South Carolina women's basketball: Former Gamecock star getting another WNBA opportunity
Less than two weeks ago, former South Carolina women’s basketball star Tiffany Mitchell was waived by the Las Vegas Aces following the team’s trade acquisition of post player NaLyssa Smith. During her short-lived reunion with A’ja Wilson, Mitchell played 13 minutes per game and averaged 3.7 points per contest. Both were low marks for her WNBA career. However, Mitchell will have the opportunity to redeem her 2025 season with a new team.
On Thursday, the Seattle Storm announced that they had signed the former Gamecock guard. In the team’s press release, the Storm noted that Mitchell is one of just 10 WNBA players ever to log three years of 90% free throw shooting.
With Seattle, Mitchell will team up with another former USC All-American guard, third-year pro Zia Cooke. Prior to the signing, the Storm had an open roster spot, meaning there was no corresponding roster move.
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With the move, Mitchell will join her fifth WNBA team. She played seven years with the Indiana Fever, where she bounced between the starting lineup and sixth woman duties. Then, she spent one year each with the Minnesota Lynx and Connecticut Sun. Mitchell signed with the Aces this offseason via free agency.
During her South Carolina women’s basketball career, Mitchell earned a pair of SEC Player of the Year honors. She was the first Gamecock to receive the honor and began a streak of five consecutive years (and seven of ten) in which a Dawn Staley-coached player earned the award. The three-time All-American also won the Dawn Staley Award as the college guard who most modeled her head coach’s game and basketball intensity and had her No. 25 jersey retired by the program.
