Hannah Sjerven becomes first USD women’s player to play in WNBA

Former South Dakota middle Hannah Sjerven, who signed a hardship deal to rejoin the Minnesota Lynx on Friday, logged 4 minutes in Minnesota’s recreation in opposition to Chicago Saturday, changing into the primary South Dakota alum to log minutes in a regular-season WNBA recreation in this system’s historical past.

Sjerven did not file a stat whereas fouling twice in her time on the ground.

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Sjerven’s minutes make her simply the fourth participant in Summit League historical past to seem within the WNBA common season. The earlier three (E.C. Hill of Northern Illinois, Marlous Nieuwveen of Valparaiso, Zane Teilane of Western Illinois) have been members of the league when it glided by its former title: the Mid-Continent Convention.

Sjerven was chosen with the twenty eighth decide within the WNBA Draft by the Lynx, however was launched on the finish of the preseason. She had a adorned profession with the Coyotes, with a last run to the Candy 16 boosting her profile to that of a WNBA Draft prospect.

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