Oregon guard Endyia Rogers enters WNBA Draft
The Oregon Ducks will be in search of a new leading scorer for the 2023-24 season.
Endyia Rogers, a three-time all-Pac-12 selection, has entered the 2023 WNBA Draft, according to an updated list of entries released Thursday morning.
Rogers was a two-year starter for the Ducks who spent her first two collegiate seasons at USC. She led Oregon with 15.9 points and 3.9 assists per game during the 2022-23 campaign. The 5-foot-7 Dallas, Texas, native shot 45% from the field and 38% from three-point range.
Rogers tallied three 30-point performances this season, including a 35-point showing against Utah on Feb. 5.
During Oregon’s Pac-12 tournament win over Washington on March 1, Rogers scored 28 points — including 10 points over the final 4 minutes, 46 seconds of regulation.
The Ducks finished 20-15 this season and were bounced out of the NIT by Washington last Sunday after beginning the year at No. 21 in the AP Poll.
Kelly Graves’ program will look to bounce back next season behind a nucleus led by Te-Hina Paopao, Grace VanSlooten, and Chance Gray.
Former Oregon forward Sedona Prince officially entered the WNBA Draft on Tuesday.
A projected starter for the Ducks prior to the start of the year, Prince underwent season-ending elbow surgery in November and left the program to prepare for her pro career.
The WNBA draft will be held April 10 at 7 p.m. ET in New York.
More on the WNBA Draft
Since the NCAA granted, in 2021, every winter sport student-athlete an additional year of NCAA eligibility as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, intercollegiate women’s basketball players – even those who are finishing their senior year or graduate studies – may have remaining NCAA eligibility after the 2022-23 season. Accordingly, the WNBA and the WNBPA previously agreed on an opt-in process for NCAA players who are otherwise eligible for the 2023 WNBA Draft.
Players who have exhausted all NCAA eligibility, including the additional year granted due to Covid-19, are not required to renounce in order to be available for selection in the 2023 WNBA Draft but are nonetheless encouraged to notify the WNBA of their intent to be eligible for the Draft and may therefore be included in this list. Eligible international players (as that term is defined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement) also are not required to opt in to the 2023 WNBA Draft in order to be selected.
Players whose college teams were still active through March 26 will have 48 hours following the conclusion of their final game to renounce their remaining NCAA eligibility and declare themselves available for the 2023 WNBA Draft.
