For Collegeville native Lucy Olsen, the WNBA was once a childhood dream, writes Maria McIlwain for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Like many girls in the 1990s and 2000s, Lucy Olsen dreamed of playing in the WNBA. Sure, the Philly area didn’t have a team, but the allure of playing the sport she loved at its highest level was ...

In her seemingly non-stop travels over the past week, Iowa women's basketball head coach Jan Jensen took another excursion ...

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. — Iowa's Lucy Olsen was drafted by the Washington Mystics with the 23rd overall pick of the 2025 WNBA Draft on Monday night. The selection, which came towards the end of the ...

Iowa Hawkeyes coach Jan Jensen praised Lucy Olsen's success through the context of the Caitlin Clark-sized shoes she had to try and fill.

Iowa guard Lucy Olsen (33) gets a hug from head coach Jan Jensen during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against UCLA, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Iowa City, Iowa.

IOWA CITY — As ill-timed as Lucy Olsen's freak accident at the Cancun Challenge was, Iowa women's basketball has seemingly dodged all long-term bullets. The Hawkeyes' starting point guard is expected ...

Basketball was fun for Lucy Olsen, and it couldn’t have happened on a better day. She shot 10-for-18 from the floor against USC and scored a season-high 28 points. Olsen saved her best ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — In the practice facility where Caitlin Clark’s famous intensity was on display nearly every day for four years, Lucy Olsen runs through the same drills with the same amount ...

Iowa guard Lucy Olsen exits the court following a basketball game between No. 11 Iowa and No. 14 Wisconsin at the TIAA Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, ...

No, Lucy Olsen won’t match Caitlin Clark’s nation-leading 31.6-point average of last season at Iowa. No, she won’t approach Clark’s nation-leading 8.9 assists per game.

Olsen, a 5-foot-9 guard with one year remaining, was named first-team All-Big East and earned the league’s Most Improved Player Award.