Fever select South Carolina's Aliyah Boston with No. 1 pick
The Indiana Fever selected South Carolina's Aliyah Boston with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft on Monday night.
Boston comes into the league after a dominant four-year college run that saw her win a national championship and Player of the Year award in 2022. She was also a three-time SEC Defensive Player of the Year winner and four-time All-American.
The 6-foot-5 forward joins a Fever squad that went an abysmal 5-31 last season. The franchise hasn't made the playoffs since 2016, going 45-147 over that stretch.
At No. 2, the Minnesota Lynx took Maryland star Diamond Miller. The Dallas Wings took Villanova's Maddy Siegrest, college basketball's leading scorer, with the third pick.
After selecting Stephanie Soares with the No. 4 overall pick, the Mystics trades the Iowa State product to Dallas for future first- and second-round picks.
Round 1
| Pick | Team | Player | School/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fever | Aliyah Boston | South Carolina |
| 2 | Lynx | Diamond Miller | Maryland |
| 3 | Wings | Maddy Siegrist | Villanova |
| 4 | Mystics | Stephanie Soares | Iowa State |
| 5 | Wings | Lou Lopez Senechal | UConn |
| 6 | Dream | Haley Jones | Stanford |
| 7 | Fever | Grace Berger | Indiana |
| 8 | Dream | Laeticia Amihere | South Carolina |
| 9 | Storm | Jordan Horston | Tennessee |
| 10 | Sparks | Zia Cooke | South Carolina |
| 11 | Wings | Abby Meyers | Maryland |
| 12 | Lynx | Maia Hirsch | France |
Round 2
| Pick | Team | Player | School/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fever | Taylor Mikesell | Ohio State |
| 14 | Sparks | Shaneice Swain | Australia |
| 15 | Dream | Leigha Brown | Michigan |
| 16 | Lynx | Dorka Juhasz | UConn |
| 17 | Fever | LaDazhia Williams | LSU |
| 18 | Storm | Madi Williams | Oklahoma |
| 19 | Wings | Ashley Joens | Iowa State |
| 20 | Mystics | Elena Tsineke | South Florida |
| 21 | Storm | Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu | South Florida |
| 22 | Sun | Alexis Morris | LSU |
| 23 | Sky | Kayana Traylor | Virginia Tech |
| 24 | Lynx | Brea Beal | South Carolina |
Round 3
| Pick | Team | Player | School/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Fever | Victaria Saxton | South Carolina |
| 26 | Sparks | Monika Czinano | Iowa |
| 27 | Mercury | Destiny Harden | Miami |
| 28 | Lynx | Taylor Soule | Virginia Tech |
| 29 | Mercury | Kadi Sissoko | USC |
| 30 | Liberty | Okako Askia | USC |
| 31 | Wings | Paige Robinson | Illinois State |
| 32 | Mystics | Txell Alarcon | Spain |
| 33 | Storm | Jade Loville | Arizona |
| 34 | Sun | Ashten Prechtel | Stanford |
| 35 | Sky | Kseniya Malashka | Middle Tennessee |
| 36 | Aces | Brittany Davis | Alabama |