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Noted good coach Mike Carey has sent another player into the WNBA. Lanay Montgomery is off to the Seattle Storm, the No. 7 seed in the playoffs last season. She’s the sixth player coached by Carey to be drafted, and as you can tell by the reactions of her teammates, she’s earned it.

“There is no one more deserving of this moment than Lanay Montgomery,” coach Carey said. “With her tremendous work ethic, Lanay has made great strides in her five years at West Virginia University. We are very proud of her accomplishments and I wish her the best of luck in Seattle.”

With Montgomery’s selection on Thursday, the Mountaineers have had back-to-back draft picks for the first time in program history and three selections in the last four seasons. Asya Bussie was a 15th overall pick in the second round in 2014 by the Minnesota Lynx and Bria Holmes was an 11th overall, first round pick by the Atlanta Dream last season.

Montgomery finished her career with 937 rebounds (7.1 rpg), 855 points (6.5 ppg) and 330 blocks (2.5 bpg). She set the West Virginia career field goal percentage record with a 59.6 shooting percentage (355-of-596) after breaking the program’s single-season shooting percentage in her junior and senior campaigns. Montgomery’s 330 blocks are the second-most at WVU and the fourth-highest in Big 12 Conference history. Her 7.1 rebounding average and 20 double-doubles were seven all-time at West Virginia.