UConn's Lou Lopez-Senechal, who is from Guadalajara, Mexico went to the Dallas Wings with the No. 5 overall pick of the 2023 WNBA Draft on Monday.
In 2022, UConn's Evina Westbrook became the first Mexican-American player in the WNBA after the Seattle Storm selected her in the second round. She would later be signed by the Minnesota Lynx before the season started after the Storm waived her after training camp.Sign up for NECN newsletters.
Lopez-Senechal, a fifth-year senior, was born in Guadalajara, Mexico to parents Carlos Lopez and Sophie Senechal; her father is Mexican and her mother is French. She moved to Grenoble, France when she was 5 years old after her parents had separated. She played basketball at a high school in France in 2017-18 before joining North Atlantic Basketball Academy in Ireland when she turned 19. Playing basketball in America post-high school initially wasn't on her mind, according to, but eventually, with the help of her step-father, they sent 280 emails to schools in Division I and Division II. The only exceptions were top-25-ranked programs.
Among the schools that responded were Tulsa, Akron, Duquesne, UMass Lowell and Fairfield, the latter of which she accepted. She spent four seasons there -- winning 2022 MAAC Player of the Year and earning four all-conference team nods -- before transferring to UConn for the final year of her eligibility.
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