Ex-Michigan standout Kysre Gondrezick selected No. 4 overall in WNBA draft
Updated Apr 16, 2021;
Posted Apr 16, 2021
Michigan guard Kysre Gondrezick (1) brings the ball up the court during their second round WNIT game against Wright State at the Crisler Center on Saturday, March 18, 2017. Hunter Dyke | The Ann Arbor News ANN ARBOR NEWSANN ARBOR NEWS
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Kysre Gondrezick has had success at every stop during her basketball career.
The 2016 Miss Basketball Award winner and former Michigan standout will look to continue that success in the WNBA after being a top-five pick Thursday night.
Gondrezick, who played the past three seasons at West Virginia, was selected No. 4 overall by the Indiana Fever.
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Indiana athletic director Scott Dolson decided keeping Miller would prove even more costly.
Dolson fired Miller on Monday, armed with enough cash from private donations to cover the buyout and ready to answer a fan base angered by four straight mediocre seasons.
“It’s a results-oriented business and I didn’t feel like we had made enough progress, Dolson said on a late afternoon Zoom call. “I thought we needed a new voice and a new direction.
The Hoosiers were already headed in the wrong direction before Miller arrived in March 2017 and four years later, the groans only grew louder.
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