{"id":448627,"date":"2026-08-31T06:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T06:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/448627\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T06:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T06:08:12","slug":"former-savannah-steel-guard-ndjakalenga-mwenentanda-signs-with-los-angeles-sparks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/448627\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Savannah Steel guard Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda signs with Los Angeles Sparks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Savannah Steel guard Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda signs with Los Angeles Sparks<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjcl.com\/news-team\/ad23c844-5df8-4585-9929-a37c35fb6107\" aria-label=\"Corey Howard profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ad23c844-5df8-4585-9929-a37c35fb6107_1787598991.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Corey Howard\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>SAVANNAH, Ga. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Former Savannah Steel guard Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda has signed a WNBA player development contract with the Los Angeles Sparks, the team announced.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Mwenentanda appeared in 10 games during the Steel\u2019s inaugural season, averaging 5.9 points per game.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Before joining the Steel, Mwenentanda played her final college season at Vanderbilt. She started all 34 games and averaged 6.9 points and 3.4 rebounds while shooting 47.2% from the field.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Mwenentanda helped the Commodores finish 29-5 and advance to the NCAA Tournament\u2019s Sweet 16 for the first time in 17 years.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">She played her first three college seasons at Texas, appearing in 103 games and making 18 starts. As a junior, she helped the Longhorns reach the 2025 Final Four. Mwenentanda averaged 9 points and shot 59.3% from the field during the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Mwenentanda is the first player in Savannah Steel history to reach the WNBA and the third in UPSHOT League history to receive a WNBA opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Savannah Steel guard Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda signs with Los Angeles Sparks SAVANNAH, Ga. \u2014 Former Savannah Steel guard&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[2454,48,52,51,47,50,49,897,20263,41454,177619,53199,2215],"class_list":["post-448627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-basketball","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-professional","tag-savannah","tag-steel","tag-upshot-league","tag-wnba","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}