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Since the Wings moved to Dallas in 2016, the organization has made 18 first-round draft picks. The Wings scored when they selected All-Star guard Arike Ogunbowale with the fifth overall pick in the 2019 draft. In 2021, they used the No. 1 pick on Texas star Charli Collier, who was waived after two seasons with the team.
Gifted with the No. 1 pick in Monday’s 2025 WNBA draft, the Wings will presumably select UConn phenom Paige Bueckers, a potential gamechanger for the organization.
Take a look at some of the Wings’ noteworthy first-round picks over the last decade.
Allisha Gray, 2017 (1st round, 4th pick overall)
The WNBA Rookie of the Year in 2017, Gray averaged 13 points per game for the Wings during her inaugural WNBA season. Dallas finished 16-18 that year, losing to Washington in the first round of the WNBA playoffs. The South Carolina alum remained with the Wings through the 2022 season.
Tyasha Harris, 2020 (1st round, 7th pick overall)
Harris spent three seasons with the Wings before being traded in 2023 to the Connecticut Sun. She was traded back to Dallas in 2025 after starting for the Sun in 38 games and averaging a career-high 10.5 points, 1.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steals per contest.
Satou Sabally, 2020 (1st round, 2nd pick overall)
Traded to the Phoenix Mercury in January, Sabally spent five seasons in Dallas. She was the league’s Most Improved Player in 2023 and picked up All-Rookie honors in 2020. The Oregon alum averaged a career-high 18.6 points and 8.1 rebounds in 2023 and was sidelined with a shoulder injury for the first 25 games of the 2024 season.
Related:Dallas Wings trade Satou Sabally to Phoenix Mercury in three-team trade
Maddy Siegrist, 2023 (1st round, 3rd pick overall)
The forward who scored nearly 3,000 career points at Villanova averaged 9.4 points, 3.3 rebounds an assist and four steals during her second season with the Wings in 2024. Siegrist was one of several Wings players hit with the injury bug last season.
Full list of Wings first-round draft picks since 2016:
2024
1st Round (5th pick overall): Jacy Sheldon
1st Round (9th pick overall): Carla Leite
2023
1st Round (3rd pick overall): Maddy Siegrist
1st Round (5th pick overall): Lou Lopez Sénéchal
1st Round (11th pick overall): Abby Meyers
2022
1st Round (7th pick overall): Veronica Burton
2021
1st Round (1st pick overall): Charli Collier
1st Round (2nd pick overall): Awak Kuier
1st Round (5th pick overall): Chelsea Dungee
2020
1st Round (2nd pick overall): Satou Sabally
1st Round (5th pick overall): Bella Alarie
1st Round (7th pick overall): Tyasha Harris
2019
1st Round (5th pick overall): Arike Ogunbowale
2018
1st Round (6th pick overall): Azura Stevens
2017
1st Round (3rd pick overall): Evelyn Akhator
1st Round (4th pick overall): Allisha Gray
1st Round (10th pick overall): Kaela Davis
2016
1st Round (5th pick overall): Aerial Powers
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