2022 WNBA Draft: Dream select Howard with No. 1 overall pick
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The Atlanta Dream used their newly acquired first overall pick to select Kentucky's Rhyne Howard in the 2022 WNBA Draft on Monday night.
Howard became the first player in Kentucky history to be taken with the top selection in the WNBA. She was voted as a first-team All-American this season for the No. 6 seed Wildcats.
At No. 2, the Indiana Fever took Baylor star NaLyssa Smith with the first of their four first-round picks. The Washington Mystics chose Ole Miss' Shakira Austin third.
Here are the full results from the draft:
Round 1
| Pick | Team | Player | School/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dream | Rhyne Howard | Kentucky |
| 2 | Fever | NaLyssa Smith | Baylor |
| 3 | Mystics | Shakira Austin | Ole Miss |
| 4 | Fever | Emily Engstler | Louisville |
| 5 | Liberty | Nyara Sabally | Oregon |
| 6 | Fever | Lexie Hull | Stanford |
| 7 | Wings | Veronica Burton | Northwestern |
| 8 | Aces | Mya Hollingshed | Colorado |
| 9 | Sparks | Rae Burrell | Tennessee |
| 10 | Fever | Queen Egbo | Baylor |
| 11 | Aces | Kierstan Bell | Florida Gulf Coast |
| 12 | Sun | Nia Clouden | Michigan State |
Round 2
| Pick | Team | Player | School/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Aces | Khayla Pointer | LSU |
| 14 | Mystics | Christyn Williams | UConn |
| 15 | Dream | Naz Hillmon | Michigan |
| 16 | Sparks | Kianna Smith | Louisville |
| 17 | Storm | Elissa Cunane | North Carolina State |
| 18 | Liberty | Lorela Cubaj | Georgia Tech |
| 19 | Sparks | Olivia Nelson-Ododa | UConn |
| 20 | Fever | Destanni Henderson | South Carolina |
| 21 | Storm | Evina Westbrook | UConn |
| 22 | Lynx | Kayla Jones | North Carolina State |
| 23 | Aces | Aisha Sheppard | Virginia Tech |
| 24 | Sun | Jordan Lewis | Baylor |
Round 3
| Pick | Team | Player | School/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Fever | Ameshya Williams-Holiday | Jackson State |
| 26 | Mercury | Maya Dodson | Notre Dame |
| 27 | Sparks | Amy Atwell | Hawaii |
| 28 | Lynx | Hannah Sjerven | South Dakota |
| 29 | Liberty | Sika Kone | Mali |
| 30 | Wings | Jasmine Dickey | Delaware |
| 31 | Wings | Jazz Bond | North Florida |
| 32 | Mercury | Macee Williams | IUPUI |
| 33 | Storm | Jade Melbourne | Australia |
| 34 | Fever | Ali Patberg | Indiana |
| 35 | Aces | Faustine Aifuwa | LSU |
| 36 | Sun | Kiara Smith | Florida |
The WNBA season is set to tip off on May 6.
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