NEW YORK — The Indiana Fever selected former South Carolina star and 2022 Naismith Player of the Year Aliyah Boston with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 WNBA draft on Monday night at New York City’s Spring Studios.
Boston — a 6-foot-5 forward who grew up in St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands before moving to Massachusetts as a teenager to pursue her basketball dream — became the second top overall pick out of South Carolina, joining two-time league MVP A’ja Wilson in 2018.
“It’s really special, I’m thankful to God for putting me in this position,” Boston said. “Everyone in Indiana, they saw something in me, I’m ready to get there and get to work.”
The Fever selected Boston with the franchise’s first-ever No. 1 overall pick, a moment of celebration for an organization that has languished since the retirement of legend Tamika Catchings in 2016.
Indiana has missed the postseason each year since — the longest active playoff drought in the league — and is coming off a…
