Haley Marie Gorecki (born on November 13, 1996) is an American basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of La Liga Feminina. She played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Gorecki was selected to third team All-American by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA)[1] and All-America Honorable Mention by the Associated Press (AP) in 2020.[2] Coming out of high school, she was Ms. Basketball of Illinois in 2015 as well as the state's Gatorade Player of the Year.
| No. 2 – Casademont Zaragoza | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | La Liga Feminina |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1996-11-13) November 13, 1996 (age 26) Hoffman Estates, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | William Fremd (Palatine, Illinois) |
| College | Duke (2015–2020) |
| WNBA draft | 2020 / Round: 3 / Pick: 31st overall |
| Selected by the Seattle Storm | |
| Career history | |
| 2020–present | Casademont Zaragoza |
| 2021 | Phoenix Mercury |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Gorecki appeared in 14 games as a freshman before a right hip injury sidelined her for the rest of the 2015–16 season. She red-shirted in 2016–17 and returned in the 2017–18 season to average 42.3% in 3-point shooting before another injury sidelined her once again after 23 games. Gorecki graduated in 2019 but returned for the 2019–20 season as a graduate student.
Gorecki was selected 31st overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2020 WNBA draft.[3] On May 26, she was waived by the Storm.[4] In July, Gorecki signed with Casademont Zaragoza.[5] During the 2020 season with Casademont Zaragoza, Gorecki averaged 9.0 points and 4.3 rebounds a game.[6] On February 23, 2021, Gorecki signed a training camp contract with the Storm.[7]
| Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career high | ° | League leader | ||||
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Duke | 14 | 1 | 16.2 | .278 | .222 | .882 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | .1 | 1.8 | 4.5 |
| 2017–18 | Duke | 23 | 13 | 25.0 | .423 | .423 | .717 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 1.3 | .2 | 2.1 | 11.0 |
| 2018–19 | Duke | 30 | 30 | 36.0 | .365 | .279 | .719 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 2.6 | .3 | 3.6 | 17.2 |
| 2019–20 | Duke | 30 | 30 | 36.5 | .397 | .337 | .856 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 2.1 | .6 | 3.8 | 18.5 |
| Career | 97 | 74 | 30.7 | .381 | .323 | .788 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 1.9 | .3 | 3.1 | 14.3 | |
Source: goduke.com[8]
Gorecki is the daughter of Adam and Denise Gorecki.She have a Polish roots from father side. She has a sister, Brittany and a brother, Adam. Górecki holds a degree in Psychology from Duke.[citation needed]