Minnesota Lynx Acquire 2022 First-Round Draft Pick In Exchange For Forward Mikiah Herbert Harrigan

Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 4:25 PM

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MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL – Minnesota Lynx Head Coach and General Manager Cheryl Reeve today announced that the team has traded forward Mikiah Herbert Harrigan to the Seattle Storm in exchange for a 2022 first-round draft pick via Phoenix. 

The 21-year-old played in 21 games for Minnesota in the 2020 WNBA Season, holding averages of 3.8 points and 2.3 rebounds in 11.1 minutes of action per game. She saw her best game against Dallas when she tallied 10 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two steals in 20 minutes off the bench. 

Prior to being drafted sixth overall in the 2020 WNBA draft by the Minnesota Lynx, the Pembroke Pines, Florida native helped South Carolina to not only an NCAA Championship but two SEC regular season titles, three SEC Tournament championships and appearances in the 2019 Sweet 16 and the 2018 Elite Eight. The SEC Tournament MVP posted career highs in points (13.1), rebounds (5.6), field goal percentage (50.6), three-point percentage (43.5) and free throw percentage (83.5) in her final collegiate season. The 2017 NCAA National Champion, joined Alaina Coates and A’ja Wilson as the only South Carolina players to amass 1,000 points and 200 blocks in their college careers.  

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