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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">"Tager, Sam" <STager@nba.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 9:52 AM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>*Media Advisory* 2022 WNBA Pre-Draft Media Conference Call<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">*** MEDIA ADVISORY ***<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>WHAT: 2022 WNBA Pre-Draft Media Conference Call<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>WHEN: Thursday, April 7, 2022<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">United States:
<span style="color:#404659">888-312-3049</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> International: +1 323-794-2112<u><o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">The 2022 WNBA Pre-Draft Media Conference Call will take place Thursday, April 7 at
</span>2:00 p.m. ET<span style="layout-grid-mode:line">. The following participants will provide their thoughts and assessments on teams and prospects, leading into the 2022 WNBA Draft presented by State Farm.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">2:00 – 2:45 p.m. ET
<b><u>ESPN Women’s Basketball Analysts</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line"> Rebecca Lobo</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line"> LaChina Robinson</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">2:45 – 3:20 p.m. ET<b>
<u>WNBA Head Coaches and Basketball Executives</u> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line"> Mike Thibault
</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">– Washington Mystics, General Manager and Head Coach
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line"> Lin Dunn
</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">– Indiana Fever, Interim General Manager <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line"> Dan Padover
</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">– Atlanta Dream, </span><span style="color:black;background:white">General Manager/Executive VP of Basketball Operations</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">Noelle Quinn
</span></b>– <span style="layout-grid-mode:line">Seattle Storm, Head Coach<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">The WNBA Draft 2022 presented by State Farm<b>®
</b>will be held on Monday, April 11. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will announce the draft picks live on ESPN with exclusive coverage beginning at 7 p.m. ET. The draft will also be available live on the ESPN App.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">Top prospects will take part live as the WNBA Draft presented by State Farm returns to an in-person event for the first time since 2019, with the acclaimed Spring Studios,
located in the Tribeca section of New York and the home to such iconic events as Fashion Week and The Tribeca Film Festival, serving as the venue for the evening’s events.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;layout-grid-mode:line">Contacts:</span></b><span style="color:black;layout-grid-mode:line">
</span><span style="color:black">Ron Howard, WNBA Communications, (212) 407-8641 or
</span><a href="mailto:rhoward@nba.com">rhoward@nba.com</a><u><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;layout-grid-mode:line"> Sam Tager, WNBA Communications, (212) 407-8358 or
</span><a href="mailto:stager@nba.com"><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">stager@nba.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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