{"id":158751,"date":"2022-05-06T16:33:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T02:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=158751"},"modified":"2022-05-06T16:33:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T02:33:21","slug":"atwell-starting-sparks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/06\/atwell-starting-sparks\/","title":{"rendered":"Atwell earns starting spot for WNBA<\/abbr>\u2019s Sparks"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Photo by LA Sparks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa basketball star Amy Atwell<\/strong> earned a starting spot on the WNBA<\/abbr>\u2019s season opening night as a rookie.<\/p>\n

The LA<\/abbr> Sparks chose the former Rainbow Wahine from Australia in the recent draft in the third round as the 27th overall selection. 糖心视频<\/abbr>\u2019s Judy Mosley<\/strong> was the first WNBA<\/abbr> draft pick in 1997 as the sixth overall pick to the Sacramento Monarchs. The Sparks opened the season on the road against the defending champions Chicago Sky. <\/p>\n

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Amy Atwell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atwell will start alongside former MVP<\/abbr> and WNBA<\/abbr> champion Nneka Ogwumike, 2021 First-Team All-Defensive selection Brittney Sykes, four-time WNBA<\/abbr> All-Star Liz Cambage and two-time WNBA<\/abbr> Champion Jordin Canada.<\/p>\n

Atwell broke the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Wahine record for 3-pointers and games played this past season. She led the team to the NCAA<\/abbr> tournament and became the first Hawaiʻi<\/span> player to be named as the Big West Conference player of the year.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles finished the 2021 season with a 12-20 record, placing 10th overall in the league standings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University of Hawaiʻi’s<\/span> top player is now a starter in the WNBA<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[679,58,82,9,550],"class_list":["post-158751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t