Samantha Logic played four years at Iowa and became only the second Hawkeye ever to be selected in the first round of the WNBA Draft back in 2015. She played in the league for a year and then played pro ball in Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Slovakia and, most recently, Luxembourg, where she won the championship with Grengewald. Her averages for the season: 16 points, 6.6 rebounds, 8.3 assists and 2.9 steals per game.
We were able to catch up with her after the season, while she was back in the US getting some well-deserved rest.
Luxembourg is a very small country. What made you decide to play there?
Actually, my wife had played there back when we were just dating at the time. So I had known about Luxembourg a little bit. I mean, it’s a beautiful country. I was a little hesitant because at that point in my career, I was honestly trying to see a bunch of new places. I played in France and Australia, Austria and Slovakia, Bulgaria… Originally, when I had first heard the offer, I was like a little hesitant on that front. But my agent felt good about it, so we ended up going with it.
How did you adapt to living there? Because the country is very… condensed.
To me, it was honestly one of the easier…