The Indiana Fever selected South Carolina forward Aliyah Boston as the No. 1 pick in Monday’s WNBA Draft. Here’s what else you need to know:
- Boston averaged 13 points, 9.8 rebounds and two blocks per game in her senior season. The 6-foot-5 forward is a three-time first-team All-American and back-to-back Naismith Defensive Player of the Year.
- Indiana went 5-31 last season, missing the playoffs for the sixth straight year.
- The Minnesota Lynx drafted Maryland’s Diamond Miller at No. 2 and the Dallas Wings picked Villanova’s Maddy Siegrist at No. 3.
- The Washington Mystics traded the draft rights to No. 4 pick Stephanie Soares to Dallas for a 2025 first-round pick and a 2024 second-round pick.
With the No. 1 pick in the 2023 #WNBADraft, the Indiana Fever select Aliyah Boston 🔥@IndianaFever | @aa_boston | @GamecockWBB https://t.co/OXxBjJqZGj pic.twitter.com/v9BLCtmzNi
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) April 10, 2023
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What Boston brings to Fever
Boston is the second-ever WNBA No. 1 draft pick out of South Carolina, joining A’ja Wilson in 2018. She’s also the second-ever No. 1 draft pick in pro basketball out of the Virgin Islands along with Tim Duncan to the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs in 1997. Both of those players set impossibly high…
