✨ unusual but necessary and long post ✨ I remember a few days before draft night, I had an interview with Holly Rowe. She asked me a question that caught me a little off guard. She told me she thought I was the most underrated player in my draft class and asked what I thought about that. If you know me, it took me aback because I hadn’t really thought about it prior to this question. So, I answered it in the most Michaela way I knew how. I didn’t know what to say, so I talked about how sometimes it’s okay to be the under dog. And that I knew and the people around me knew how much work I put in, and that was that. I didn’t put much more thought into it after that interview. I brushed it off as any other normal interview, like I’d done time and time again. But as I’ve taken the time to reflect, that conversation is revealing itself to be much more important than I even thought at the time. So in the most humble way possible: This is for all of those who wrote that without my athleticism, I wouldn’t be good at this game. This is for the skeptics who tried to place this “tweener” narrative on me in a such a negative light, questioning where and whether I belonged in this league. This is for those who questioned my decision to declare for the draft asking why I didn’t opt to stay another year. This is for those who doubted if my game would translate to the professional level. I saw it all, and I hope you see me now too. And if not, it’s okay. Keep doubting. It’s better that way. 💪🏾😉 Although the work never stops, I am so incredibly proud, honored, and humbled to be the 2021 WNBA & AP ROY. God truly doesn’t make mistakes and I couldn’t have prayed for a better situation. This year I learned so much & had so much fun! I truly couldn’t have done this without my family, coaches, teammates, support staff and the fans of New York! I am so eternally grateful to be with this organization! Year 1 done, but this is just the beginning! ✨