Connecticut Sun sign two sharpshooters ahead of 2025 WNBA season

The Connecticut Solar introduced on Monday that guard Madison Hayes and ahead Morgan Maly have signed coaching camp contracts.

Madison Hayes simply accomplished a powerful graduate season at North Carolina State, during which she averaged a career-best 10.9 factors and seven.1 rebounds per recreation. She led the Wolfpack in rebounds per recreation, in addition to complete offensive rebounds (71), three-point share (41.3%), and free-throw share (81.9%). Hayes helped the Wolfpack to 2 ACC common season titles (2022, 2025), an ACC convention match crown (2022), and an NCAA Last 4 look in 2024.

Morgan Maly, in the meantime, joins the Solar after a five-year profession at Creighton College. The 6-1 guard averaged a career-best 17.3 factors, in addition to 5.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists per recreation in her senior season. She additionally shot a career-high 42.7 % from past the three-point line.

Maly is Creighton’s all-time chief in video games performed (150) and three-point discipline targets made (333). She can also be second all-time in scoring (2,072) and sixth all-time in rebounding (801). She helped lead the Bluejays to 4 consecutive NCAA match berths, together with this system’s first-ever NCAA Elite Eight look in 2022.

The Connecticut Solar presently have 21 gamers listed on their coaching camp roster

Along with Hayes and Maly, that listing consists of:

Guard Abbey Hsu, a Columbia College standout who was drafted by the workforce in 2024
Amy Okonkwo
Heart Kamila Borkowska, who hails from Poland
Heart Kariata Diaby from Cote d’Ivoire
Ahead Aneesah Morrow, the Solar’s No. 7 draft decide in 2025, from LSU
Guard Saniya Rivers, the Solar’s No. 8 draft decide in 2025, from North Carolina State
Heart-forward Rayah Marshall, the Solar’s No. 25 decide from USC from the 2025 Draft
Veteran guard Diamond DeShields, who signed with the Solar in free company
Guard Marina Mabrey, who returns for a second season in Connecticut
Guard Jacy Sheldon, who the Solar acquired by way of commerce from the Dallas Wings
Ahead Mya Hollingshed, who was drafted in 2022 by the Las Vegas Aces however has but to play within the WNBA
Heart Olivia Nelson-Ododa, who returns for a fourth season in Connecticut
Guard Yvonne Anderson, who beforehand performed for the Solar in 2022
Guard Lindsay Allen, who the Solar acquired by way of commerce from the Chicago Sky
Corridor of Fame heart Tina Charles

French guard Leila Lacan, whom the Solar chosen tenth total within the 2024 WNBA Draft
Ahead Caitlin Bickle, a returning second-year ahead
Ahead-guard Haley Peters
Ahead Robyn Parks

Of the 21 gamers, 12 will make the Solar’s closing roster.