Wake Forest Athletics
Watch Dearica Hamby at 2015 WNBA Draft
4/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
By Erika Carrubba, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeWBB)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Tune in to ESPN2 at 7 p.m. on Thursday as Dearica Hamby hopes to be the first Demon Deacon ever selected in the WNBA draft.
The 2015 WNBA Draft will be aired live on ESPN2 for the first round beginning at 7:00 p.m. and then moved to ESPN3 for the second and third rounds starting at 8 p.m. WatchESPN is accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 or Xbox One to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
Hamby is the first Demon Deacon ever invited to attend the WNBA Draft and hopes to be the first player in school history to be drafted in to the WNBA.
The Marietta, Ga. Native earned All-America honorable mention honors from both the WBCA and Associated Press this season. She was also a Wade Trophy Finalist and a WBCA All-Region selection. She was named first team All-ACC by both the head coach and the Blue Ribbon Panel and earned a spot on the All-ACC Tournament first team.
Hamby finished her career as the program's all-time leading scorer (1,801 points) and rebounder (1,021 rebounds). She is just the second Demon Deacon to reach 1,000 career points and rebounds along with head coach Jen Hoover. In her senior season she averaged 20.3 points and 10.7 rebounds per game. Additionally, she finished in the top five all-time in double-doubles, free throws made, field goals made, rebounding average, blocks, games started, games played and minutes played.
Hamby is one of 12 prospects that will be in attendance at the draft on Thursday evening. She will be joined by Jewell Loyd (Notre Dame), Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (UConn), Brittany Boyd (California), Brittany Hrynko (DePaul), Samantha Logic (Iowa), Reshanda Gray (California), Aleighsa Welch (South Carolina), Isabelle Harrison (Tennessee), Kiah Stokes (Connecticut), Elizabeth Williams (Duke), and Amanda Zahui B. (Minnesota).
The Seattle Storm holds the top pick in the draft for the third time in franchise history after winning the WNBA Draft Lottery presented by State Farm. The rest of the top five includes the Tulsa Shock (second pick), Seattle (third, from the Connecticut Sun), Connecticut (fourth, from the New York Liberty), and the Chicago Sky (fifth).
