huff // Federal Way, Wash.
Years at Utah: 2016-19 (Redshirted 2016-17 season due to NCAA transfer rules)
Utah Quick Hits: Back-to-back first-team all-Pac-12 selection … 1,000-point scorer in just two seasons … ranks in the top-10 all-time at Utah in single-season scoring and rebounding, single-game points, single-season total points, career scoring average, career rebounding average, career three-point percentage and career free throw percentage … 18 career double-doubles at Utah … averaged 19.6 points and 9.9 rebounds as a senior.
Years in the WNBA: First season
Pro Basketball Quick Hits: Played her first professional season for TTT Riga in Riga, Latvia, in 2019-20, averaging 11.0 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.
Leilani Mitchell // Kennewick, Wash.
Years at Utah: 2006-08 (Redshirted 2006-07 season due to NCAA transfer rules)
Utah Quick Hits: After earning honorable mention All-America at Idaho and breaking the program record for career steals, she transferred to Utah … averaged 16.8 points, 7.5 assists and 4.1 rebounds as a senior to lead Utah to a NCAA Tournament bid in 2008 … ranks in the top-10 all-time at Utah in single-season and career assists and assists average … MWC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year in 2008, also earning AP All-America.
Years in the WNBA: 12th Season
Pro Basketball Quick Hits: 2019 and 2010 WNBA Most Improve Player award winner, the only player in WNBA history to ever win the award in more than one season … career averages of 6.4 points, 2.9 assists and 2.1 rebounds in 345 career games and 165 career starts … career 39.6 three-point percentage ranks fifth-best among active players and 16th-best all-time in the WNBA.
The first weekend of play which features two days of national TV tripleheaders, will be dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement. All aspects of the game and player outfitting will be designed to affirm Black Lives Matter and honor victims of police brutality and racial violence.
The WNBA regular season will feature at least 64 national telecasts across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, CBS and CBS Sports. The game will take place in Bradenton, Fla. at the IMG Academy with a 22-game schedule for each of the 12 teams.
The reigning WNBA Most Improved Player joining the reigning WNBA Champions? We're here for it.??
Go get em, Leilani.??#ProUtes
(??via @WashMystics) pic.twitter.com/zx2tEe3zfA— Utah Women's Basketball (@UTAHWBB) July 21, 2020
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Megan Huff
(@yunghuffdiggity) pic.twitter.com/d3e428ZrsB— Minnesota Lynx (@minnesotalynx) July 12, 2020
#ProUtes Career Snapshots
Megan Huff // Federal Way, Wash.
Years at Utah: 2016-19 (Redshirted 2016-17 season due to NCAA transfer rules)
Utah Quick Hits: Back-to-back first-team all-Pac-12 selection … 1,000-point scorer in just two seasons … ranks in the top-10 all-time at Utah in single-season scoring and rebounding, single-game points, single-season total points, career scoring average, career rebounding average, career three-point percentage and career free throw percentage … 18 career double-doubles at Utah … averaged 19.6 points and 9.9 rebounds as a senior.
Years in the WNBA: First season
Pro Basketball Quick Hits: Played her first professional season for TTT Riga in Riga, Latvia, in 2019-20, averaging 11.0 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.
It's @yunghuffdiggity's time to shine.?
??» https://t.co/cDCfSqhZO2 pic.twitter.com/cOruAolGwD— Minnesota Lynx (@minnesotalynx) June 17, 2020
Leilani Mitchell // Kennewick, Wash.
Years at Utah: 2006-08 (Redshirted 2006-07 season due to NCAA transfer rules)
Utah Quick Hits: After earning honorable mention All-America at Idaho and breaking the program record for career steals, she transferred to Utah … averaged 16.8 points, 7.5 assists and 4.1 rebounds as a senior to lead Utah to a NCAA Tournament bid in 2008 … ranks in the top-10 all-time at Utah in single-season and career assists and assists average … MWC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year in 2008, also earning AP All-America.
Years in the WNBA: 12th Season
Pro Basketball Quick Hits: 2019 and 2010 WNBA Most Improve Player award winner, the only player in WNBA history to ever win the award in more than one season … career averages of 6.4 points, 2.9 assists and 2.1 rebounds in 345 career games and 165 career starts … career 39.6 three-point percentage ranks fifth-best among active players and 16th-best all-time in the WNBA.
WNBA | Opals point guard Leilani Mitchell could be the piece that helps the @WashMystics go back-to-back.
Read: https://t.co/nqXHiYmIYh
by @L_Bourchier #AussieHoops #WNBA pic.twitter.com/YOlp1nfFzZ— The Pick and Roll (@PickandRollAU) July 21, 2020
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