Former UVA basketball star Monica Wright named to WNBA All-Rookie Team

Former UVA basketball star Monica Wright was named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team. Wright scored an average of 11.1 points per game for the Minnesota Lynx, second only to Connecticut Sun’s Tina Charles.

Wright scored a career-high 32 points on June 1 when the Minnesota Lynx defeated the Phoenix Mercury. Wright was second overall pick by the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA draft, second, again, to Charles.

To read more about Wright’s accolades during her tenure at UVA, click here.