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Eight former Black Bears competing professionally overseas
6/26/2026 11:23:00 AM | Women's Basketball
ORONO, Maine -- Eight former members of the University of Maine women's basketball team are currently active at the professional level overseas.
- Chantel Charles ('16)
- 10 years of professional experience and preparing to begin her 11th season overseas
- Played for Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters in England's top league in 2025-26 where her team went 15-3 and captured both the regular season and tournament championship
- Averaged 3.2 points per game, 4.9 rebounds, and 2.7 assists
- Mikaela Gustafsson ('16)
- 10 years of professional experience and preparing to begin her 11th season overseas
- Played for Sodertalje in Sweden's top league in 2025-26 where she helped guide the team to a runner-up showing in the league
- Named to Eurobasket.com's All-Damligan Swedish Third Team after averaging 11 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 1.4 assists
- Participated in the Women's National Team 3-on-3 camp
- Sigi Koizar ('17)
- Nine years of professional experience and preparing to begin her 10th season overseas
- Played for Raiffeisen Duchess Klosterneuburg in Austria's top league in 2025-26 where she guided the team to an 18-0 mark and both a regular season and postseason title
- Averaged 16.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, 5.8 assists, and 2.2 steals
- Earned the Cup MVP
- Was named the guard of the year and a four-time player of the week
- Earned Eurobasket.com All-Damligan Austrian First Team honors and was named to the Eurobasket.com All-Damligan Defensive Team
- Ranked third in the league in scoring, seventh in rebounding, and led the league in assists
- Represented Austria on the Senior National Team for the European Qualifiers in 2025-26 where she guided Austria to a 5-1 mark, qualifying them for the second round to be held in November ('26)
- Averaged 11.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, and team-high 6.0 assists at the qualifiers
- Blanca Millan ('20)
- Five years of professional experience and preparing to begin her sixth season overseas
- Competed for Baxi Ferrol (LF Endesa) last year where she averaged 9.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.2 steals
- In the Eurocup, averaged 12.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.5 steals while shooting 51.4 percent from three-point range and guiding Baxi Ferrol to a 4-1 mark in the cup
- Competing this summer for Spain (Madrid) in the 3-on-3 tournament this summer where she led Spain to a win to advance them to the next round
- Will compete for Azul Marino Sant Josep Palma de Mallorca in 2026-27
- Fanny Wadling ('20)
- Five years of professional experience and preparing to begin her sixth season overseas
- Played for Lulea Basket in Sweden's top league in 2025-26 where she guided the team to a 22-2 mark while averaging 11.6 points, 9.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists, and 2.7 steals
- Led team to postseason and regular season titles
- Named league Player of the Year, Domestic Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Forward of the Year
- Named to Eurobasket.com's All Damligan Swedish Domestic Team, Swedish First Team, and All-Defensive Team
- Represented Sweden on the Senior National Team
- Participated in the Women's National Team camp earlier this spring
- Anne Simon ('24)
- Two years of professional experience and preparing to begin her third season overseas
- Played for Magnolia La Molisana Campobasso in Italy's Serie A1 (top league in Italy) in 2025-26
- Averaged 11.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.0 steals in 2025-26
- In the Eurocup with Campobasso, averaged 8.6 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.9 steals
- Led team to Italian Supercup semifinals
- Named to Eurobasket.com All Italian League Bosmans Team and All Italian League Second Team
- Represented Luxembourg on the Senior National Team for the European Qualifiers where she averaged 14 points, four rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 2.3 steals; led Luxembourg in both scoring and assists
- Adrianna Smith ('26)
- Played her first season professionally this past spring for Dandendong (NBL1) and will compete for Jolly Acli Basket Livorno in Italy next season
- Averaged 18.3 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists, and 1.9 steals for Dandendong and earned Player of the Week honors in round seven
- Dor Saar
- Four years of professional experience and preparing to begin her fifth season overseas
- Played for Maccabi Bnot Ashdod in Israel's top league in 2025-26
- Averaged 13.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 6.6 assists, and 1.3 steals while shooting 41.7 percent from three-point range and averaging 37.5 minutes per game
- Ranked second in the league in assists and led team to a regular season runner-up showing
- Represented Israel on the Senior National Team for the European Qualifiers, guiding the team to a 6-0 mark
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