Deja Winters Update

[aggie2039]

gophersports.com/news/2022/1/9/womens-basketball-winters-drops-20-as-gophers-fall-to-no-10-9-maryland-at-home.aspx

Winters Drops 20 as Gophers Fall to No. 10/9 Maryland at Home


m.startribune.com/gophers-saw-deja-winters-potential-during-her-big-stretch-against-maryland/600134908/

Winters is a graduate transfer to the Gophers. Her tenure here is still only months old, and she took the long way here. A native of Cleveland, she went to Seton Hall for two years, but didn't feel the fit. She transferred to North Carolina A&T for two years – it was her three-pointer with 3 seconds left in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference final against Howard that gave A&T the 59-57 win and an NCAA tournament berth. The extra year granted by the NCAA during the pandemic offered her the opportunity to move again. This time to Minnesota.

She is first on the Gophers and fifth in the Big Ten in three-point shooting percentage (.422, 38-for-90). She is second on the Gophers behind Sara Scalia (47) in made threes.

She leads the Gophers both in blocks (18) and steals (23).

[Maxell]

[919aggie]

Why did she leave again? 

[oleschoolaggie]

good to see that she's making the best of her opportunity...

[Maxell]

Deja sighting on the Big Ten Network tonight. But they are getting killed by Iowa 103-49 with 5 minutes left.Iowa has Sophomore Kaitlin Clark that has 35 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists. They are so sharp, it is unreal.

[aggie2039]

gophersports.com/news/2022/4/11/womens-basketball-winters-signed-to-las-vegas-aces-training-camp-roster.aspx

MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota guard Deja Winters became the first Gopher women's basketball player since 2019 to be picked up by a WNBA franchise when the Las Vegas Aces announced the signing of the Cleveland, Ohio, native after the conclusion of the WNBA draft on Monday night.

A product of Richmond Heights High School, Winters spent her final collegiate season with the Maroon and Gold after stops at Seton Hall and North Carolina A&T. Winters quickly made an impact on the Golden Gophers, and eventually was named All-Big Ten as a part of the Honorable Mention team by the members of the media that cover the Big Ten.

[aggieforlife]

I knew she could play in the league. I think Scott could play in league as well Jackson State had the first HBCU Player Drafted in a while to me The Big Bucket aka Harris have a similar game.

[Maxell]

Apr 12, 2022 11:29:22 GMT -5 aggieforlife said:

The Big Bucket aka Harris have a similar game.

JSU player is a legit 6-4 and averaged a double-double for three years.

[oleschoolaggie]

a lot of folks don't realize how hard it is to make a roster in the wnba. because there are far fewer wnba teams (12) than there are nba teams (30) and because the wnba has smaller rosters (12) than their nba counterparts (15), its tremendously more difficult to make a wnba team than making an nba team.

there's only 144 "total" roster spots in the wnba (12 per team), whereas there's 450 total roster spots in the nba. 144 roster spots versus 450 roster spots? that's why its so hard to make a wnba team. often 2nd round and 3rd round draftees in the wnba don't make the team. heck, the nba doesn't even have a 3rd round...