SPORTS BRIEF Selland signs free agent contract with Minnesota Lynx

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Former South Dakota State forward Myah Selland has signed a training camp contract with the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx.

Selland signed the free agent contract after not being selected in the WNBA Draft April 10. She will report to the Lynx ahead of the first day of training camp April 30. Preseason games across the league begin May 5, and the team’s first game against the Chicago Sky is May 19.

The Letcher native played six seasons for the Jackrabbits, where she ranks second in career scoring (2,167), fourth in rebounding (887) and fifth in assists (452). Selland is the only player in Jackrabbit history to rank in the top 10 in all three categories.

Selland won two Summit League Player of the Year awards and helped lead the Jackrabbits to four NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2019. She also led the Jacks to three Summit League Tournament championships.

Last season, Selland averaged 16.1 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game. She won her second conference player of the year award and was named to the All-Summit Tournament Team as she helped guide SDSU to the conference title and the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Selland was also a three-time AllSummit First Team honoree, a two-time Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year finalist in 2021 and 2023 and the WNIT Tournament MVP in 2022.

Selland will be heading to a Lynx team that won four WNBA titles between 2011 and 2017, but they are coming off a season where they struggled. They went 14-22 last year and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2010.

The Lynx had the No. 2 overall pick in the draft and selected Maryland guard Diamond Miller. Their other four picks in the draft were Maia Hirsch from France, UConn’s Dorka Juhasz, South Carolina’s Brea Beal, and Virginia Tech’s Taylor Soule, who faced Selland in the NCAA Tournament this year.