WNBA Player Presented With Key to the Town

Bria Hartley, a member of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics and a North Babylon resident, was recently presented with the key to the town – only the fifth time this honor has been presented.

Hartley started playing on the varsity basketball team in eighth grade and continued to be a starter throughout her four years at North Babylon High School. During that time, the North Babylon Bulldogs had a record of 81 wins and 13 losses.

After high school, Hartley was recruited by the UCONN Huskies, where she held the fourth best record for most assists and points scored in a year for a UCONN senior. She was a driving force in the Huskies’ back-to-back National Championship victories in 2013 and 2014 and was selected seventh overall in the 2014 WNBA draft, where she was selected by the Mystics.