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\n\tSelected third overall, Notre Dame\u2019s Sonia Citron becomes the highest selected ACC player since former Louisville standout AD Durr went second overall to New York in 2019. Citron also becomes first ACC player selected in the first round since Louisville\u2019s Emily Engstler in 2022.
\n\tWith three first-round selections, the ACC saw multiple players picked in the first round for the first time since 2019, when five ACC players were selected.
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ACC Players Selected in 2025 WNBA Draft
\nRound 1 \u2013 3rd, Sonia Citron, G, Notre Dame \u2013 Washington
\nRound 1 \u2013 8th, Saniya Rivers, G, NC State \u2013 Connecticut
\nRound 1 \u2013 12th, Aziaha James, G, NC State \u2013 Dallas
\nRound 2 \u2013 16th, Maddy Westbeld, F, Notre Dame \u2013 Chicago
\nRound 2 \u2013 19th, Makayla Timpson, F, Florida State \u2013 Indiana
\nRound 3 \u2013 28th, Liatu King, F, Notre Dame \u2013 Los Angeles<\/p>\n
NEW YORK (theACC.com) \u2013 A total of six former Atlantic Coast Conference standouts were selected in the 2025 WNBA Draft Monday evening at The Shed at Hudson Yards in New York City.<\/p>\n
Former Notre Dame guard Sonia Citron heard her named called first, selected third overall to the Washington Mystics. Citron became the 11th Notre Dame player to be chosen in the opening round and the highest since former standout Jackie Young was picked first overall in 2019.
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The @WashMystics<\/a> select Sonia Citron at pick No. 3 of the #WNBADraft<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/c7g66uIIff<\/a><\/p>\n
Former NC State standout Saniya Rivers was the next ACC player off the board, becoming the highest selected Wolfpack player in a non-Elite Draft in program history. In 1997, Rhonda Mapp was taken third overall in the Elite Draft. Four picks later, former teammate Aziaha James was taken by the Dallas Wings with the final selection in the first round. The three first-round selections mark the most for the ACC in a single draft since 2019, when five players from the league were taken in the opening round.
<\/p>\n The WNBA just got even more poppin’<\/p>\n With the 8th pick of the #WNBADraft<\/a>, the @ConnecticutSun<\/a> select Saniya Rivers! pic.twitter.com\/ij82OeCmIN<\/a><\/p>\n
LEAGUE HER ???<\/p>\n With the 12th pick of the #WNBADraft<\/a>, the @DallasWings<\/a> select Aziaha James! pic.twitter.com\/ebe1bFQ7MM<\/a><\/p>\n
In the second round, two more ACC players were selected, as Notre Dame\u2019s Maddy Westbeld went 16th overall to the Chicago Sky and Florida State\u2019s Makayla Timpson was taken 19th overall by the Indiana Fever. In the third and final round, Notre Dame forward Liatu King was picked 28th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks.
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LEAGUE BOUND ??<\/p>\n With the 19th pick of the #WNBADraft<\/a>, the @IndianaFever<\/a> select Makayla Timpson! pic.twitter.com\/aMXWUAarON<\/a><\/p>\n
LIATU TO LA ?<\/p>\n With the 28th pick of the #WNBADraft<\/a>, the @LASparks<\/a> select Liatu King! pic.twitter.com\/LCieYWzabg<\/a><\/p>\n
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