Txell Alarcón

Txell Alarcón
Personal information
Born (2003-07-31) July 31, 2003
Barcelona
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
PositionPoint guard
Stats at Basketball Reference 

Txell Alarcón Otero (born July 31, 2003) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Career

Alarcón started playing for the Safa Claror team in Barcelona. In 2014 she moved to Snatt ́s Sant Adria, where she also began to compete in the Catalan and Spanish national teams. For the 2020 season she moved to play at the Campus Promete in Logroño and continued there until 2022.[1][2][3][4]

Later she arrived in Vitoria, to play the next two seasons, 2022 to 2024, in the Kutxabank Araski AES team.[5][6][7]

In April 2023, she was drafted by the Washington Mystics with the 32nd pick.[8][9]

Club

  • -2014: Safa Claror.
  • 2014-2020: Snatt´s Femení Sant Adria.
  • 2020-2022: Campus Promete, Logroño
  • 2022-2024: Kutxabank Araski AES, Vitoria
  • 2024-: Hozono Global Jairis, Alcantarilla

National

Alarcón was selected by Catalonia and Spain in youth categories.[10] The pandemic left her year without the U17 World Cup and without the U18 European Championship. She played the U19 World Cup with another generation, and the European Championship in Soprón with the U20F in 2022.[11]

Honors

  • Best three-point shooter in the Women's League in the 2020-2021 season, with Campus Promete.[12]
  • First position | Women's League 2 - 19/20.
  • Bronze Medal | U16 European Championship - 2019.[13]
  • U20A European Champion - 2022.[14]
  • Top scorer and MVP in the U20 - 2022 European Final. [15]

National championships

Títle Club Country Year
Runners-up in Catalonia Mini F. Sant Adriá Spain 2014-2015
Runners-up of Catalonia IntantilB F. Sant Adriá Spain 2015-2016
Champions of Catalonia Intantil F. Sant Adriá Spain 2016-2017
Runners-up in Spain Intantil F. Sant. Adriá Spain 2016-2017
Champions of Catalonia and Spain Cadet F. Sant Adriá Spain 2017-2018
Runners-up in Catalonia and Spain Cadet F. Sant Adriá Spain 2018-2019

Awards

  • Considered Star of the Generation of 2003.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "¿Quién es Txell Alarcón, la apuesta de Campus Promete para LF siendo aún junior?". Gigantes del Basket (in Spanish). 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Txell Alarcón renueva con el Campus Promete". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  3. ↑ "Txell Alarcón". Regeneracom Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  4. ↑ "Competiciones FEB". baloncestoenvivo.feb.es. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  5. ↑ "Txell Alarcón, juventud y talento para el Kutxabank Araski". FEB (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  6. ↑ "Kutxabank Araski ficha a la escolta Txell Alarcón y refuerza su juego exterior". EITB (in Spanish). 2022-06-21. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  7. ↑ Redacción (2023-05-19). "Txell Alarcón renueva con Kutxabank Araski -" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  8. ↑ "Indiana Fever Selects Aliyah Boston With First Overall Pick In WNBA Draft 2023 Presented By State Farm - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA. 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  9. ↑ "Txell Alarcón, la undécima española seleccionada en el Draft de la WNBA". MARCA (in Spanish). 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  10. ↑ "Txell Alarcón". Regeneracom Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  11. ↑ "Txell Alarcón, una temporada para el recuerdo y un ilusionante verano por delante". FEB (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  12. ↑ "Txell Alarcón renueva con el Campus Promete". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  13. ↑ "Alarcón Txell" (in Spanish). 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  14. ↑ "«El buen rollo nos puede llevar muy lejos»". El Correo (in Spanish). 2022-08-23. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  15. ↑ "La U20F vuelve al trono europeo". FEB (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  16. ↑ "Txell Alarcón y las medallistas de la competitividad". FEB (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-07.
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