Florida WBB alum Leilani Correa signs with Latin basketball league

After narrowingly missing out on a WNBA roster spot, former Florida women’s basketball star Leilani Correa is continuing her pro career in the Mexican National Professional Basketball League with the Aguascalientes Panthers.

Correa was drafted by the Indiana Fever — the same team that drafted Caitlion Clark out of Iowa — in the third round of the 2024 WNBA draft. However, roster spots are not guaranteed for draftees.

The selection made her the 20th Gator in program history to be selected in the WNBA draft and the first UF athlete since Kiara Smith was taken by the Connecticut Sun in 2022.

Correa transferred to Florida after three years at St. John’s. She averaged 24.5 minutes over 27 games as a senior, mostly off the bench. Correa made that role her own in 2023-24, averaging 16.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game en route to an SEC Sixth Woman of the Year Award.

She also holds the career points record across both Florida basketball programs with 2,132 including her time at St. Johns.

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