Lexie Hull: What to know about Indiana Fever's national champion, bookworm No. 6 pick
The Indiana Fever were busy in the first round of the 2022 WNBA Draft. They selected NaLyssa Smith with the No. 2 overall pick and Emily Engstler at No. 4 overall. With the No. 6 pick, they picked Lexie Hull from Stanford.
Here's more about Hull.
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Lexie Hull started three years at Stanford
The 6-1 Hull was a regular for the Stanford Cardinal for four seasons, averaging between 11.5 and 13.6 points, 5.1 and 6.0 rebounds, and 1.6 and 2.2 steals in her final three seasons.
Lexie Hull and her twin sister are fiercely competitive
Lexie Hull and her twin sister Lacie both played for the Cardinal.
It wasn't wise for them to face each other in practice.
“Everyone on our team is really competitive but especially when it’s Lexie and I against each other, we throw each other to the ground,” Lacie said.
Said Lexie: We’re not scared to shove each other, hit each other on the arm. I think our coach’s attitude is usually, ‘I’d rather not deal with this today.’”
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Lexie Hull has played on the biggest stage
Hull has played in big games — lots of them. Stanford made the 2022 Final Four, losing to Connecticut in the national semifinals.
In 2021, the Cardinal won the national championship, winning a pair of 1-point games in the Final Four.
In the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Stanford finished runner-up in the Pac-12 Tournament.
The Cardinal made the Elite Eight in 2019, losing to Notre Dame.
Lexie Hull hits the books
The management science and engineering major gathered off-the-court honors, including two-time academic honors from the Pac-12 and CoSIDA. She was the Pac-12's scholar-athlete of the year in 2022.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: WNBA draft 2022: Indiana Fever pick Stanford's Lexie Hull at No. 6
