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Aari McDonald explains why she chose Arizona over WNBA Draft

Aari McDonald‘s decision to skip the WNBA Draft and return for her senior season was not an easy one. It was, in her words, “probably one of the hardest decisions I’ve had to make.”

And at one point she was ready to leave Arizona behind.

“My heart was set out for declaring for the draft,” McDonald said Wednesday. “... I wanted to test the waters and I want to hear my name called alongside the other great players in the nation, and I thought I was ready.”

Her voice trailed off.

“But I think that things work out in a way.