Chinese star Chen Kailing entered the WNBA, and the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association fought to join the Chinese Taipei women's basketball team

Kaitlyn Chen, a guard who plays for the NCAA University of Connecticut, was selected by the Golden State Valkyrie with the 5th pick in the 3rd round of the WNBA draft on the 15th, becoming the first Chinese Taipei player to enter the WNBA.

Chen Kailing (right) was selected by the Golden State Valkyrie in the third round of the WNBA draft on the 15th, becoming the first Chinese Taipei player to enter the WNBA.

Chen Kailing, a two-way guard with a height of 1.75 meters, was awarded the Most Outstanding Player of the Ivy League Championship three times when she was studying at Princeton University, a famous Ivy League school, and switched to the University of Connecticut this season, playing 40 games in the regular season, averaging 6.9 points and 3.4 assists per game, and helping the team win the 12th championship in team history in the NCAA Division I women's basketball finals, she also became the first Chinese Taipei player in history to win the NCAA women's basketball championship.

Chen Kailing entered the WNBA draft with the halo of the champion, and the American media also gave a good evaluation before the draft, praising her as a team commander, with good decision-making ability, can control the rhythm on the court, help teammates, and is an underrated player by the outside world.

When Chen Kailing was called in the draft on the 15th, the scene was thunderous, and the official communities of ESPN and WNBA shared the moment of celebration, she laughed and said that this moment was too unreal and incredible, because she originally came to see which team her teammate Buyeks was selected for.

Bujeks was the most popular player of the year and was picked by the Dallas Pegasus with the first pick. As for Chen's other teammate Griffin who was selected by the Minnesota Bobcats with the 12th pick in the third round, Connecticut has a total of three players selected in this draft.

It is worth mentioning that Chen Kailing's parents are immigrants from Taiwan, China, and she also revealed that she obtained a passport from Taiwan, China at the age of 7. In this regard, Zhang Chengzhong, deputy secretary general of the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association, said: "We will keep in close contact and make every effort to fight." ”