TOLEDO, Ohio - Former Toledo women's basketball player Sara Rokkanen has signed a professional contract to play for Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre in Spain.
Rokkanen becomes the ninth Rocket to play professionally overseas under three-time Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year Tricia Cullop, joining Melissa Goodall (Italy and Spain), Naama Shafir (Israel), Andola Dortch (Belarus), Inma Zanoguera (Italy), Brenae Harris (Spain), Janice Monakana (Great Britain), Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott (Spain and Great Britain) and most recently Mariella Santucci (Italy) on that list.
In addition, former Rockets Kaayla McIntyre, Janelle Reed-Lewis, Dortch and Harris currently play for the Toledo Threat, which is part of the women's professional basketball organization.