Two-time MVP Elena Delle Donne announces WNBA retirement | NBC4 Washington

Another WNBA legend is calling it a career.

Two-time league MVP Elena Delle Donne announced on Friday that she is retiring from basketball, saying "my body seemed to make this decision before my mind accepted it" in an Instagram post.

Drafted second overall out of the University of Delaware in 2013, Delle Donne began her career with the Chicago Sky. She immediately went on to earn WNBA Rookie of the Year honors and ascended to league MVP in her third season.

After spending four years in Chicago, Delle Donne was dealt to the Washington Mystics in January 2017. She was named a WNBA All-Star in each of her first three seasons in the nation’s capital, and she reached the mountaintop in 2019 by capping off her second MVP season with her first championship, a 3-2 WNBA Finals triumph over the Connecticut Sun.

In all, Delle Donne closes out her career as a two-time WNBA MVP, 2019 WNBA champion, seven-time WNBA All-Star, four-time all-WNBA first-team selection and 2013 WNBA Rookie of the Year across 10 seasons. Additionally, she earned a gold medal with Team USA at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Learn more about Delle Donne here: http://nbc4dc.com/3f0MlKK
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