Women’s college basketball’s second most noted player, LSU’s Angel Reese, was selected by the Chicago Sky with the seventh overall pick.
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In a surprise to no one, with the first pick of the 2024 WNBA Draft the Indiana Fever chose Caitlin Clark of the University of Iowa. As people talked about this year’s super rookies and extolled Clark’s impending impact on the WNBA, Clark proved what a gracious person she is by thanking those who came before her during a pre-draft appearance on “Saturday Night Live.” She also promised to enjoy this next step of her basketball journey and said she looks forward to playing alongside Aliyah Boston and Erica Wheeler.
This is a new challenge. That’s something I’m excited for. But having those types of people around me to lean on and ask questions, or when things get hard, to be there for me.”
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