Haley Gorecki Explained

Haley Gorecki
Position:Shooting guard
Birth Date:13 November 1996
Birth Place:Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Nationality:American
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
High School:William Fremd
(Palatine, Illinois)
College:Duke (2015–2020)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2020
Draft Round:3
Draft Pick:31
Draft Team:Seattle Storm
Years1:2020
Team1:Casademont Zaragoza
Years2:2021
Years3:2022
Team3:CDB Clarinos Tenerife
Years4:2022–23
Team4:VBW Arka Gdynia
Highlights:
  • Third-team All-American – USBWA (2020)
  • ACC All-Defensive Team (2020)
  • 2× First-team All-ACC (2019,2020)

Haley Marie Gorecki (born on November 13, 1996) is an American basketball player who last played for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. She played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Gorecki was selected to third team All-American by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA)[1] and All-America Honorable Mention by the Associated Press (AP) in 2020.[2] Coming out of high school, she was Ms. Basketball of Illinois in 2015 as well as the state's Gatorade Player of the Year.

College career

Gorecki appeared in 14 games as a freshman before a right hip injury sidelined her for the rest of the 2015–16 season. She red-shirted in 2016–17 and returned in the 2017–18 season to average 42.3% in 3-point shooting before another injury sidelined her once again after 23 games. Gorecki graduated in 2019 but returned for the 2019–20 season as a graduate student.

Professional career

WNBA

Gorecki was selected 31st overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2020 WNBA draft.[3] On May 26, she was waived by the Storm.[4]

On February 23, 2021, Gorecki signed a training camp contract with the Storm.[5] She did not make the team and was waived at the end of training camp.

On May 27, 2021, Gorecki was signed to a hardship contract with the Phoenix Mercury. She played three games for them, before being released.[6]

Overseas

In July 2020, Gorecki signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the Spanish LF Endesa.[7] During the 2020 season with Zaragoza, Gorecki averaged 9.0 points and 4.3 rebounds a game.[8]

In January 2022, Gorecki signed with CDB Clarinos Tenerife of the LF Endesa.[9] In 16 games, she averaged 12.7 points and 3.5 rebounds a game.

Gorecki played for VBW Arka Gdynia of the Polish Basket Liga Kobiet for the 2022–23 season; she averaged 12.3 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.[10]

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2021| align="left" | Phoenix| 3 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.0|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 years, 1 team| 3 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.0

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left; |2015–16| style="text-align:left;"|Duke| 14 || 1 || 16.2 || 27.8 || 22.2 || 88.2 || 2.6 || 1.1 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 1.8 || 4.5|-| style="text-align:left;"|2017–18| style="text-align:left;"|Duke| 23 || 13 || 25.0 || 42.3 || 42.3 || 71.7 || 3.9 || 2.9 || 1.3 || 0.2 || 2.1 || 11.0|-| style="text-align:left;"|2018–19| style="text-align:left;"|Duke|30|| 30 || 36.0 || 36.5 || 27.9 || 71.9 || 7.1 || 3.9 || 2.6 || 0.3 || 3.6 || 17.2|-| style="text-align:left;"|2019–20| style="text-align:left;"|Duke| 30 || 30 || 36.5 || 39.7 || 33.7 || 85.6 || 6.6 || 4.4 || 2.1 || 0.6 || 3.8 || 18.5|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 97 || 74 || 30.7 || .381 || .323 || .788 || 5.5 || 3.4 || 1.9 || .3 || 3.1 || 14.3Source: goduke.com[11]

Personal life

Gorecki is the daughter of Adam and Denise Gorecki. She has Polish roots from father side. She has a sister, Brittany, and a brother, Adam. Gorecki holds a degree in Psychology from Duke.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USBWA > All-America > Women. sportswriters.net. March 26, 2020. April 1, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220401092604/http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/women/index.html. dead.
  2. Web site: 2020 women's basketball Associated Press All-America Team announced. NCAA.com. March 26, 2020.
  3. Web site: Seattle Storm Selects Guard Kitija Laksa In First Round of 2020 WNBA Draft . WNBA.com . April 18, 2020 . April 17, 2020.
  4. Web site: Seattle Storm waive Joyner Holmes and Haley Gorecki. Fansided. 27 May 2020 .
  5. Web site: Storm signs Haley Gorecki. WNBA.
  6. Web site: Gorecki Signs with Phoenix Mercury . goduke.com . 27 May 2021 . Duke . 12 March 2023.
  7. Web site: Gorecki Signs With Casademont Zaragoza. Journal & Topics. 10 July 2020 .
  8. Web site: Storm signs Haley Gorecki. WNBA.
  9. Web site: Clarinos add Gorecki to their roster . eurobasket.com. 1 January 2022 .
  10. Web site: HALEY GORECKI Basketball Profile . eurobasket.com. 1 January 2024 .
  11. Web site: Haley Gorecki - Women's Basketball. Duke University Athletics. en. April 16, 2020.