South Carolina women's basketball: Sania Feagin selected in the WNBA Draft
Sania Feagin was drafted 21st overall by the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA Draft on Monday night.
Feagin is the 22th Gamecock in program history selected in the WNBA Draft. She is the 18th player of the Dawn Staley era to be selected.
Feagin attended the WNBA Draft in New York. Earlier on Monday, she visited the Empire State Building and attended other events with the draft picks. Before the draft, Feagin walked the orange carpet. Dawn Staley and assistant coaches Lisa Boyer, Jolette Law, and Khadijah Sessions attended the draft to support Feagin.
Feagin averaged 8.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks as a senior. Once the fourth-ranked recruit in her class, Feagin’s career started slowly before she became a starter as a senior.
“I trusted my process,” Feagin said. “I stayed at South Carolina. Didn’t play that much my first couple years, but I trusted the process. I stuck through. I trusted the Lord’s plan, and He got me to where I am now.”
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WNBA teams were attracted to Feagin’s size and defensive ability, but it’s her ability to play comfortably away from the basket that made her a second round pick. In the WNBA, forwards have to have a midrange game (and be able to hit the occasional three). Feagin has that, plus solid ball-handling.
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Three of the four members of South Carolina’s top-ranked 2021 recruiting class were drafted on Monday. Bree Hall was taken one spot before Feagin, 20th by Indiana. Saniya Rivers, who transferred to NC State following her freshman season, was selected 8th by Connecticut.
Hall and Feagin were taken with consecutive picks, and Te-Hina Paopao was drafted two picks before Hall, 18th by Atlanta.
“It meant a lot to me just knowing we all got drafted back to back to back,” Feagin said. “I texted the group chat letting them know congratulations because we did it, we made it this far. It just means a lot to be here with my teammates.”
The only player not drafted was Raven Johnson, who redshirted her freshman season due to injury and opted to return to South Carolina for a fifth season.
