Megan McConnell, Kayana Traylor sign camp deals with Indiana Fever
Second-year guard Megan McConnell — sister of Pacers guard T. J. McConnell — and Martinsville native Kayana Traylor will be in camp with the Fever.
Another Indiana basketball team is getting a McConnell.
Free-agent guard Megan McConnell — younger sister of Pacers guard T. J. McConnell — signed a training camp contract with the Indiana Fever. The non-guaranteed deal gives the second-year guard an opportunity to continue her basketball career in Indianapolis.
The Fever signed Martinsville, Ind., native Kayana Traylor to a camp deal as well.
She began her college career at Purdue University (2018–21) and finished at Virginia Tech (2021–23), where she averaged 11.0 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game during her fifth season.
Traylor was selected 23rd overall in the 2023 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky.
Both players played five years of college basketball.
McConnell, a Pittsburgh native, spent all five seasons at Duquesne University. (Her brother, T.J., played two seasons there from 2010–12 before transferring to the University of Arizona to play for coach Sean Miller for two seasons.)
She’s coming off a productive season overseas, averaging 11.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game with the Bendigo Spirit in Australia.
After going undrafted last year, McConnell signed with the Phoenix Mercury — and later attended a game wearing her brother’s Pacers jersey during the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder. (She appeared in just one game due to a right knee injury.)
“I love my sister dearly,” he told Fieldhouse Files then. “I'm so proud of everything she's accomplished. So when she made the team, I was at a loss for words, almost cried.”
The Mercury rushed a jersey to T.J., who wore Megan’s jersey upon arrival for Game 1 of the Finals.
“I tried to get that jersey as quickly as I could so I could wear it and honor her and show her how proud of her I am,” T.J. said. “And I'm grateful for the Mercury organization sending that over as quickly as they did. Doing that is something very special for me and my family.”
Megan McConnell is a 5-foot-7, defensive-minded guard who was named Atlantic 10 First Team and Defensive Player of the Year in her final season at Duquesne. She also stood out at the 2025 College All-Star Game in Tampa during Final Four weekend.
Like his sister, T.J. McConnell — now 34 — went undrafted in 2015. He earned multiple contracts with the Philadelphia 76ers, then signed with the Indiana Pacers in 2019. He has since re-signed multiple times and is entering his seventh season in Indiana, where his two children were born.
While Megan’s contract is non-guaranteed, T.J.’s four-year extension runs through the 2028–29 season, with a team option in the final year.
Meanwhile, Traylor is a 5-foot-9 guard who appeared in eight games with the Minnesota Lynx during the 2023 season. She also played in Athletes Unlimited and has competed internationally in Africa, France, Israel and Turkey.
Her mother, Danielle, played at Louisiana State University.
These two signings bring the Fever to 11 players ahead of training camp, which opens April 19.
But first, the 2026 WNBA Draft will be held Monday night in New York City.