{"id":726931,"date":"2026-04-14T08:53:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/726931\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T08:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:53:18","slug":"2026-wnba-draft-results-grades-for-every-first-round-pick-fudd-goes-no-1-ucla-makes-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/726931\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 WNBA Draft results, grades for every first-round pick: Fudd goes No. 1, UCLA makes history"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 WNBA Draft<\/a>\u00a0is in the books, and for the second year in a row, the Dallas Wings selected a UConn guard with the No. 1 overall pick. This time around, it was Azzi Fudd, who will reunite with national championship teammate Paige Bueckers, last year’s first pick, the 2025 Rookie of the Year —\u00a0and Fudd’s girlfriend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With Fudd off the board, TCU’s Olivia Miles went second to the Minnesota Lynx. Spanish center Awa Fam<\/a> was up next at No. 3 to the Seattle Storm, followed by UCLA stars Lauren Betts and Gabriela Jaquez to the Washington Mystics and Chicago Sky at picks No. 4 and 5, respectively, to round out the lottery.\u00a0<\/p>\n

UCLA won the 2026 women’s NCAA Tournament just eight days ago, and a whopping five Bruins were selected in the first round. There was even a run of three straight as Betts, Jaquez and Kiki Rice were picks No. 4 through 6. Later, Angela Dugali\u0107 was selected ninth and Gianna Kneepkens rounded out the first round at No. 15. When Charlisse Leger-Walker was selected early in the second round at No. 18, UCLA made history with a record sixth pick in one draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The other big story of the night was a stunning trade<\/a>\u00a0between the Golden State Valkyries and the Storm. Shortly after selecting LSU star Flau’jae Johnson at No. 8, the Valkyries traded Johnson to the Storm for TCU forward Marta Suarez (No. 16) and a 2028 second-round pick. The baffling deal was widely panned and makes little sense for the Valkyries, but is a major win for the Storm, who now have an exciting young core of Fam, Johnson, Dominique Malonga and Ezi Magbegor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Forty-five total picks were made in Monday’s three-round affair. CBS Sports graded all 15 of the first-round selections.<\/p>\n

2026 WNBA Draft: First-round grades<\/p>\n

1. Dallas Wings<\/strong>: Azzi Fudd, G, UConn (Grade: A-<\/a>)
2. Minnesota Lynx<\/strong>: Olivia Miles, G, TCU (Grade: A<\/a>)
3. Seattle Storm<\/strong>: Awa Fam, C, Spain (Grade: A+<\/a>)
4. Washington Mystics<\/strong>: Lauren Betts, C, UCLA (Grade: A-<\/a>)
5. Chicago Sky<\/strong>: Gabriela Jaquez, G, UCLA (Grade: B<\/a>)
6. Toronto<\/strong> Tempo:<\/strong> Kiki Rice, G, UCLA (Grade: A<\/a>)
7. Portland Fire:\u00a0<\/strong>Iyana Mart\u00edn Carri\u00f3n, G, Spain (Grade: B+<\/a>)
8. Golden State Valkyries<\/strong>: Flau’jae Johnson, G, LSU\u00a0(Traded to Seattle<\/a>)<\/strong>
9. Washington<\/strong> Mystics<\/strong>: Angela Dugali\u0107, F, UCLA (Grade: B<\/a>)
10. Indiana<\/strong> Fever<\/strong>: Raven Johnson, G, South Carolina (Grade: A-<\/a>)
11. Washington<\/strong> Mystics<\/strong>: Cotie McMahon, F, Ole Miss (Grade: C+<\/a>)
12. Connecticut Sun: <\/strong>Nell Angloma, F, France (Grade: A<\/a>)
13. Atlanta Dream: <\/strong>Madina Okot, C, South Carolina (Grade: A-<\/a>)
14. Seattle Storm: <\/strong>Taina Mair, G, Duke (Grade: D+<\/a>)
15. Connecticut Sun: <\/strong>Gianna Kneepkens, G, UCLA (Grade: A<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2026 WNBA Draft: Round 2 results<\/p>\n

16. Seattle Storm:<\/strong> Marta Su\u00e1rez, F, TCU (Traded to Valkyries)
17. Portland Fire:<\/strong> Frieda B\u00fchner, F, Germany
18. Connecticut Sun: <\/strong>Charlisse Leger-Walker, G, UCLA
19. Washington Mystics:<\/strong> Cassandre Prosper, G, Notre Dame
20. Los Angeles Sparks:<\/strong> Ta’Niya Latson, G, South Carolina
21. Chicago Sky: <\/strong>Latasha Lattimore, F, Ole Miss
22. Toronto Tempo:<\/strong> Teonni Key, F, Kentucky
23. Golden State Valkyries:<\/strong> Ashlon Jackson, G, Duke
24. Los Angeles Sparks:<\/strong> Chance Gray, G, Ohio State
25. Indiana Fever:<\/strong> Justine Pissott, G, Vanderbilt
26. Toronto Tempo:<\/strong> Saffron Shiels, F, Australia
27. Phoenix Mercury:<\/strong> Ines Pitarch-Granel, G, France
28. Atlanta Dream:<\/strong> Indya Nivar, G, North Carolina
29. Las Vegas Aces:<\/strong> Janiah Barker, F, Tennessee
30. Washington Mystics:<\/strong> Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, F, Baylor<\/p>\n

2026 WNBA Draft: Round 3 results<\/p>\n

31. Dallas Wings:<\/strong> Zee Spearman, F, Tennessee
32. Chicago Sky:<\/strong> Tonie Morgan, G, Kentucky
33. Connecticut Sun:<\/strong> Serah Williams, C, UConn
34. Washington Mystics:<\/strong> Rori Harmon, G, Texas
35. Los Angeles Sparks:<\/strong> Amelia Hassett, F, Kentucky
36. Toronto Tempo:<\/strong> Charlise Dunn, F, Davidson
37. Portland Fire: <\/strong>Taylor Bigby, G, TCU
38. Golden State Valkyries:<\/strong> Kokoro Tanaka, G, Japan
39. Seattle Storm:<\/strong> Grace VanSlooten, F, Michigan State
40. Indiana Fever:<\/strong> Jessica Timmons, G, Alabama
41. New York Liberty: <\/strong>Manuela Puoch, F, Australia
42. Phoenix Mercury:<\/strong> Eszter Ratkai, G, Hungary
43. Atlanta Dream: <\/strong>Kejia Ran, G, China
44. Las Vegas Aces: <\/strong>Jordan Obi, F, Kentucky
45. Minnesota Lynx: <\/strong>Lani White, G, Utah<\/p>\n

CBS Sports had live updates and analysis throughout Monday’s draft. Catch up below.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 WNBA Draft\u00a0is in the books, and for the second year in a row, the Dallas Wings…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":726932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[67442,301011,301009,301013,301012,62,67,132,68,232,21829,301010,301007,301008],"class_list":["post-726931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-2026-wnba-draft","tag-2026-wnba-draft-grades","tag-2026-wnba-draft-order","tag-azzi-fudd-dallas-wings","tag-azzi-fudd-wnba","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-draft","tag-wnba-draft-grades","tag-wnba-draft-results","tag-wnba-mock-draft"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116402219190556478","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}