Angel Reese (Photo via @Reese10Angel/Twitter)
Angel Reese is celebrating her 22nd birthday this Monday.
The former LSU star, who’s now in the WNBA, is coming off her preseason debut for the Chicago Sky and is looking forward to the start of her professional career after helping the Tigers win a championship in 2023.
Reese was drafted No. 7 overall last month and hopes to be just as productive in the league as she was in college.
In the meantime, she’s showing off what her version of 22 looks like, having set the internet ablaze with birthday snaps.
Check it out below:
The post had garnered over 400,000 views and over 19,000 likes at the time of writing.
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“Happy Birthday!!! May your 22nd year be the best one yet. Keep being unapologetically you, because it’s truly making a difference. Hope today is as great as you are! 🔥🎉🙌🏾,” one fan wrote.
“Yall tell the Queen Happy Birthday!!!!” another wrote.
You can see some more reactions below:
There’s Already Some Controversy Involving Angel Reese Following Her WNBA Debut
Controversy seems to follow Angel Reese wherever she goes. And she’s already at the center of one, though through no fault of her own.
As mentioned above, Reese has played her first game for Chicago. But it wasn’t the debut many expected, as her outing against the Minnesota Lynx wasn’t streamed.
Caitlin Clark’s, on the other hand, was all over the internet. And it’s led to fans lashing out at the league for being biased.
Meanwhile, Angel Reese and the Sky will play the New York Liberty in their second preseason fixture this Tuesday before kicking off regular-season affairs on May 15.
Angel Reese Talks Openly About Her Relationship With Caleb Williams And Her Future Plans
Angel Reese and Caleb Williams (Photos via Getty Images)
Angel Reese will play her first WNBA preseason game for the Chicago Sky against the Minnesota Lynx on Friday night.
Angel Reese, the top draft pick of the WNBA’s Chicago Sky, recently sat down with NBC Chicago for a one-on-one interview when she got asked whether she and the Chicago Bears’ No. 1 over draft pick Caleb Williams had been in touch.
“Yeah, that’s my dog,” Reese said of her relationship with Williams. “Yeah, me and Caleb are cool. One of my good friends are best friends with him that are in my friend group.
“Just being able to have another DMV tie, another amazing player … so we lit right now. We turning the city up right now,” she said. “[Caleb and I] talked after he got drafted. I don’t know when he’s gonna be here, but we’re all gonna hang out. My friend is coming down, and we’re all gonna hang out, cause we’re cool. So I’m excited.”
Chicago’s pro sports teams have welcomed some incredible athletes to their teams recently. In the 2023 NHL Draft, Connor Bedard was selected by the Blackhawks as the first overall choice. The Chicago Sky recently selected Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso. Most famously, on April 25th, the Bears selected Caleb Williams with the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.
When it comes to her personal life, Reese had been dating Florida State basketball player Cam’Ron Fletcher in 2023, but the two of them seemed to have a very public breakup as they threw subtle shots at one another.
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Reese then announced that she and Fletcher broke up and that she’s single during a March 2024 Instagram Live video.
“Yeah, I’m single,” she said during the live Q&A video, per TMZ. “I don’t got no man. Don’t attach me to no man. That’s all I’mma say. That’s it.”
Reese then added, “I do what’s best for me, that’s it. I’m the catch! Let’s not get it twisted.”
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Caleb Williams showed off his girlfriend, Alina Thyregod, when they both showed up to the NFL Draft together. Williams had been dating Valery Orellana since 2020, but that relationship had clearly ended behind closed doors.
Angel Reese Proves Star Power Translates to WNBA As She Sold Out Jersey Before Debut
Angel Reese (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Fans are still waiting to get their hands on an Angel Reese Chicago Sky jersey because the 2024 first-round draft pick said on X her jersey had sold out within a week of her entering the WNBA:
Reese and Clark were the two biggest stars in the college game, so it was inevitable that their apparel would be big sellers as soon as their jerseys became available.
