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Two Lady Vols selected in the 2017 WNBA Draft

The Tennessee Lady Vols had two players selected in the 2017 WNBA Draft on Thursday night.

The Tennessee Lady Vols had two players selected in the 2017 WNBA Draft on Thursday night.

The Atlanta Dream selected guard Jordan Reynolds in the second round with the 19th pick overall, and the San Antonio Stars selected forward Schaquilla Nunn in the third round with the 25th pick overall.

Reynolds and Nunn became Tennessee’s 38th and 39th overall picks selected in the WNBA draft. They were the seventh and eighth players of the Holly Warlick era taken by the WNBA.

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Reynolds, 21, will join Meighan Simmons in Atlanta. Simmons was drafted in 2014, and played at UT from 2010-2014.

For her career, Reynolds averaged 5.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, starting 85 of 135 contests. She helped Tennessee to a 101-38 overall record and 46-18 mark in SEC play. 

Nunn, 22, played in all 32 games in her lone year at UT. She will join former Lady Vols Vicki Baugh and Izzy Harrison in San Antonio.

The WNBA's training camp opens on April 23.

2017 WNBA Draft results

First Round
1. San Antonio Stars: Kelsey Plum, guard, Washington
2. Chicago Sky (from Washington): Alaina Coates, center, South Carolina 
3. Dallas Wings: Evelyn Akhator, forward, Kentucky
4. Dallas Wings (From Connecticut via LA): Allisha Gray, guard, South Carolina  
5. San Antonio Stars (from Phoenix): Nia Coffey, forward, Northwestern 
6. Washington Mystics (from Seattle): Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, guard, Maryland 
7. Atlanta Dream: Brittney Sykes, guard, Syracuse
8. Connecticut Sun (from Indiana): Brionna Jones, center, Maryland 
9. Chicago Sky: Tori Jankowska, guard, Michigan State
10. Dallas Wings (from New York): Kaela Davis, guard, South Carolina
11. Los Angeles Sparks (from LA via Dallas): Sydney Wiese, guard, Oregon State 
12. Minnesota Lynx: Alexis Jones, guard, Baylor

Second Round
1. Connecticut Sun (from San Antonio via Phoenix): Shayla Cooper, forward, Ohio State 
2. New York Liberty (from Dallas): Lindsay Allen, guard, Notre Dame 
3. Seattle Storm (from Washington): Alexis Peterson, guard, Syracuse 
4. Connecticut Sun: Leticia Romero, guard, Florida State
5. Indiana Fever (from Phoenix): Erica McCall, forward, Stanford 
6. Washington Mystics (from Seattle): Jennie Sims, guard, Old Dominion 
7. Atlanta Dream: Jordan Reynolds, guard, Tennessee
8. Indiana Fever: Feyonda Fitzgerald, guard, Temple
9. Chicago Sky: Chantel Osahor, center, Washington
10. Indiana Fever (from New York via Atlanta): Ronni Williams, forward, Florida 
11. Dallas Wings (from LA): Breanna Lewis, center, Kansas State 
12. Minnesota Lynx: Lisa Berkani, guard, France

Third Round
1. San Antonio Stars: Schaquilla Nunn, forward, Tennessee
2. Dallas Wings: Saniya Chong, guard, Connecticut
3. Washington Mystics: Mehryn Kraker, forward, Green Bay
4. Connecticut Sun: Jessica January, guard, DePaul
5. Phoenix Mercury: Alexis Prince, guard, Baylor 
6. Seattle Storm: Lanay Montgomery, center, West Virginia
7. Atlanta Dream: Oderah Chidom, forward, Duke
8. Indiana Fever: Adrienne Motley, guard, Miami
9. Chicago Sky: Makayla Epps, guard, Kentucky
10. New York Liberty: Kai James, center, Florida State
11. Los Angeles Sparks: Saicha Grant-Allen, center, Dayton
12. Minnesota Lynx: Tahlia Tupaea, guard, Australia

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