Angel Lajuane McCoughtry born September 10 1986 is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Minnesota Lynx of the Womens National Basketball Association WNBA and a twotime Olympic gold medalist McCoughtry completed her college career at the University of Louisville in 2009 She was selected first overall by the Atlanta Dream in the 2009 WNBA draft and was considered its franchise player during her tenure with the team McCoughtry has also played overseas in Turkey Slovakia Lebanon Hungary and Russia