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[QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2648358, member: 2117"]
Doty wasn’t drafted either.  UCONN players seem to excel if they stay, or they transfer:
2009-Faris, excelled
2010-Dolson/Hartley excelled, Walker, Engeln, and Johnson all transferred
2011-KML excelled, Stokes did okay but hit her stride in the pros, Banks transferred
2012-Stewart, Jefferson and Tuck excelled
2013-Chong exceeded expectations and had played in the pros 
2014-Nurse and Williams excelled, Ekmark and Boykin transferred 
2015-Collier and KLS have excelled
2016-Dangerfield has excelled, Irwin and Bent have not. Players are still sophomores.
2017-none have excelled...all are still in their first year.  AEH transferred.

Players from the 2009-15 classes, 6 of the 19 players transferred.  Besides maybe Stokes, the other 13 all made huge strides and were far better players when they left UCONN.  Too early to say if the 2016 and 2017 classes will remain in tact the next few years.  Seems like in most instances, the writing was on the wall for players who left. They knew they weren’t going to make an impact at UCONN, so they opted to choose a program where they could get PT.  Natalie Butler, Ekmark and Michaela Johnson are all great examples of this.
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