Allie Quigley became a WNBA mainstay after entering the league as a second rounder in the 2008 draft, playing two seasons with the Phoenix Mercury and brief stints with the Indiana Fever, San Antonio Silver Stars and Seattle Storm before becoming a franchise cornerstone with the Chicago Sky. The former DePaul guard and Illinois native played for her hometown team from 2013 to '22, winning back-to-back Sixth Woman of the Year Awards (2014, '15), making three consecutive All-Star Games from 2017 to '19 and taking home a WNBA title in '21.
In a new story for The Players' Tribune, Quigley admits that she nearly retired after winning the championship, but opted to return for a celebratory follow-up season in '22. She wasn't totally sure that it would be her last, but now that she is three years removed from her last WNBA game, she is comfortable letting everyone know that she is officially retired, joking that she "pulled an Irish Goodbye on the W":
