Maddy Siegrist’s story is one of dominance in a slightly disrespected Big East conference that isn’t quite considered one of the Power 5s. But look at all the Power 5 players she went ahead of in the draft by getting selected at No. 3 by the Dallas Wings. The Big East had a strong season in 2022-23 and Siegrist’s Villanova Wildcats making a run to the Sweet Sixteen certainly helped her cause.
Let’s talk about her dominance. Siegrist averaged 18.8 points as a freshman, 22.8 as a sophomore, 25.3 as a junior and 29.2 as a senior. Her 2,896 career points lead the Big East all-time. She also nearly averaged a double-double each season in college with 8.9 rebounds per game as a freshman, 9.8 as a sophomore and 9.2 as a junior and senior.
Siegrist was similarly dominant in high school, averaging 32.7 points and 13.1 rebounds per game as a senior at Our Lady of Lourdes in Poughkeepsie, New York. She was named All-State twice and Poughkeepsie Journal Player of the Year twice. Yet, she wasn’t ranked in the ESPN Hoop Gurlz Top 100 coming out of high school in 2018.
She quickly proved those rankings wrong. After sitting out the 2018-19 season with a broken ankle, she scored 41 points on Dec. 21, 2019 to mark a Villanova freshman record. She went on to win Big East Rookie…
