WNBA two-time MVP Elena Delle Donne is hanging up her sneakers. Delle Donne announced her retirement Friday in an Instagram post, calling it, “The right thing for me right now.”
In her retirement post, Delle Donne, 35, called leaving the game “one of the hardest parts of my career.” She added that her body made the decision before her mind accepted it.
Delle Donne played 10 seasons in the WNBA. She was selected by the Chicago Sky with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft and won the Rookie of the Year award that season. Over her career, Delle Donne was a seven-time All-Star and was named to the All-WNBA team five times.
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