Basketball fans are lucky that Lou Lopez Sénéchal began thinking about the option of playing basketball in the States when she talked to a friend in Ireland who was going to play in Canada.
Lopez Sénéchal was in Ireland from 2017 to 2018 playing at the North Atlantic Basketball Academy. Most of her life has been spent in France, the place she moved to when she was 5 and where she went to high school. She reps France, but also Mexico, the place she was born, and the state of Connecticut — she attended both Fairfield and UConn. Now she’s headed to Dallas to play for the Wings as the No. 5 pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft.
In France, Lopez Sénéchal was the new kid from Mexico — she didn’t even want to go to France after her parents separated and her dad stayed in Mexico, where she had formed friendships. When she was 8, basketball was introduced and a big part of the reason it became a big part of her life was because it helped her fit in. It was a sport that was new to all the 8-year-olds, so she didn’t feel left out. She learned and got better along with everyone else.
She learned English while playing at the North Atlantic Basketball Academy, a place where her skills on the court got a whole lot better. According to ESPN’s story on her, she was able to…
