NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2025 – Seattle Storm forward Nneka Ogwumike has been named the recipient of the 2025 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, the WNBA announced today. Ogwumike becomes the first player in league history to win the award four times, having previously earned the honor in three consecutive seasons from 2019 to 2021.

On Sunday, the Seattle Storm announced that the team would not be renewing head coach Noelle Quinn's contract, ending her tenure with the franchise. Quinn spent most of five seasons as the Storm head coach after taking over in 2021 after Dan Hughes retired six games into the season.

The Seattle Storm parted ways with head coach Noelle Quinn on Sunday, and no one should really be surprised. However, if you are wondering why they did it just three days into the offseason, here's why. The Storm were underachieving. Full stop.

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Including Game 2, the Storm and Aces have equally split their six games in 2025. The winner of Game 3, which takes place in Vegas on Thursday at 9:30 p.m. ET, will face the winner of the series between the No. 3 Atlanta Dream and No. 6 Indiana Fever, which also was pushed to a Game 3 on Tuesday night.

Seattle's season ended on Thursday when the Las Vegas Aces eliminated the Storm in the first round of the playoffs.

Two days later, their captivating and gut-wrenching conclusion to the WNBA season still hurts, haunts and in some ways inspires the Storm.

A Seattle Storm veteran has dismissed the notion that he's unhappy with the team and its coaching staff. Tiffany Mitchell responded to fan speculation regarding his tenure with the Storm ahead of the offseason. The $78,831 guard is set to become a free agent once her contract expires at the end of the season.