PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Arella Guirantes, one of the most decorated and prolific student-athletes in Rutgers women's basketball history, has been selected 22^nd overall in the second round of the 2021 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday evening live on ESPN.
 
Guirantes becomes the 21^st Scarlet Knight under head coach C. Vivian Stringer to be selected in the WNBA Draft since the inaugural class of 1997. She joins fellow Rutgers alum Erica Wheeler in Los Angeles, who went undrafted before claiming the 2019 WNBA All-Star Game MVP.
 
The Bellport, New York native scored 1,676 career points in college and is a two-time All-American and three-time All-Big Ten selection. Her final season "On the Banks" featured prominent national watch lists: A finalist for the Senior CLASS Award, the Hall of Fame Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard Award, and the Dawn Staley Award, and a semifinalist for the Wooden Award and Wade Trophy for National Player of the Year, and Naismith Defensive Player of the Year.
 
She graduates as the only player in Rutgers history to record a season of 20+ points, 6+ rebounds, and 3+ assists per game, a feat she produced in consecutive campaigns in 2019-20 and 2020-21. She owns two of just six recorded 20-or-more point season averages under Hall of Fame head coach C. Vivian Stringer during her 50-year career.
 
SCARLET KNIGHTS IN THE WNBA DRAFT
- Sue Wicks - 1997 - First Round - Sixth Overall - New York Liberty
- Shawnetta Stewart - 2000 - Third Round - 36th Overall - Orlando Miracle
- Usha Gilmore - 2000 - Third Round - 42nd Overall - Indiana Fever
- Tammy Sutton-Brown - 2001 - Second Round - 18th Overall - Charlotte Sting
- Tasha Pointer - 2001 - Fourth Round - 52nd Overall - Portland Fire
- Davalyn Cunningham - 2002 - Second Round - 23rd Overall - Orlando Miracle
- Chelsea Newton - 2005 - Second Round - 22nd Overall - Sacramento Monarchs
- Rebecca Richman - 2005 - Third Round - 36th Overall - New York Liberty
- Cappie Pondexter - 2006 - First Round - Second Overall - Phoenix Mercury
- Matee Ajavon - 2008 - First Round - Fifth Overall - Houston Comets
- Essence Carson - 2008 - First Round - Seventh Overall - New York Liberty
- Kia Vaughn - 2009 - First Round - Eight Overall - New York Liberty
- Epiphanny Prince - 2010 - First Round - Fourth Overall - Chicago Sky
- Rashidat Junaid - 2010 - Third Round - 32nd Selection - Los Angeles Sparks
- Khadijah Rushdan - 2012 - Second Round - 15th Overall - Los Angeles Sparks
- April Sykes - 2012 - Third Round - 28th Selection - Los Angeles Sparks
- Betnijah Laney- 2015 - Second Round - 17th Selection - Chicago Sky
- Kahleah Copper - 2016 - First Round - Seventh Selection - Washington Mystics
- Rachel Hollivay - 2016 - Second Round - 13th Selection - Atlanta Dream
- Tyler Scaife – 2018 – Second Round – 20th Selection – Phoenix Mercury
- Arella Guirantes – 2021 – Second Round – 22nd Selection – Los Angeles Sparks
 
 
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