Oregon women’s basketball guard Endyia Rogers withdraws from WNBA draft but


Endyia Rogers has withdrawn from the WNBA draft, but whether the all-Pac-12 guard is returning to Oregon is still to be determined.

Rogers, who entered the draft last week following Oregon’s loss to Washington in the WNIT quarterfinals, announced in a video on TikTok that she’s withdrawn from the draft and will use her final season of college eligibility.

“I just withdrew my name and so that means that I’m coming back to school,” Rogers said. “But there are decisions still to be made with that. I’ve been having to face that situation but I haven’t really had too much time to think on it because I’ve been out with my family and friends and been having fun trying to enjoy life.”

A WNBA spokesman did not immediately respond to a request to confirm Rogers is no longer in the draft, which is on Monday.

Rogers, who just completed her fourth-year junior season, is still at home in Dallas. She attended the Women’s Final Four and spent time with her friend, LSU All-American center Angel Reese, who won Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament while helping lead the Tigers to their first ever national championship.

LSU guard Alexis Morris, who led the Tigers in assists this season, is entering the WNBA draft.

Rogers led the Ducks in scoring (15.9 points) and assists (3.9) this season and averaged 4.6 rebounds while shooting 45.3% from the field, including 38.7% from three in 35 games this season.

Following Te-Hina Paopao’s decision to enter the transfer portal, first reported by The Oregonian/OregonLive Monday night, and UO assistant coach Jackie Nared Hairston tweeting, “The amount of teams that have reached out to our current players without being in the portal is crazy,” and bemoaning name, image and likeness compensation being used as pay for play, Rogers pointed out the contradictory landscape of the college game.

“College coaches capitalize on better job opportunities and leave a program with no hesitation if the price is right,” Rogers tweeted. “BUT when an athlete does, it’s a problem. it’s cool when they do it, it’s a problem when we do it…. you know the rest.”

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