WNBA drafts its first player from an HBCU in 20 years

Ameshya Williams-Holliday, a senior center out of Jackson State University, was selected in the third round, 25th overall, by the Indiana Fever, making her the first HBCU player to be drafted into the WNBA in 20 years. A three-time Southwestern Atlantic Conference defensive player of the year, Williams-Holliday was also player of the year for the 2021-22 season. CNN reached out to Williams-Holliday for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

Three were in 2002: Andrea Gardner from Howard University, Amba Kongolo from North Carolina Central University, and Jacklyn Winfield from Southern University and A&M College. Read MoreThe two other HBCU players drafted were Denique Graves in 1997 and Karen Wilkins in 1998, both from Howard University.But in 2022, there are no players from an HBCU in the WNBA.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

ImSoTSU 2002 that’s just shameless!

theswac Love it!

Slowly but surely...those athletes are getting looked at..

So what? The color of a person's skin should NOT be the reason to chose him/her for a job, sport, award, scholarship, etc. The decision should be made on the qualifications of the individual and how well they correlate with the objectives of the team, job, etc.😡😤😡

So then black players have been drafted from historically white colleges more often?

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