Villanova forward Maddy Siegrist will forgo her final year of collegiate eligibility and enter the 2023 WNBA Draft, she announced Monday. Here’s what you need to know:
- The 6-foot-2 Siegrist led the country in scoring this season at 29.2 points per game, adding 9.2 rebounds. She shot 51 percent from the field and 36.1 percent from 3.
- Siegrist became the all-time leading Villanova scorer, for both men’s and women’s basketball, this season. She finished her college career with 2,896 points.
- Earlier this month, The Athletic’s Sabreena Merchant projected Siegrist to be picked at No. 3 by the Wings in the WNBA Draft.
The Athletic’s instant analysis:
Siegrist’s legacy at Villanova
Siegrist leaves Villanova as the greatest player in program history, a two-time Big East Player of the Year and two-time All-American who now holds the all-time Big East scoring record — a conference that happens to also include UConn. She brought the Wildcats back onto the national stage, making Villanova games must-see television thanks to her scoring exploits, and helping the program advance to its first Sweet 16 in 20 years.
The biggest test of Siegrist’s legacy will be if the underclassmen that she has shepherded over the past two years — Lucy Olsen and Christina Dalce, among others —…
