Education
Niles West High School.
Niles West High School.
She was drafted first overall in the 2015 Women's National Basketball Association Draft by the Seattle Storm. She played college basketball at Notre Dame. Born in lincolnwood, Illinois, Loyd was a four-year starter for Niles West High School in Skokie, Illinois, where she averaged 24.8 points and 11.9 rebounds per game and scored 3,077 career points, leading the team to a 93-31 record during that time.
In her final season for Notre Dame, she was named Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s women"s college basketball player of the year as the Fighting Irish advanced to the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship game for the second year in a row.
Loyd scored 1,909 points in her college career, Notre Dame"s fifth-highest total ever. Source since 2015.