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Former Gamecock becomes program's newest WNBA champion after Valkyries win
Another former Gamecock is now a WNBA champion. Former South Carolina forward Laeticia Amihere was part of the Golden State Valkyries team that won the 2026 WNBA title over the Atlanta Dream on Saturday. Golden State clinched the series with a 68-63 win in Game 7. The San Francisco-based Valkyries won the league championship in only their second year of existence, which sets a WNBA record. Golden State also won the first WNBA Finals Game 7 played in league history. Amihere, 25, played a bench role for Golden State this season and finished the year averaging 3.9 points and 3.0 rebounds in 11.7 minutes per game. She played a playoffs-high 20 minutes in Golden State’s Game 6 loss in Atlanta and had a season-high 10 rebounds as well as a +14 plus-minus. Amihere did not appear in Saturday’s clinching Game 7. Amihere’s win came at the expense of three other Gamecocks: Former South Carolina players Allisha Gray , Te-Hina Paopao and Madina Okot were all on the Dream roster that came up one win short of its first WNBA title. Laeticia Amihere’s South Carolina career, stats At South Carolina, Amihere averaged 6.3 points and 4.1 rebounds across 127 career games