Monika Czinano blossomed into one of the most efficient shooters in NCAA history. And Monday night, she became a WNBA Draft pick. The Los Angeles Sparks selected Czinano in the third round, as the ...

The Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA waived rookie center Monika Czinano of Iowa as they neared this week’s start of the season. Czinano was a first-team All-Big Ten player for the Hawkeyes in ...

The 6-foot-3 center will join guard Zia Cooke out of South Carolina and guard Shaniece Swain, who is from Australia. The Sparks went 13-23 in the 2022 season, missing the playoffs. Los Angeles then ...

Now, she'll have an opportunity to play in the WNBA. Czinano was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the third round of the WNBA draft Monday night with the 26th overall pick. She's the 15th draftee ...

Iowa's Monika Czinano is wandering to LA as she goes No. 26 overall to the Los Angeles Sparks. The unanimous all-Big Ten center was instrumental in helping get Iowa to its first ever national ...

One of Monika Czinano’s lifelong dreams came true. On Monday night, the Los Angeles Sparks selected the 6-foot-3 forward with pick No. 26, the second pick of the third round, in the 2023 WNBA ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KWWL) -- Problems with the 2023 WNBA season have claimed another standout rookie in former Hawkeye Monika Czinano. Czinano, who was picked 26th overall in the WNBA draft in April ...

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. — Monika Czinano is heading to Los Angeles. The Iowa center was drafted in the third round by the Los Angeles Sparks. Czinano played at Iowa for five years and averaged at ...

When you think of Los Angeles, you think of basketball. The City of Angels has been the home for so many legends of the game. Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, LeBron James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar have ...

— Los Angeles Sparks (@LASparks) April 11, 2023 In the third round (26th overall), the Sparks added Iowa’s Monika Czinano, a 6-3 forward, who averaged 17.1 points and 6.5 rebounds, while ...

And NBA legend Magic Johnson, who is part of the Sparks’ ownership group, later tweeted his admiration for Czinano’s game and welcomed her to Los Angeles. More: Leistikow: The latest on Iowa women's ...