Connecticut Solar signal two sharpshooters forward of 2025 WNBA season

The Connecticut Solar introduced on Monday that guard Madison Hayes and ahead Morgan Maly have signed coaching camp contracts.

Madison Hayes simply accomplished a powerful graduate season at North Carolina State, during which she averaged a career-best 10.9 factors and seven.1 rebounds per recreation. She led the Wolfpack in rebounds per recreation, in addition to whole offensive rebounds (71), three-point proportion (41.3%), and free-throw proportion (81.9%). Hayes helped the Wolfpack to 2 ACC common season titles (2022, 2025), an ACC convention match crown (2022), and an NCAA Last 4 look in 2024.

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Morgan Maly, in the meantime, joins the Solar after a five-year profession at Creighton College. The 6-1 guard averaged a career-best 17.3 factors, in addition to 5.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists per recreation in her senior season. She additionally shot a career-high 42.7 % from past the three-point line.

Maly is Creighton’s all-time chief in video games performed (150) and three-point subject targets made (333). She can be second all-time in scoring (2,072) and sixth all-time in rebounding (801). She helped lead the Bluejays to 4 consecutive NCAA match berths, together with this system’s first-ever NCAA Elite Eight look in 2022.

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The Connecticut Solar presently have 21 gamers listed on their coaching camp roster

Along with Hayes and Maly, that checklist consists of:

• Guard Abbey Hsu, a Columbia College standout who was drafted by the staff in 2024
• Amy Okonkwo
• Middle Kamila Borkowska, who hails from Poland
• Middle Kariata Diaby from Cote d’Ivoire
• Ahead Aneesah Morrow, the Solar’s No. 7 draft choose in 2025, from LSU
• Guard Saniya Rivers, the Solar’s No. 8 draft choose in 2025, from North Carolina State
• Middle-forward Rayah Marshall, the Solar’s No. 25 choose from USC from the 2025 Draft
• Veteran guard Diamond DeShields, who signed with the Solar in free company
• Guard Marina Mabrey, who returns for a second season in Connecticut
• Guard Jacy Sheldon, who the Solar acquired by way of commerce from the Dallas Wings
• Ahead Mya Hollingshed, who was drafted in 2022 by the Las Vegas Aces however has but to play within the WNBA
• Middle Olivia Nelson-Ododa, who returns for a fourth season in Connecticut
• Guard Yvonne Anderson, who beforehand performed for the Solar in 2022
• Guard Lindsay Allen, who the Solar acquired by way of commerce from the Chicago Sky
• Corridor of Fame middle Tina Charles
• French guard Leila Lacan, whom the Solar chosen tenth general within the 2024 WNBA Draft
• Ahead Caitlin Bickle, a returning second-year ahead
• Ahead-guard Haley Peters
• Ahead Robyn Parks

Of the 21 gamers, 12 will make the Solar’s remaining roster.