Haley Gorecki

Haley Marie Gorecki (born November 13, 1996) is an American basketball player who last played for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. 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.

Haley Gorecki

Personal information
Born	(1996-11-13) November 13, 1996 (age 28) 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: 3rd round, 31st overall pick
Drafted by	Seattle Storm
Position	Shooting guard
Career history
2020	Casademont Zaragoza
2021	Phoenix Mercury
2022	CDB Clarinos Tenerife
2022–23	VBW Arka Gdynia
Career highlights
Third-team All-American – USBWA (2020) ACC All-Defensive Team (2020) 2× First-team All-ACC (2019,2020)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's 3x3 basketball Representing the  United States FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup 2021 Miami Team

College career

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.

Professional career

WNBA

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]

On February 23, 2021, Gorecki signed a training camp contract with the Storm.^[5] She did not make the team and was waived at the end of training camp.

On May 27, 2021, Gorecki was signed to a hardship contract with the Phoenix Mercury. She played three games for them, before being released.^[6]

Overseas

In July 2020, Gorecki signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the Spanish LF Endesa.^[7] During the 2020 season with Zaragoza, Gorecki averaged 9.0 points and 4.3 rebounds a game.^[8]

In January 2022, Gorecki signed with CDB Clarinos Tenerife of the LF Endesa.^[9] In 16 games, she averaged 12.7 points and 3.5 rebounds a game.

Gorecki played for VBW Arka Gdynia of the Polish Basket Liga Kobiet for the 2022–23 season; she averaged 12.3 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.^[10]

WNBA career statistics

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 best	°	League leader

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2021	Phoenix	3	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
Career	1 years, 1 team	3	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0

Career statistics

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 best	°	League leader

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2015–16	Duke	14	1	16.2	27.8	22.2	88.2	2.6	1.1	1.1	0.1	1.8	4.5
2017–18	Duke	23	13	25.0	42.3	42.3	71.7	3.9	2.9	1.3	0.2	2.1	11.0
2018–19	Duke	30	30	36.0	36.5	27.9	71.9	7.1	3.9	2.6	0.3	3.6	17.2
2019–20	Duke	30	30	36.5	39.7	33.7	85.6	6.6	4.4	2.1	0.6	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^[11]

Personal life

Gorecki is the daughter of Adam and Denise Gorecki. She has Polish roots from father side. She has a sister, Brittany, and a brother, Adam. Gorecki holds a degree in Psychology from Duke.^{[citation needed]}