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Connecticut Sun Release
WNBA Transactions
NEW YORK – Columbia University women’s basketball graduates Abbey Hsu ’24CC and Kaitlyn Davis ’23CC have signed training camp contracts in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Both transactions occurred within the past week.
Hsu signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun, as announced by the team on Monday. The Sun originally drafted Hsu with the 34th overall pick in the 2024 Draft. She will attend her first training camp ahead of the 2025 season.
Davis signed a training camp contract with the New York Liberty, as confirmed on the WNBA transaction wire on February 12. The defending WNBA champions originally drafted Davis with the 35th overall pick in the 2024 Draft. Davis will attend her first training camp ahead of the 2025 season.
“We are thrilled to see Abbey and Kaitlyn get their chances to shine on the biggest stage of women’s basketball,” Columbia head coach Megan Griffith said, “This is an amazing opportunity for each of them. I know how proud they are to represent Columbia women’s basketball in the WNBA and beyond. They couldn’t be finer ambassadors of this program. We wish them all the best in this journey!”
A native of Parkland, Florida, Hsu was the 2023-24 Ivy League Player of the Year. She was named to several National Player of the Year Watch Lists throughout the season, including the Midseason Watch List for the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year Award. She was named an All-America Honorable Mention by both the Associated Press and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, and was also a finalist for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award.
As a senior, Hsu averaged a career-best 20.4 points per game, ranking No. 1 in the Ivy League and top 25 in the NCAA. She ended her career as the all-time leading scorer in Columbia basketball history, amassing 2,126 career points in four seasons. She is third on the Ivy League’s all-time women’s basketball scoring list.
After playing three full seasons at Columbia (2019-20, 21-23), Davis transferred to USC to play a graduate year with the Trojans, where she advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. In her three years with the Lions, Davis was a two-time First Team All-Ivy League selection. She scored 1,083 career points and grabbed 679 rebounds, ranking top 10 all-time at Columbia. She is also the only player in program history to ever record a triple-double, doing so on January 28, 2023, at Levien Gymnasium.
WNBA training camp is set to begin at the end of April.
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