Angel Reese joins Panini America as second female exclusive

A top college basketball star is joining the Panini America team.

LSU Tigers star Angel Reese has signed an exclusive autographed card and memorabilia deal and it was revealed Wednesday morning by the Irving, Texas-based company. It's the second exclusive deal with a female athlete for the company, according to Panini, with Iowa's Caitlin Clark its previous signee.

"Angel is an outstanding talent and an electric player, and we are excited to welcome her to the Panini family as an exclusive athlete," said Jason Howarth, Senior VP of Marketing and Athlete Relations. "We look forward to offering her fans Angel's trading cards and memorabilia."

Described as "a multi-year agreement," Reese's deal "will include a wide variety of products" and launches today with a Panini Instant card. It all be followed by her Panini Instant WNBA Draft Night card with appearances in Origins WNBA to drop in August, Select WNBA and then Prizm WNBA after that.

"I'm excited to join Panini as an exclusive athlete for autograph trading cards and memorabilia," Reese said in a prepared release. "As a little girl growing up you always dream of playing basketball and getting your first trading card – I can’t wait for fans everywhere to be able to start collecting my Panini cards."

Thanks to previous NIL deals, Reese has appeared on a number of cards already while she led LSU to its first NCAA women’s basketball title in last year and another Final Four run the season.

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