After seven combined seasons in Queens, four combined All-Big East First team selections and 3,000 plus combined points, St. John’s women’s basketball stars Aliyyah Handford and Danaejah Grant have added another remarkable achievement to their resumes.
Handford was selected in the third round, 27th overall, of the WNBA Draft to the Connecticut Sun, while Grant was chosen 31st overall in the third round by the Washington Mystics. The two seniors were the first St. John’s players to be picked since 2013, when both Nadirah McKenith and Shenneika Smith came off the board in the second round.
“The crazy part about it was that everyone was checking their phones and then I saw it and didn’t know how to feel,” Handford said following the draft.