Looking ahead to the WNBA draft
USAT’s Mitch Northam breaks down some of the best WNBA prospects to keep an eye on now that the women’s NCAA basketball season has concluded.
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Awa Fam is headed to Seattle.
The Spanish center was drafted third overall by the Seattle Storm at the 2026 WNBA Draft on Monday, April 13, in New York. It’s the second consecutive year that Seattle has taken an international prospect with their first-round pick, as the Storm took French forward Dominique Malonga No. 2 overall last season.
Fam averaged 7.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, with a 52% field goal percentage for Valencia Basket, where she is signed through 2029.
As a member of the Spanish national team, Fam played in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament in Puerto Rico earlier this year. In five games, she averaged 8.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. She also played six games in the 2025 FIBA Women’s EuroBasket, averaging 8.7 points and 4.2 rebounds
In youth play, Fam participated in the 2024 FIBA U18 Women’s EuroBasket and 2024 FIBA U20 Women’s EuroBasket. She averaged 15.9 points and 10.7 rebounds per game and 11.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, respectively.
Fam recently joined the international basketball league Project B, which is slated to play internationally in South America, Europe, and Asia starting in November after the WNBA season and running through April 2027.
“Project B feels like a place where the game is continuing to grow, and I’m grateful to be part of that from the beginning,” Fam said. “What stood out to me was the vision. It’s about high-level basketball, but also about investing in players and pushing the women’s game forward. That combination made it an easy decision for me.”