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Top Plays of the Day, 5/21/26

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Top Plays of the Day, 05/21/2026

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Golden State Valkyries Top Plays vs. New York Liberty

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Final 03:30 WILD ENDING Golden State Valkyries vs. Chicago Sky 05/13/2026

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Top Plays of the Day, 09/17/2025

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Golden State Valkyries Top Plays vs. Minnesota Lynx

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Game Recap: Valkyries vs. Storm (9/9/25)

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Golden State Valkyries Top Plays vs. Seattle Storm

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Kaila Charles with 15 Points vs. Minnesota Lynx

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Kaila Charles

2023 — Seattle Storm — Saw action in four games with the Storm, averaging 10.3 minutes per game and 1.3 points per game.  
2022 — Atlanta Dream — Signed a hardship contract with the Dream on 8/11 … played for two minutes in the Dream’s game against New York on 8/12. 
2021 — Connecticut Sun — Played in 30 games this season and started four (6/17, 6/19 and 6/27 vs Chicago and 6/22 vs Dallas) … finished the season with 129 points, 84 rebounds, 33 assists and 14 steals … scored in double-figures six times this season and had a season high of 15 points … has had 7 double-double performances in career during playoff competition….shot 45.7% from the floor on 59 attempts, 44% from long range on 9 attempts, and 77% from the free throw line on 9 attempts … played a total of 140 minutes across 4 games, averaging 35 minutes per game … became 4th all-time in playoff career rebounds with 144 and 5th all-time in defensive rebounding with 96 total … improved to 3rd all-time in blocked shots during playoff career, recording 21 total blocks. 
2020 —Connecticut Sun — Appeared in 21 of 22 regular season games and seven playoff games for the Sun and made seven regular season starts … recorded 113 points, 54 rebounds, 19 assists, 16 steals and seven blocks … averaged 5.4 points, 2.6 rebounds, shot 41.2 percent from the field and 71.0 from the foul line … tallied 28 total points in the post season and shot 100% from the free throw lines (8-8) … scored a regular season career high 16 points against Washington (8/30), a career-high six rebounds against New York (9/1) and played a career-high 34 minutes in an overtime game against Phoenix (9/9) … recorded a playoff career-high 13 points against Chicago (9/15) and a playoff career-high seven rebounds against Las Vegas (9/20). 
COLLEGE — Maryland — USBWA and AP Third Team All-American &#8230; one of just six players in program history in top 10 in points (1,984) and rebounds (930) … No. 6 in both &#8230; tied Alyssa Thomas&#8217; school record of 135 games started, which was every game of her career &#8230; scored in double figures in 23 of 32 games &#8230; team&#8217;s leading scorer and rebounder &#8230; AP All American (Honorable Mention, 2019; Third Team, 2020) … WBCA All-American (Honorable Mention, 2019, 2020) &#8230; USBWA All-American (Third Team, 2019, 2020) … WBCA All-Region (2018, 2019, 2020) … Senior CLASS Award candidate (2020) … Maryland Female Student Athlete of the Year (2020) … All-Big Ten First Team (2018, 19, 20) … All-Big Ten Freshman Team (2017) … All-Big Ten Tournament Team (2018, 19). 
PERSONAL — Parents are Walter and Ruperta Charles … mother ran track at Howard from 1980-84 and was inducted into Howard’s Hall of Fame in 2014 … mother also competed in the 1984 Olympic Games …has three older siblings – Darron, Afia and Akil … sister, Afia, ran track at UCF … brother, Akil, played basketball at St. Francis in Nova Scotia. 
HIGH SCHOOL — 2016 McDonald’s and WBCA All-American … named to the Jordan Brand Classic USA Today All-America Second Team … named Washington Post All-Met Player of the Year as a senior … scored 2,000 points in her career &#8230; averaged over 22.0 points and 9.0 rebounds with 13 double-doubles her senior year … the No. 25 overall player by both ESPN and the Collegiate Girls Report and No. 21 by the All Star Girls Report &#8230; helped lead Riverdale squad to Dicks High School Nationals championship game at Madison Square Garden her senior year … played first three years at Eleanor Roosevelt High School &#8230; averaged 22 points and 10 rebounds as a junior &#8230; helped lead Roosevelt team to 72-5 record in three years &#8230; named team MVP in all three years at Roosevelt &#8230; earned First Team All-Met honors by The Washington Post as a sophomore and junior &#8230; led team to 2014 and 2015 Class AAAA State Championships &#8230; named The Gazette Player of the Year &#8230; reached 1,000 career points as a junior … named Next Sports Phenom Player of the Month in February 2015. 
TRANSACTIONS — Drafted No. 23 overall by the Connecticut Sun in the 2020 WNBA Draft … waived by Connecticut in May 2022 … signed to a hardship contract by the New York Liberty in May … released on May 8 … signed a hardship contract with the Atlanta Dream in Aug. 2022 … signed a training camp contract with the Seattle Storm in Feb. 2023 … signed training camp contract with the Wings in Feb. 2025.

Kaila Charles signed a Contract with the Golden State Valkyries.

The Golden State Valkyries released Kaila Charles.

Kaila Charles signed a Rest-of-Season Contract with the Golden State Valkyries.

Kaila Charles signed a 7-Day Contract (3rd Contract) with the Golden State Valkyries.

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