Utah's Alissa Pili, right, poses for a photo with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected eighth overall by the Minnesota Lynx during the first round of the WNBA basketball draft on ...

Alissa Pili’s day started at the Empire State Building and ended on Cloud 9 after she was selected eighth in Monday’s WNBA Draft in New York City. The two-time All-American out of the University of ...

Jul. 13—Alaska's Alissa Pili, who starred in the state as a high school player at Dimond High, was waived by the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx on Saturday. Pili, who played collegiately at USC and the ...

Utah's Alissa Pili, right, poses for a photo with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected eighth overall by the Minnesota Lynx during the first round of the WNBA basketball draft on ...

MINNEAPOLIS — On Monday afternoon, just off a plane, having just arrived in Minnesota, Alissa Pili said hello. And then she said hello. One of those carried a bit more emotion. Pili, the Utah scoring ...

After putting together stellar careers in both high school and college basketball, Alaska’s Alissa Pili is officially headed to the big leagues. Born in Utqiagvik and raised in Anchorage, the former ...