North Carolina State's Kiara Leslie, who played the first three years of her college career at Maryland, was taken by the Mystics with the 10th overall pick in the WNBA draft. Washington instead selected North Carolina State’s Kiara Leslie with the 10th overall pick. She joins Ariel Atkins, last year’s seventh overall pick, as something of a surprise selection for Thibault’s Mystics. “I was totally — I was surprised,” a giddy Leslie said in a phone interview from her watch party with family, friends and teammates in North Carolina. Leslie played with Washington guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough in College Park, and Sam Fuehring, the Mystics’ second and final pick in the draft at No.

Source: Washington Post April 11, 2019 02:26 UTC