Allie Quigley never actually announced her retirement.
In a post on The Players Tribune on Tuesday, the 15-year WNBA guard did just that, joking that it was the classic "Irish Goodbye" that she never intended.
Quigley's last WNBA season was 2022, a year after reaching the mountaintop by winning a WNBA championship with the Chicago Sky.
"I just took the 2023 season off … then I took the 2024 season off … then I took the 2025 season off….. you get the idea," Quigley wrote on The Players Tribune. "But all jokes aside, I never actually meant to do an Irish goodbye. When I sat out after 2022, it was for a very specific reason. It was so I could start the next phase of my life: becoming a mom.
"To be honest, I thought I would get pregnant fast, then at least leave the option open to play one more season. But things didn’t happen as fast as we would have liked. They did happen, though!! And I’m thrilled to say that on April 8th, 2025, Courtney (VanderSloot) and I celebrated the birth of our baby girl, Jana Christine. We named her after both of our moms: Courtney’s mom, Janet, who passed away last June. And my mom, Christine. And I know I speak for both myself and Courtney when I tell you that as special as the Sky winning a championship felt, and as proud of a moment as that was, bringing a baby into the world is our accomplishment we’re most proud of. It was the greatest day of our lives. There’s nothing like it."
That's such a great ending to the story of Quigley's WNBA career.
Before that, she left quite the mark on the W.
The Seattle Storm took Quigley 22nd overall in the 2008 draft.
She spent her early years without a breakthrough, failing to break into the full-time rotation for the Mercury, Fever, Silver Stars or Storm.
But after being waived by the Storm in 2012 and not playing a game tha tseason, Quigley joined the Sky.
And in 10 seasons in Chicago, she became indispensible.
She didn't become a full-time starter until 2017, but from then on, she started the high majority of games until she retired.
In Chicago, Quigley averaged 11.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game while shooting 39.5% from 3-point range.
She was steady and reliable, made three All-Star teams and won that 2021 championship.
Quigley was already into the next stage of her life, but now she let the rest of the basketball world know for sure.
"I love knowing that I can look back on my career and say it was really, really good — but it was part of the beginning of something truly great," Quigley wrote.
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