2023 WNBA draft picks: Dreams come true for women’s basketball’s biggest stars
NCAA women’s basketball tournament saw record viewership, the WNBA draft on Monday was the next step for many of the game’s brightest stars to make their dreams come true.
The 2023 WNBA season will feature the return of Brittney Griner after she was freed from Russia and, earlier on Monday, the league announced the expansion of its charter flight program.
There is plenty of talent that will further the growth of the WNBA, including South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston, who went to the Indiana Fever with the No. 1 overall pick.
Last year, Rhyne Howard was the top pick. In her first season with the Atlanta Dream, the Kentucky guard averaged 16.2 points, enough to give her an All-Star nod and the rookie of the year award.
2023 WNBA DRAFT: Team-by-team selections
Here are the 2023 WNBA draft picks:
First round
- Indiana Fever: F/C Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
- Minnesota Lynx: G Diamond Miller, Maryland
- Dallas Wings: F Maddy Siegrist, Villanova
- Washington Mystics: F/C Stephanie Soares, Iowa State (traded to Dallas Wings for a future first- and second-round pick)
- Dallas Wings: G/F Lou Lopez Sénéchal, Connecticut
- Atlanta Dream: G Haley Jones, Stanford
- Indiana Fever: G Grace Berger, Indiana
- Atlanta Dream: F Laeticia Amihere, South Carolina
- Seattle Storm: G Jordan Horston, Tennessee
- Los Angeles Sparks: G Zia Cooke, South Carolina
- Dallas Wings: G Abby Meyers, Maryland
- Minnesota Lynx: F Maïa Hirsch, France
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