GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Former Green Bay women's basketball standout Celeste Hoewisch (Hortonville, Wis.) has accepted a one-year contract to play professionally for the LKS SIEMENS AGD LODZ Basketball Team in Poland.

Hoewisch initially had planned on joining former teammate Kayla Tetschlag (Sheboygan, Wis.) in Belgium but with the variation between leagues in Europe, only one American is allowed to play on each team in the league Tetschlag now plays in.

"I'm going to miss playing with Kayla a lot but this gives us a chance to visit each other and still stay in contact, and I know she's going to be great in Belgium," Hoewisch said.

"It's a great league, a lot of WNBA players and she'll get better playing against that type of competition," said Green Bay head coach Matt Bollant. "I think they'll be very thankful they got Celeste."

Hoewisch's new team is part of the Poland-PLKK League which features two Americans, including Lauren Prochaska, a former standout at Bowling Green State University who also plays in the WNBA.

Though Hoewisch has been preparing for this moment her whole life, from the moment she received the call from her agent to the moment she leaves the U.S. is only one week.

"I'm really excited and happy to have finally landed something," said Hoewisch. "I was nervous because it was getting late but had confidence in the people around me trying to help."

LKS SIEMENS AGD LODZ is already in preseason with its first regular season game slated for Oct. 1.