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Some of the WNBA Players Shining on and off the Court in 2024

Te'a Omari Cooper. Photo/TimzTell
  • WNBA has several talented players
  • Some of the WNBA players also pose as models for some companies that deal with beauty or outfits
  • Their beauty creates a fan base because they are attractive to watch

The Women’s Basketball Association has been linked with talented and attractive players who make every competition worth watching. Some of the players have been ranked as top models for several companies including beauty products and outfits.

Apart from the several matches fans await for them to appear, they also anticipate seeing cute faces and nice body shapes.

In our article today, we get to see some of the WNBA players who are loved by their fans for their physical appearances and make their games worth watching.

Leilani Seamah Mitchell

Leilani Seamah Mitchell is an American-Australian professional basketball player who was drafted in the 2008 WNBA by the Phoenix Mercury. She is 38 years old a dual citizen of the United States and Australia, and a member of the Australian women’s national basketball team best known as the Opals.

Mitchell played college basketball at the University of Idaho Vandals for three seasons before transferring to the University of Utah for one season and she won five Mountain West Conference Player of the Week awards.

Leilani Seamah Mitchell

Leilani Seamah Mitchell. Photo/ESPN

She was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2008 WNBA and is currently a free agent.

Tea Omari Cooper

Te’a Omari Cooper is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. She was born in Newark, New Jersey on April 16 1997. The 26-year-old played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears, South Carolina Gamecocks and the Tennessee Volunteers.

Cooper was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury with the 18th pick in the 202 WNBA. Unfortunately, the team was forced to leave due to the Covid-19 pandemic and she happened to be one of them. 

She was then picked to play as a point guard by the Los Angeles Sparks and is currently playing as a free agent.

Katie Lou Samuelson

Katie Lou Samuelson is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She is 26 years old and was born in Fullerton, California U.S. Samuelson started playing at Mater Dei High School where she played for her team for three seasons and won the Naismith Trophy.

Katie Lou Samuelson. Photo/Just Women’s Sports

She played college basketball at the University of Connecticut and was named the 2016 national freshman of the year by ESPN, and to the American Athletic  Conference all-freshman team.

The player was part of the United States Under-17 team who won the 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship and 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship. Samuelson was drafted by the Chicago Sky in the 2019 WNBA draft and was traded to the Dallas Wings for Azura Stevens but was waived before the end of the season.

The following year, she was traded to the Seattle Storm for the number one overall pick in the 2021 WNBA draft. Her tenure with the Storm ended and was traded to the Los Angeles Sparks. She went on a break in 2023 as she was expecting.

Monique Charice Billings

Monique Charice Billings is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association. She is 27 years old and was born in Riverside, California, U.S. on May 2, 1996.

She played college basketball at Santiago High School in Corona, California and participated in the high jump on the track and field team. Billings was invited to the United States national team Under-18 trials in 2014.

She then played college basketball at UCLA and in her freshman season, she was named to the Pac-12 all-freshman team in her sophomore year, she led the team to the NCAA division1 women’s basketball tournament though they lost to Texas.

Monique Charice Billings. Photo/UCLA Athletics

Billing was drafted in the second round by the Atlanta Dream in the 2018 WNBA draft and after that season, she played for the Asan Woori Bank Wibee of the Women’s Korean Basketball League.

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