Kylee Shook selected by New York Liberty in WNBA Draft

Forward picked by New York Liberty, becoming 13th player in Louisville history taken in WNBA Draft

Kylee Shook was selected by the New York Liberty with the first pick in the second round of the 2020 WNBA Draft April 17.

Shook becomes the 13th player in Louisville women’s basketball program history to be picked in the WNBA Draft. Jazmine Jones was selected one pick prior to Shook.

Year	Player	Round	No.	Team
2020	Jazmine Jones	1	12	New York Liberty
2020	Kylee Shook	2	13	New York Liberty
2019	Asia Durr	1	2	New York Liberty
2019	Arica Carter	3	32	Phoenix Mercury
2019	Sam Fuehring	3	34	Washington Mystics
2018	Myisha Hines-Allen	2	19	Washington Mystics
2014	Shoni Schimmel	1	8	Atlanta Dream
2014	Antonita Slaughter	3	35	Los Angeles Sparks
2014	Asia Taylor	3	36	Minnesota Lynx
2009	Angel McCoughtry	1	1	Atlanta Dream
2009	Candyce Bingham	3	39	San Antonio Silver Stars
2003	Lori Neto	2	19	Houston Comets
2000	Jill Morton	34	34	Charlotte Sting

The 6-foot-4 forward was honored as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Defensive Player of the Year in her senior year for the Cardinals, the first player for Louisville since 2009 named to be named conference Defensive Player of the Year.

Shook was selected as First-Team All-ACC and All-ACC Defensive team. She led the ACC with 2.7 blocks per game and ranked 17 in the country. She also averaged 10.1 points and 8.1 rebounds per game.

Shook finished her career with 223 blocks, breaking Louisville’s program record in the 2019-20 season.

Shook and Jones join former teammate Asia Durr on the New York Liberty roster.