Lou Lopez Sénéchal (born May 12, 1998[2]) is a Mexican-French professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Hozono Global Jairis of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto.

[3] She previously played for the Fairfield Stags and was named MAAC Player of the Year as a senior.

The only schools they didn't consider were those ranked in the top twenty-five, which at the time seemed too much of a stretch.

[7] They received some responses, so the family scheduled a trip to the States that offered for scholarships.

[8][9][10] Lopez Sénéchal played for four years and graduated from Fairfield University before transferring to UConn.

[3] In her freshman year, she sat for an interview with the Fairfield Mirror, the student newspaper at the school.

She discussed the challenges of adapting to college in the United States after living in France most of her life.

The team, led by Lopez Sénéchal, helped extend that retirement date as long as possible, winning their first conference title since 1998.

Fairfield is only an hour and 1/2 drive from the UConn campus, and Valley had discussions with a coach of a competing team about the challenges of stopping Lopez Sénéchal.

When Valley saw the name in the portal, she immediately began doing some research viewing game films and reaching out to the Fairfield head coach, Joe Frager, to find out whether she would be a fit at UConn.

The initial expectations were that Lopez Sénéchal would play more of a reserve role, and it was important that she feel comfortable with this change.

Her goals were to get a shot at playing pro, and she felt that even a reduced role at UConn would provide the visibility and competition that would help earn a spot on a WNBA roster.