2025 WNBA Draft Tracker: Bueckers off to Big D with first pick; All 38 selections are complete

NEW YORK – Blue Star Media is giving live updates from the 2025 WNBA Draft presented by State Farm. Many of these draftees were super prep players and McDonald’s All Americans when they starred in high school just a few years while their teams were ranked in the Blue Star Media Elite 25 girls’ basketball rankings.

A total of 38 players will be selected in three rounds on Monday, April 14, with 12 in the first and 13 in each of the second and third. This story was updated tonight from The Shed in Hudson Yards.

First Round

1. Dallas Wings, Paige Bueckers, 6-0, Connecticut

Comment: A no-brainer and a transformational player that will help make the Wings fly. A year ago, the Wings went 9-31, finishing 11^th but that will change.

2. Seattle Storm, Dominique Malonga, 6-6, Lyon, France

Comment: The Storm has a youthful 6-6 center who played for France National Team in the 2024 Olympics. She’s potentially a double-double machine and the 19-year-old will add depth and skill to the Storm’s frontcourt.

3. Washington Mystics, Sonia Citron, 6-1, Notre Dame

Comment: Known as a hard-nosed defender, averaging 14.3 points and 5.8 rebounds for the Irish. The Mystics are rebuilding with the retirement of Elena Delle Donne and an all-around guard is a need fulfilled.

4. Washington Mystics, Kiki Iriafen, 6-3, USC

Comment: She’s relentless and versatile and a building block for the Mystics. Rim-runner who can step out to the perimeter. Iriafen played on the West Coast USC and Stanford and this year shined in the NCAA Women’s Tournament.

5. Golden State Valkyries, Juste Jocyte, 6-0, Lithuania

Comment: She becomes the first-ever draft pick of the expansion franchise from the City by the Bay. The lefty is an experienced player on an international-dominated squad.

6. Washington Mystics, Georgia Amoore, 5-6, Kentucky

Comment: The third pick in the top-6 for the Mystics. She helped take the Virginia Tech Hokies to the Women’s Final Four in 2024 and last year upped game in the SEC. At Kentucky, Amoore set career best for points, assists and field-goal percentage. Originally from Australia.

7. Connecticut Sun, Aneesah Morrow, 6-1, LSU

Comment: Originally from Chicago, she’s tough and recorded the second most double-doubles in NCAA history. Morrow’s parents were athletes at Nebraska and she started out at DePaul.

8. Connecticut Sun, Saniya Rivers, 6-1, North Carolina State

Comment: A versatile two-way player, who was a two-time First Team All-ACC player and was one of the nation’s top defenders.

9. Los Angeles Sparks, Sarah Ashlee Barker, 6-0, Alabama

Comment: The Sparks already have a solid core after adding Kelsey Plum and Cameron Brink is expect back from an ACL injury by June, but now Barker, who can score and shoot. She’ll attack the rim with both hands and was a primary defender for the Crimson Tide. Her dad quarterbacked Alabama to a national championship on the gridiron.

10. Chicago Sky, Ajsa Sivka, 6-4, Slovenia

Comment: Long and lean, she’s a solid perimeter shooter with a quick, high release. At 19 years old, she idolized Breanna Stewart while growing up. She is the second Slovenian drafted into the WNBA. This was Las Vegas’s pick but the WNBA rescinded it for league violations.

11. Chicago Sky, Hailey Van Lith, 5-9, TCU

Comment: This pick was obtained via trade and the Big 12 Player of the Year and All-American made huge splash after transferring from LSU. She’s a winner having taken three different schools to the Elite Eight. Played on the USA 3-on-3 team that won the bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics.

12. Dallas Wings, Aziaha James, 5-10, North Carolina State

Comment: She’s a great mid-range game and can stick it from the perimeter. James is a self-proclaimed “grinder.” She was not expected to go in the first round but through hard work, she pushed in.

Second Round

1. Las Vegas Aces, Aaliyah Nye, 6-0, Alabama

2. Dallas Wings, Madison Scott, 6-2, Mississippi

3. Minnesota Lynx, Anastasiia Olairi Kosu, 6-1, Russia

4. Chicago Sky, Maddy Westbeld, 6-3 Notre Dame

5. Golden State Valkyries, Shyanne Seller, 6-2, Maryland

6. Atlanta Dream, Te-Hina Paopao, 5-9, South Carolina

7. Indiana Fever, Makayla Timpson, 6-2, Florida State

8. Indiana Fever, Bree Hall, 6-0, South Carolina

9. Los Angeles Sparks, Sania Feagin, 6-3 South Carolina

10. Chicago Sky, Aicha Coulibaly, 6-0, Texas A&M

11. Washington Mystics, Lucy Olsen, 5-10, Iowa

12. Minnesota Lynx, Dalayah Daniel, 6-4, Washington

13. Connecticut Sun, Rayah Marshall, 6-4, USC

Third Round

1. Seattle Storm, Serena Sundell, 6-2, Kansas State

2. Dallas Wings, J.J. Quinerly, 5-8, West Virginia

3. Los Angeles Sparks, Liatu King,6-0, Notre Dame

4. Seattle Storm, Madison Conner, 5-11, TCU

5. Golden State Valkyries, Kaitlyn Chen, 5-9, Connecticut

6. Dallas Wings, Aaronette Vonley, 6-3, Baylor

7. Washington Mystics, Zaay Green, 6-2, Alabama

8. Indiana Fever, Yvonne Ejim, 6-1, Gonzaga

9. Seattle Storm, Jordan Hobbs, 6-3, Michigan

10. Los Vegas Aces, Harmoni Turner, 5-10, Harvard

11. Atlanta Dream, Taylor Thierry, 6-1, Ohio State

12. Minnesota Lynx, Aubrey Griffin, 6-1, Connecticut

13. New York Liberty, Adja Kane, 6-3, France