Laeticia Amihere, a former standout for the South Carolina Gamecocks, has been waived by the Golden State Valkyries, the WNBA expansion team confirmed on Wednesday.
The Valkyries, entering their inaugural WNBA season, revealed their first official roster, and Amihere’s name was not included. She had signed with Golden State on February 6, just five days after being released by the Atlanta Dream.
Amihere saw limited preseason action with the Valkyries, coming off the bench in both appearances. She impressed in a narrow loss to the LA Sparks, dropping 20 points in just 19 minutes. In her second outing against the Phoenix Mercury, she tallied five points in 16 minutes.
“Thank you fams and everyone for the love,” Amihere wrote in a post on X. “To God be the glory and thank you Valkyries for the opportunity.”
Originally selected by the Atlanta Dream as the No. 8 overall pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft, Amihere played 37 games over two seasons, averaging 2.0 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.
𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲:
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀. 𝗜 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂.
Her release places her alongside Mikiah Herbert Harrigan and Bree Hall, two other former South Carolina women’s basketball stars who were also waived ahead of the upcoming WNBA season.
The WNBA regular season tips off on May 16.
