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With just a few days before the 2025 season starts, WNBA teams are now making cuts from their respective training camp rosters. Each team is only allowed to bring a maximum of 12 players to the final and official roster for the campaign.
Unfortunately for former Kansas State Wildcats guard Serena Sundell, she was one of those players who didn’t make it to a WNBA roster amid the latest batch of cuts.
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The Seattle Storm, who drafted Sundell with the 26th overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, announced her release on Monday. Alongside Sundell, Brianna Fraser and Mackenzie Holmes were also waived.
“The Seattle Storm have waived Brianna Fraser, Mackenzie Holmes, and Serena Sundell,” the team wrote in a post on social media.
When the Storm drafted Serena Sundell, it quickly made headlines in Seattle, and for good reason. After all, the 21-year-old’s brother, Jalen Sundell, is also playing for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks.
“My parents are thrilled, I’m thrilled,” Sundell said during the draft when asked about being taken by the Storm and potentially playing in Seattle, in the same city as her brother. “It’ll be perfect.”
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Sundell, however, didn’t even get a chance to play in a regular season game and prove that she belongs in the WNBA.
Seattle Storm guard Serena Sundell on the orange carpet at the 2025 WNBA Draft.Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images
The ex-Wildcats star did play in the Storm’s lone preseason game against the Connecticut Sun, but she was only able to record one point, two rebounds and an assist in nearly 20 minutes of action.
It remains to be seen what’s next for Sundell, but hopes remain high that she will get another shot at the WNBA—even if it’s not in Seattle.
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