UPDATE on Tuesday, Apr. 16 at 7:30 p.m. ET: Washington Mystics General Manager Mike Thibault has backtracked on forward Tianna Hawkins retiring from the WNBA. The news came out earlier this afternoon by Kareem Copeland of The Washington Post.
Just a bit of clarification from last night, sounds like Mike Thibault may have gotten a lil ahead of himself in terms of Tianna Hawkins. She has not yet retired.
— Kareem Copeland (@kareemcopeland) April 16, 2024
Thibault originally announced that Hawkins was retiring on Monday night after the 2024 WNBA Draft in a press conference to the media.