Morgan Paige has left her job as an assistant coach with the Coe women's basketball team to begin her pro basketball career with a club in Romania.

Paige, who starred at Marion High School and the University of Wisconsin, left Monday for Romania.

Paige scored 1,280 points during her career at Wisconsin and was named third team all-Big Ten. She was a three-time selection on the Academic All-Big Ten squad and graduated from Wisconsin in 2014.

Paige joined the Kohawks this season as an assistant coach. Coe Coach Randi Henderson knew Paige might leave at some point during the season to begin a pro career, but welcomed Paige to the staff and said she was a valuable member of the program.