Comment on UMaine’s Blanca Millan signs contract with WNBA’s Washington Mystics

All University of Maine women’s basketball star Blanca Millan wanted was an opportunity to showcase her talents at a WNBA training camp. She learned Sunday morning that she has earned that chance. The 6-foot-1 guard from Spain wasn’t selected in the WNBA draft on Thursday night, but she received a free-agent contract from the Washington Mystics and will fly to Washington, D.C., on Monday morning. The Mystics were the only one of the 12 WNBA teams that did not have a selection in the three-round, 36-player draft. “This is a great opportunity.