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Chicago Sky Select Epiphanny Prince Fourth in the 2010 WNBA Draft

April 8, 2010 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Chicago Sky News Release


CHICAGO, April 8, 2010 - Chicago Sky General Manager and Head Coach Steven Key announced today that the Sky selected Epiphanny Prince from Rutgers with the fourth overall pick in the 2010 WNBA Draft.

"We are super excited about getting Epiphanny Prince," said Key. "Everybody knows her as a scorer but what they don't know is that she's a pretty good defender on the perimeter as well, and a great ball handler. It's a great thing when you can run the point and put the ball in the basket."

With its third round pick the Chicago Sky selected Abi Olajuwon out of Oklahoma.

Prince, a 5-9 guard, spent what would have been her senior year overseas playing in Turkey for Botas-Spor with Chicago Sky teammate Courtney Paris. She attended Rutgers for three years after high school. In her third season she averaged 19.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game and was a Third-Team All-American.

"I just wanted to go. It was a dream I had for a long time. I just feel like it's finally been fulfilled. I am really close with Sylvia [Fowles] and Courtney [Paris], so it was like a dream come true.

"This is something that I always dreamed about. I just got off the phone with my mom and she was telling me how proud she was of me because this was something that I've wanted to do since I was a little girl. For her to be there and experience that, she was really excited. I don't want to say that I knew I was going to be a pro but I just pictured it and believed in myself and it finally came true and I'm just really happy and I'm blessed and I want to just thank the Lord."

As a freshman, Prince led Rutgers to the NCAA Championship game in which they fell to Tennessee. Prince was an All-Big East selection her sophomore and junior years.

In Turkey, Prince averaged 19.0 points, 2.3 assists and 4.7 rebounds in 30 minutes per game. Prince, originally from New York City, once scored 113 points in a high school game.

Prince left Rutgers 10 class credits short of being eligible for graduation. She does have plans to return to school and earn her degree.

Olajuwon, a 6-4 center, averaged 10.7 points, and 7.3 rebounds throughout her senior season as a Sooner. She shot .505 percent from the field and helped lead her team to the 2010 NCAA Final Four.

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