Haley Gorecki, Leaonna Odom Out Of Duke To Dallas, Atlanta In The WNBA Draft ?

We’re a week away from the WNBA Draft !

With that mind there are pair of players from Duke who could be hearing their names called.

Who are they? Haley Gorecki who is a shooting guard along with her former teammate Leonna Odom who is a power forward.

Where could they end up being drafted. “according to an article by Mechelle Voepel on espn.com

Haley Gorecki who is a shooting guard could end up being drafted by Dallas as the twenty first pick in the second round.”according to https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29008593/wnba-mock-draft-2020-oregon-sabrina-ionescu-satou-sabally-projected-go-1-2

Though, Haley Gorecki’s career at Duke wasn’t all glory as it was filled with her being sidelined by injuries.

What were those injuries? hip injuries. Duke has lost another player for the season as starting guard Haley Gorecki is out with a left hip injury. Gorecki missed a year and a half with an injury to her other hip, playing only 14 games as a freshman in 2015-16 before sitting out last season while she was hurt.  “according to an article by the Associated Press on espn.com

During her career at Duke Haley Gorecki Became the first Blue Devil to lead their team in points (17.2), rebounds (7.1) and assists (3.9) as a junior in 2018-19 ... finished her career ranking in points (17th, 1,384), scoring average (10th, 14.3), three-point field goals made (8th, 170), three-point field goals attempted (5th, 526), free throws made (7th, 334), steals average (T8th, 1.9), minutes average (6th, 30.7) and 20+ point games (9th, 26) ... in 2019-20, ranked in the following season categories -- scoring average (10th, 18.5), free throws made (5th, 166), free throws attempted (T7th, 194) and minutes average (1st, 36.5) ... averaged 36.0 minutes a contest in 2018-19 and averaged 36.5 minutes in 2019-20, becoming the first Blue Devil to average 35.0 minutes or more in back-to-back seasons ... matched a Duke single-season record with 208 three-pointers attempted in 2018-19 ... averaged 6.93 three-pointers attempted per game and 15.6 shots per game, which were both school records in 2018-19. “according to https://goduke.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/haley-gorecki/11762

Meanwhile, her teammate Leaonna Odom could also end up going in the second round to Atlanta as the seventeenth pick in the WNBA draft. If she does Leonna Odom will be teammates with Elizabeth Williams who was drafted  fourth overall by Connecticut in the 2015 WNBA Draft out of Duke. Elizabeth Williams was traded to the Atlanta Dream on February 3, 2016 from the Connecticut Sun for the No. 4 pick in the 2016 WNBA draft. Signed a multi-year contract with Atlanta on April 3, 2018. “according to https://www.wnba.com/player/elizabeth-williams/

During Leonna Odom’s career at Duke she started 99-of-125 games as a Blue Devil ... in five career NCAA Tournament games, posted 20 or more points in three of those -- 25 vs. Belmont, 23 vs. Hampton and 22 vs. Connecticut ... totaled 14 double-doubles ... notched 16 old-fashioned three-point plays ... led Duke in scoring 20 times and rebounding 40 times.Finished her career ranking 16th in points (1,387), 10th in field goals made (599) and 10th in minutes (3,716). “according to https://goduke.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/leaonna-odom/11765