UConn’s Lou Lopez Senechal, Dorka Juhasz selected in WNBA Draft
Former UConn starters Lou Lopez Senechal and Dorka Juhasz entered the professional ranks after being selected in the WNBA Draft on Monday night.
The Dallas Wings took Lopez Senechal with the 5th overall pick and the Minnesota Lynx selected Juhasz with the 16th overall pick (2nd round).
Lopez Senecha, a 6-foot-1 guard/forward was graded as the 8th-best prospect in the draft and Juhasz, a 6-foot-5 forward, was the 11th-ranked player on ESPN's board.
Lopez Senechal, a graduate transfer from Fairfield, started 37 games last season and averaged 15.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 31.5 minutes for the Huskies last season. She appeared in 99 games as an undergraduate, averaging 16.1 points and 4.7 rebounds in 33.2 minutes per game.
Lopez Senechal will team up with former Huskies standout and 2020 WNBA Rookie of the Year Crystal Dangerfield, who joined the Wings as part of a three-team deal in January.
Juhasz played two seasons with the Huskies after transferring from Ohio State and averaged 14.2 points, 9.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.4 blocks in 33.7 minutes per game during 29 starts last season. During her three years with the Buckeyes, Juhasz averaged 13 points and 9.6 rebounds in 75 games.
The Wings were middle-of-the-pack (six out of 12 teams) last season finishing the year at 18-18. The Lynx had the fourth-worst record in the WNBA at 14-22.
Earlier in the draft, Dallas took Villanova guard Maddy Siegrist with the No. 3 pick and Iowa State center Stephanie Soares with the No. 4 pick before rounding out the first round with Maryland guard Abby Meyers at No. 11. The Wings would then select Iowa State forward Ashley Joens in the second round (19th overall) and Illinois State center Paige Robinson in the third round (31st overall).
Minnesota selected Maryland guard Diamond Miller with the 2nd overall pick and Maia Hirsch, a forward out of France, with the No. 12 pick. The Lynx would select South Carolina forward Brea Beal (24th overall) to end the 2nd round and Virginia Tech guard Taylor Soule (28th overall) in the third round.
