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Alexa PhilippouESPN
CloseCovers women’s college basketball and the WNBA
Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant
Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer
With presumptive No. 1 pick Aliyah Boston and other players from Final Four teams still yet to declare for the WNBA draft, there are nearly 80 women’s college basketball players who have formally filed for it.
The list of those who have declared for the draft is headlined by Tennessee Lady Vols guard Jordan Horston and Iowa State Cyclones center Stephanie Soares, projected as the Nos. 3 and 4 overall picks by ESPN. Others include Haley Jones (Stanford), Grace Berger (Indiana), Ashley Joens (Iowa State), Leigha Brown (Michigan), Lou Lopez Senechal (UConn), Charisma Osborne (UCLA), Sedona Prince (Oregon) and Maddy Siegrist (Villanova).
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Players whose college teams were playing through Sunday have 48 hours after the conclusion of their final game to declare for the draft. Boston, the star forward for South Carolina, has yet to officially declare. Guard Diamond Miller, whose Maryland Terrapins lost to South Carolina in the Elite Eight on Monday, could choose to return to College Park but is projected as the No. 2 overall pick should she opt for the WNBA draft.
South Carolina has several other potential first- or second-round draftees who could choose to declare — Zia Cooke, Brea Beal and Laeticia Amihere. Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley could also opt to go pro.
The league has been using an opt-in process since college players were granted an additional year of eligibility in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The WNBA draft will be April 10 at 7 p.m. in New York.