About Lanay
HEIGHT: 6-5
WEIGHT: 212
BIRTHDATE: Sept. 17, 1993
BIRTHPLACE: Pittsburgh, PA
HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh, PA
COLLEGE: West Virginia
HIGH SCHOOL: Academy of the Holy Cross (MD)
WNBA EXPERIENCE: 1 season
DRAFTED BY: Seattle, 2017, Third Round (#30)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- Drafted #30 overall by Seattle in the 2017 WNBA Draft
2017 HIGHLIGHTS WITH SEATTLE:
- Third-round pick (30th overall) in WNBA Draft
- Made her Storm debut on 5/13/17 at Los Angeles
- Tallied her first career points on 5/28 vs. Indiana
- Pulled down a career-high two rebounds and came up with a career-best three blocks at WAS on 6/27/17
- Scored two points and had one block at Chicago on 8/20/17
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Finished her career with 937 rebounds (7.1 rpg), 855 points (6.5 ppg), 330 blocks (2.5 bpg), 71 steals (0.5 spg), and 49 assists (0.4 apg)
- Set the school’s career field goal percentage record with a 59.6 shooting percentage (355-of-596)
- Her 330 blocks are second in program history at West Virginia and fourth all-time in the Big 12 Conference
- Ranks fourth all-time at WVU with 937 rebounds and 325 offensive rebounds
- Her 7.1 rebounding average is tied for sixth all-time at West Virginia
- Registered 20 career double-doubles, which ranks seventh all-time
- 2016-17 Team Co-Captain, Big 12 All-Defensive Team, All-Big 12 Honorable Mention, Academic All-Big 12 First Team, 2016-17 Allstate Good Works Team Nominee, Senior CLASS Award Candidate
PERSONAL:
- Daughter of Robert Montgomery and Veronica Howard and has three brothers and five sisters
- Is the cousin of New York Giants wideout Brandon Marshall
- Graduated in May 2016 from West Virginia with a bachelors degree in psychology
- Enrolled as a communications graduate student
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
