Haley Gorecki, Leaonna Odom Will Be Teammates With Former Duke Players Jasmine Thomas, Chelsea Gray If Picked By Connecticut, Los Angeles In The WNBA Draft

The day has come. The day women who played collegiality hopefully get to hear their name called during the WNBA Draft.

Two players who played for Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie at Duke are projected to be selected in Friday’s 2020 WNBA Draft. Who are they? Haley Gorecki who is a guard and Leaonna Odom who is a forward.

In the most recently updated Mock Draft in article by Mechelle Voepel on espn.com it states that Haley Gorecki is going to be selected 35th by Connecticut while her Duke teammate Leaonna Odom is expected to be selected by Los Angeles as the 20th pick in this years WNBA Draft“according to an article by Mechelle Voepel on ESPN.com.

So what are the chances that Haley Gorecki and Leaonna Odom get the opportunity to be teammates with former players who played at Duke? There is a chance as Jasmine Thomas is a guard for Connecticut. She was selected by the Seattle Storm with the 12th pick overall in the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft. Later traded to Mystics on April 29, 2011. Traded to Dream in 2013 and re-signed in 2015. Months later traded to Sun.”according to https://www.wnba.com/player/jasmine-thomas/ Jasmine Thomas

• Has played in 236 games with 180 starts over seven seasons

• Career totals include 2,077 points, 763 assists, 668 rebounds and 234 steals

• Smart, durable point guard who played first 204 games of her WNBA career before missing a game at Indiana (5/20/17)

• Has great leadership qualities

• Athletic and relentless defender

• Hard worker has steadily improved her skills

• Has put together three straight career years for the Sun

• Earned WNBA All Star recognition for the first time in 2017

• Surpassed 750 career assists at Washington (8/29/17)

• Scored her 2,000th career point against Phoenix (8/12/17) “according to https://www.wnba.com/player/jasmine-thomas/#/bio

  While Haley Gorcki could be teammates with Jasmine Thomas Leaonna Odom meanwhile could end up being teammates with former Duke guard Chelsea Gray if she is selected twentieth by Los Angeles. Chelsea Gray was

  • Selected by the Connecticut Sun in the first round with the 11th overall pick in the 2014 WNBA Draft

  • Traded to the Los Angeles Sparks along with two first-round picks in the 2016 WNBA Draft and a first-round pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft in exchange for draft rights to Jonquel Jones and the 17th pick in the 2016 WNBA Draft “according to https://www.wnba.com/player/chelsea-gray/#/bio

  During Haley Gorecki career at Duke she was

  The only power five conference player nationally to average over 18.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals and was also the only player nationally with over 550 points, 195 rebounds, 130 assists, 60 steals and 15 blocked shots in 2019-20 ... first Duke player to average over 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in back-to-back seasons ... became the third Blue Devil to register 500 points, 200 rebounds, 100 assists and 75 steals in a season as a redshirt junior in 2018-19 ... she joined only Alana Bead (2001-02, 2002-03) and Monique Currie (2004-05) ... became just the seventh player in ACC history to lead their team in scoring rebounding and assists -- Lakeia Stokes, Clemson (2003-04), Kisha Ford, Georgia Tech (1993-94), Shenise Johnson, Miami (2011-12), Laine Selwyn, Pitt (2001-02; 2002-03), Amy Privette, Wake Forest (1986-87) and Bernadette McGlade, UNC (1979-80) ... only the second ACC player to lead her team in back-to-back seasons in scoring, rebounding and assists ... became just the seventh Blue Devil to total over 500 points, 200 rebounds and 100 assists in their first 50 collegiate games in 2018-19 (Alana Beard, Lexie Brown, Monique Currie, Rebecca Greenwell, Alexis Jones and Katie Meier) ... became just the sixth Blue Devil in school history to notch back-to-back 500-point seasons -- Alana Beard, Lexie Brown, Monique Currie, Chris Moreland and Jasmine Thomas ... led Duke in scoring 39 times, led the Blue Devils in assists 22 times and 11 times she led Duke in rebounds ... collected 24 old-fashioned three-point plays, 16 double-doubles, 67 games with 10 or more points and 14 games with 10 or more rebounds ... became the eighth-quickest Blue Devil to notch 1,300 points in only 94 career games ... over her final two years, notched 23 games with 20 or more points, which was the most in the ACC ... reached 1,000 points in only 77 games becoming the 10th-quickest Blue Devil to do so.
  
  Duke Record Book:
  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.

  Meanwhile, Leaonna Odom Haley Gorecki’s teammate at Duke.
  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. “according to https://goduke.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/leaonna-odom/11765
  
  Duke Record Book:
  Finished her career ranking 16th in points (1,387), 10th in field goals made (599) and 10th in minutes (3,716).https://goduke.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/leaonna-od