Despatched on behalf of the WNBA
– League’s twenty sixth Annual Draft to be Solely Televised by ESPN from 7-9 p.m. ET –
– Draft and Iconic WNBA “Orange Carpet” Return to an In-Individual Occasion for First Time Since 2019 at New York’s Acclaimed Spring Studios –
– Washington Owns No.1 General Choice; Indiana has Two of High 4 Picks –
NEW YORK, March 10, 2022 – The WNBA Draft 2022 introduced by State Farm® shall be held on Monday, April 11. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will announce the draft picks reside on ESPN with unique protection starting at 7 p.m. ET. The draft may even be accessible reside on the ESPN App.
High prospects will participate reside because the WNBA Draft introduced by State Farm returns to an in-person occasion for the primary time since 2019, with the acclaimed Spring Studios, positioned within the Tribeca part of New York and the house to such iconic occasions as Trend Week and The Tribeca Movie Competition, serving because the venue for the night’s occasions.
“With the continued help of ESPN, our draft presenting associate State Farm and affiliate companions, Beats by Dre, SAP, and U.S. Financial institution, we sit up for what shall be a really memorable night for WNBA groups and followers and, after all, for the elite athletes for whom this evening will mark the belief of a dream come true and the launch of the following part of their basketball journey,” mentioned WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. “Coming off of an extremely profitable 2021 season and within the wake of our latest announcement concerning the largest-ever capital increase for a girls’s sports activities property, the WNBA continues to construct momentum for the way forward for the league. And what higher approach to ramp up the momentum for the tip-off of our twenty sixth season, than with WNBA Draft 2022 introduced by State Farm on April eleventh.”
Launching later this month, “Draft Central” on wnba.com, will allow followers to entry a number of choices within the days main as much as the draft. Parts will embody an interactive Draft Board; Prospect profiles with insights powered by SAP; In-depth options on the highest draft prospects; Protection of all draft occasions; And extra. Followers may even be capable of entry an array of content material throughout @WNBA channels that can embody the distinctive tales and personalities of the prospects by way of Instagram and Tik Tok; a Twitter Areas Mock Draft Debate; cross platform reside protection together with the “Orange Carpet;” and extra.
The formal tip off of the draft evening festivities will happen when the invited draft prospects take their activate the WNBA’s iconic “Orange Carpet” the place they’ll showcase their personalities and their distinctive trend types whereas making ready for this life-changing second.
The Washington Mystics personal the highest choose within the WNBA Draft 2022 introduced by State Farm. The final six No. 1 general draft picks had been:
2016: Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm
2017: Kelsey Plum, Las Vegas Aces (previously San Antonio Stars)
2018: A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
2019: Jackie Younger, Las Vegas Aces
2020: Sabrina Ionescu, New York Liberty
2021: Charli Collier, Dallas Wings
Further data concerning the printed of WNBA Draft 2022 introduced by State Farm shall be introduced within the close to future. The league is conducting ongoing planning for its twenty sixth season, together with the beginning of coaching camp in April and the tip-off of the WNBA common season on Might 6.
About State Farm®
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Concerning the WNBA
Having concluded its historic twenty fifth season in 2021, the WNBA is a daring, progressive basketball league that stands for the facility of ladies. That includes 12 groups, the W is a novel sports activities property that mixes competitors and leisure with a dedication to range, fairness and inclusion and social accountability. By its world-class athletes, the in-game fan expertise, TV and digital broadcasts, digital and social content material and neighborhood outreach packages, the league celebrates and elevates the sport of basketball and the tradition round it.
In 2020, the WNBA and the Ladies’s Nationwide Basketball Gamers Affiliation (WNBPA) signed a groundbreaking eight-year CBA that charts a brand new course for ladies’s basketball – and ladies’s sports activities general – with a concentrate on elevated participant compensation, enhancements to the participant expertise, expanded profession growth alternatives and sources particularly tailor-made to the feminine skilled athlete. Key components of the settlement are supported by way of the league’s partnership platform, WNBA Changemakers, with AT&T, the WNBA’s Marquee Associate and inaugural Changemaker, in addition to fellow inaugural Changemakers Deloitte and NIKE, Inc, and subsequent additions Google and US Financial institution. Through the 2020 season, the WNBA and WNBPA launched the WNBA Justice Motion forming the Social Justice Council with the mission of being a driving drive of essential change and persevering with conversations about race and voting rights, amongst different vital societal points.
For extra data, go to WNBA.com.