Truong Thao Vy has been drafted by the Washington Mystics for the 2024 season and became the first-ever Vietnamese athlete to play in the U.S.’s Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Thao Vy, also known as Kaylynne Truong, was the 21st pick at the 2024 WNBA Draft on Tuesday. Her twin sister Truong Thao My (Kayleigh Truong) was not selected by any club.
Previously, Jaylin Williams was the first athlete of Vietnamese descent to join an American professional basketball club. The 22-year-old power forward was drafted by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA at the 34th pick.
Vy was selected thanks to her impressive performance at the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) in the 2023-2024 season. After 36 games for Gonzaga Bulldogs, Vy contributed an average of 11.4 points, 2.3 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game. Vy is 1.77 m tall and considered to have a similar playing style to superstar Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors in the NBA.
Vy and My were nicknamed “Truong Twins” when they helped Vietnam make history with a silver medal at SEA Games 31 and a gold medal at SEA Games 32, in the 3x3 basketball event. Both showed a different level when they were trained professionally in the U.S., the birthplace of basketball.
The twins were born in 2001 in the U.S. to Vietnamese parents. Both have been taught basketball by their father since they were five and have been properly trained since eighth grade. They can play well as a point guard or shooting guard, in which Vy is better in terms of skill. While playing at Jersey Village High School, Vy was selected by the American sports channel ESPN as one of the 28 best defenders in the U.S. at the high school level.
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