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Portland Fire, Toronto Tempo Select 22 Players in WNBA Expansion Draft 2026

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Kitija Laksa

NOTABLE: Helped lead Beretta Famila Schio to an Italian Serie A1 Championship on May 13, leading the team in 3PM for the year and shooting 38.8% from deep &#8230; Member of the Latvian National Team &#8230; Played at South Florida (2015-19), where she finished sixth on the all-time scoring list and second in 3PT% (39.1). WNBA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Entering first season in the WNBA. WNBA CAREER TRANSACTIONS • Signed with Phoenix on Feb. 12, 2025 • Rights renounced by Dallas on Feb. 18, 2024 • Signed with Dallas on Feb. 28, 2023 &#8230; Contract suspended (personal decision) on May 10, 2023 • Waived by Seattle on May 13, 2021 • Signed rookie-scale contract with Seattle on April 25, 2020 &#8230; Contract suspended (personal decision) on April 29, 2020 • Selected 11th overall in the 2020 WNBA Draft by Seattle on April 17, 2020 2024-2025 SEASON (Beretta Famila Schio l Italy) ITALY-SERIE A1 (28 games) • Helped lead Schio to an Italian Serie A1 Championship on May 13, recording 14 points and 3 rebounds in Game 5 of the Finals. • Averaged 12.3 points (38.8% 3PT), 2.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 0.8 steals. • Led team in 3PM (62) / second on team in points per game. • Ranks third in Italy-Serie A1 in 3PM and sixth in 3PT%. • Recorded nine games with 3+ 3PM, including shooting 7-of-10 from deep on Oct. 10. EUROLEAGUE (15 games) • Averaged 15.5 points (38.5% 3PT), 2.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists. • Led team in points per game and 3PM (37) / second on team in points per game and 3PT%. • Led EuroLeague in 3PM and ranked sixth in points per game. • Recorded fives games with 4+ 3PM. SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CAREER (Latvia) • Made debut with senior national team in 2013. • Participated in 2018 FIBA World Cup, two FIBA Women&#8217;s EuroBaskets (2017, 2023) and two Women&#8217;s EuroBaskets (2013, 2015). • Latvian National Women&#8217;s Basketball Player of the Year (2018)
OVERSEAS CAREER • 2024-25: Beretta Famila Schio (Italy) 2025 MERCURY MEDIA GUIDE PAGE 46 2025 Player Bios • 2023-24: Fenerbahçe SK (Turkey) • 2022-23: Virtus Bologna (Italy) • 2021: Melikgazi Kayseri (Turkey) • 2019-21: TTT Riga (Latvia) OVERSEAS AWARDS/TITLES • 2x Italian A1 Champion (2022, 2025) • EuroLeague Champion (2024) • Turkish KBSL Champion (2024) • Europe SuperCup Winner (2024) • FIBA Europe SuperCup Women Champion (2023) • Italian Cup Winner (2022) • Italian SuperCup Winner (2022) • All-Italian A1 Finals MVP, Player of the Year, Forward of the Year, First Team (2022) • All-EWBL First Team (2021) • All-EuroLeague Honorable Mention (2021) COLLEGE &#8211; SOUTH FLORIDA (2015-19) • Appeared in 99 games (86 starts) in four seasons at South Florida, averaging 17.8 points (39.1% 3PT), 3.2 rebounds and 1.0 assists for her career. • Finished career sixth on the Bull&#8217;s all-time scoring list (1,764 points), third in career points per game (17.8), first in free throw percentage (89.6%) and second in three-point percentage (39.1%). • 2x All-AAC First Team (2017, 2018) • AAC All-Championship Team (2018) • Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Finalist (2018) • 2x WBCA All-America Honorable Mention (2017, 2018) • 2x WBCA All-Region 3 (2017, 2018) • 2x AAC Scholar Athlete of the Year (2017, 2018) • All-AAC Second Team (2016) • AAC Freshman of the Year and All-Freshman Team (2016) • Ahead of senior season, named to preseason watch lists for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, Wade Trophy, Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy. • Led Bulls to three straight NCAA tournament appearances (2016, 2017, 2018) • During junior season, led the NCAA in free-throw shooting percentage (96.5%) and was the only player in NCAA DI to record two 40-point performances, score 30+ points in five games and 20+ points in 18 games &#8230; led the AAC in points (717) and threes (126). • Became third USF women&#8217;s basketball player selected in the first round (No. 11 &#8211; Seattle), joining Courtney Williams in 2016 (No. 8 &#8211; Phoenix) and Wanda Guyton in 1997 (No. 5 &#8211; Houston) Houston Comets). PERSONAL • Born in Riga, Latvia. • Daughter of Janis and Elita Laksa. • Her brother, Martins, plays professional basketball, as did her father &#8212; her mother also played basketball growing up and both of her parents have coached. • Participated in gymnastics and swimming growing up before finding basketball.

Kitija Laksa signed a Training Camp Contract with the  Toronto Tempo.

The  Toronto Tempo extended a Reserved qualifying offer to Kitija Laksa.

Kitija Laksa was drafted in the 2027 Expansion Draft by the  Toronto Tempo.

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Away for overseas commitment

Receives reserved qualifying offer

Joins Toronto

Scores eight points in loss

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