WNBA Team Releases Former No. 1 College Basketball Recruit on Sunday

WNBA Team Releases Former No. 1 College Basketball Recruit on Sunday originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

WNBA teams around the league have been making changes left and right, formulating their potential championship rosters.

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The New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx sit atop the WNBA standings. New York is the No. 1 team in the Eastern Conference with an 8-0 record, while the Lynx are listed at No. 1 in the Western Conference with an 8-0 record.

Another team that has had a quietly successful season, despite a grueling schedule, having recently played nine games in less than 20 days, is the Phoenix Mercury.

Phoenix sits at 6-4, ranked as the No. 2 team in the Western Conference and the No. 4 team in the WNBA standings.

As the Mercury continue their trek, they announced the recent release of Haley Jones, who joined the team at the beginning of the season.

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“The Phoenix Mercury have waived guard/forward Haley Jones, the team announced today,” posted the official social media account of the Phoenix Mercury.

Haley Jones was playing in her third season in the WNBA. Before joining the Phoenix Mercury, Jones played two seasons with the Atlanta Dream.

During her time with the Mercury, Jones posted 2.3 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game.

Throughout her WNBA career, Jones has averaged 3.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

Haley Jones was once ranked as the No. 1 college basketball recruit, having committed to the Stanford Cardinal out of the 2019 class, per ESPN.

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Jones played four seasons at Stanford, having led the college basketball team to a national title during the 2020-21 season.

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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 8, 2025, where it first appeared.