{"id":479925,"date":"2026-02-17T05:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/479925\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T05:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:32:09","slug":"northwestern-basketball-player-grace-sullivan-makes-name-for-herself-ahead-of-wnba-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/479925\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwestern basketball player Grace Sullivan makes name for herself ahead of WNBA Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Grace Sullivan transferred to Northwestern University last season, it felt like a basketball dream come true for the Antioch native.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought it would be amazing,&#8221; Sullivan said. &#8220;The family aspect helps a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That support has certainly helped Sullivan reach new heights this year, averaging a team high 22 points per game. She is tied for 11th in the country.<\/p>\n<p>But it is no surprise to those who watched her captain Carmel Catholic to their first-ever state title in 2022, with the same hard work and determination in her transition to the Wildcats.<\/p>\n<p>Her coach described her as &#8220;a quiet leader.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan&#8217;s success has drawn attention from WNBA scouts, something she never thought possible, until now. But it has become her next goal in a journey she knows is not done yet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just surreal,&#8221; Sullivan said. &#8220;Hope to get there.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Grace Sullivan transferred to Northwestern University last season, it felt like a basketball dream come true for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[135322,49,48,194267,194241,6940,194266,82,97669,630],"class_list":["post-479925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-abc7-chicago","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-carmel-catholic","tag-grace-sullivan","tag-northwestern-university","tag-reach-new-heights","tag-sports","tag-sullivan","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}