- Team
- Portland Fire
- Position
- Center
- Number
- #15
- Height
- 6′4″ (1.93 m)
- Age
- 26 years
- Born
- Feb 10, 2000, Ansbach
About Luisa Geiselsöder
The center from Franconia played for BG Donau-Ries and several French clubs, winning the French title with Basket Landes in 2025. That year she reached the WNBA with the Dallas Wings, five years after Dallas had drafted her. In the 2026 expansion draft the new Portland Fire picked her fifth.
Season stats
2026 season · 21 games
Luisa Geiselsöder finished the 2026 WNBA season with the Portland Fire below last year's numbers. In 21 games the center averaged 4.5 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 16.6 minutes. In 2025 she had 6.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 22.4 minutes over 28 games. Her free throw shooting stayed strong at 80.0 percent. The finish was quieter: over her last five games she averaged just 1.2 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists. Her best outing in that stretch came at Chicago on June 24, with 2 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 16.6 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 33.0% | 29.1% | 80.0% |
| 2025 | 28 | 22.4 | 6.9 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 42.5% | 33.0% | 81.8% |
Last games
| Date | Opp | Result | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/28 | @ LV | L83-98 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-1 |
| 07/18 | @ MIN | L93-101 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-1 |
| 07/16 | @ WSH | W75-56 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-3 |
| 07/09 | vs LV | L80-88 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 |
| 06/24 | @ CHI | L78-101 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1-4 |
Highlights
- Golden State Valkyries vs. Portland Fire | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | September 22, 2026Game recapWNBA · 11:03
Luisa Geiselsöder's career
Luisa Geiselsöder grew up in Burgoberbach and joined BG Donau-Ries in 2015, where she played alongside her sister Laura. In the 2019–20 season, the center averaged 18.6 points per game in the German league, and the portal eurobasket.com named her the Bundesliga's best center that year. In mid-April 2020 she was introduced as a new signing for Landerneau Bretagne Basket in the French top division, marking the start of her career abroad.
The Dallas Wings selected the forward with the 21st pick in the 2020 WNBA draft. Stops with La Roche VBC in 2022 and Basket Landes in 2023 followed in France. In May 2025 she won the French championship with Basket Landes, beating Tarbes Gespe Bigorre 2–1 in the final series. On 27 May 2025 she made her WNBA debut for Dallas, having earned a roster spot there after a training camp invitation. She then moved to ÇBK Mersin in Turkey, winning the Eurocup with the club in April 2026. In the April 2026 expansion draft, the Portland Fire chose her, and she is currently with the franchise.
Geiselsöder made her debut for the German senior national team in November 2019. With the team she finished sixth at the 2023 European Championship and reached the quarterfinals at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Germany placed fifth at the 2025 EuroBasket. At the 2026 World Cup in Berlin, the team finished fourth, the best result ever for a German women's side at a World Cup. At youth level, she won the gold medal with the German under-18 team at the 2018 European Championship.
Facts from: Wikipedia (de), Wikipedia (en), Wikidata