Zia Cooke became the third South Carolina women's basketball player selected in the 2023 WNBA Draft on Monday. She was taken by the Los Angeles Sparks with the No. 10 overall pick.

The 5-foot-9 senior had a career season in 2022-23, averaging 15.4 points with a career-high 41% field goal percentage. She also shot 35% from 3-point range and a career-high 79% at the free-throw line.

Cooke won the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award for the nation's best shooting guard and earned third-team All-American honors from both the Associated Press and USBWA this season.

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Cooke helped lead South Carolina to three consecutive Final Four appearances, including the 2022 NCAA championship. She ended her collegiate career on a spectacular performance in the Gamecocks' Final Four loss to 2-seed Iowa, scoring a team-high 24 points shooting 11-of-21 from the field plus eight rebounds.

Atlanta Dream coach Tanisha Wright said Thursday that Cooke elevated her draft stock significantly during the NCAA tournament. The senior guard was the only Gamecock named to the All-Final Four team and averaged 16 points and 4.6 rebounds over the five games.

The Sparks finished second-to-last in the WNBA last season with a 13-23 record. They made fewer 3-pointers than any team in the league, which makes Cooke's ability as a shooter a strong fit for their needs.

The Sparks were also the worst rebounding team averaging 30.4 per game, and while Cooke is not a rebounding machine like teammate Aliyah Boston, she proved during the tournament that she is more than capable of getting to the boards, logging eight in both the Elite Eight and Final Four.

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