In March 2016, Riley participated in Mogul's IAmAMogul campaign for inspiring women to believe that they have the "power to shape the world through their voices and actions.

"[1][2] She was the general manager for the San Antonio Stars from May 2016 until the team's sale and relocation to Las Vegas in the 2017–18 off-season.

She was a mainstay of the team in all four years, and consistently ranked high in the nation among women basketball players in field goal percentage and blocked shots.

In the championship game, Notre Dame was trailing Purdue, 66–64, when Riley scored the tying field goal.

She made both free throws to give Notre Dame its final 68–66 edge and its first women's national championship.

In 1999, Riley led the nation in field goal percentage shooting 68.3% to become the first Irish player to rank first in an NCAA statistical category.

She finished her Notre Dame career with 2,072 points, and school records for rebounds (1,007), blocked shots (370), and field goal percentage (.632).

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology - Magna Cum Laude - University of Notre Dame (2001) Executive MBA – Magna Cum Laude - University of Notre Dame (2016) On April 20, 2001, Riley was selected by the Miami Sol as the fifth overall pick in the 2001 WNBA draft.

The Detroit Shock, by virtue of having the worst regular-season record in the WNBA in 2002, received the first pick in the dispersal draft, and used it to select Riley.

In the finals, the Shock defeated the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Sparks to win Detroit's first WNBA title.

The Chicago Sky signed the veteran 6-foot-5 center and two-time WNBA champion Riley, the team announced on Monday February sixth 2012.

On June 18, 2013, Riley signed with Atlanta after a roster spot opened up when Sancho Lyttle was suspended following her departure to play six games for her national team.

[18] While in college, Riley played on the U.S. team in the 1999 World University Games in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

In 2002, she practiced with the USA Women's Senior National Team, but did not make the final cut to play in the Basketball World Championship.

Since its inception in December 2006, Riley has been a spokesperson of the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets, a global campaign that saves lives through the strategic prevention of Malaria.

Through her work with the Nothing But Nets campaign, Riley has made multiple trips to different regions in Africa helping to amplify awareness of the malaria disease.

Share Our Strength is a national nonprofit committed to ending childhood hunger in America by making sure that children in need are enrolled in federal programs.

Riley wrote a children's book, The Spirit of Basketball, with co-author Paul Hickey and illustrator Christopher Hiller, that was published in 2005.

[19] On January 26, 2005, Riley made her debut as a color commentator for a Notre Dame women's basketball game.

[23] Riley married Benjamin Hunter, another Notre Dame alum and varsity football player, on New Year's Day 2018.