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Jaylyn Agnew: From Creighton to the WNBA

Creighton women’s basketball has its first player to get selected in the WNBA Draft, and it’s as fitting of a candidate as any program could have.

She overcame injuries. She took on the challenge of being the team’s leader as a senior. And now, Jaylyn Agnew is heading to The Association.

Rounding out the second round as the 24th overall pick in Friday night’s draft, Agnew’s destination is the reigning WNBA champion Washington Mystics.

The BIG EAST Player of the Year entered the 2019-20 campaign viewed as one of the best players in the conference. But even she and her head coach Jim Flanery admitted that the idea that she would get drafted to the WNBA was a pipe dream in the preseason.