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Michael VoepelJul 6, 2025, 12:20 PM ET
- Michael Voepel is simply a elder writer who covers the WNBA, women's assemblage hoops and different assemblage sports. Voepel began covering women's hoops successful 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.
Rookies Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen of the Washington Mystics were among the 12 reserves selected by league coaches connected Sunday for the WNBA All-Star Game connected July 19 successful Indianapolis
Citron and Iriafen, selected No. 3 and No. 4 wide successful April, volition articulation No. 1 prime Paige Bueckers of the Dallas Wings arsenic rookies successful the All-Star Game. Buecker was chosen among the 10 starters successful voting by fans, players and media.
Other first-time All-Stars see 2 veterans -- Golden State's Kayla Thornton (10th season) and Seattle's Gabby Williams (seventh season)
The Storm's Skylar Diggins (seventh All-Star appearance) and the Phoenix Mercury's Alyssa Thomas (sixth appearance) bring a batch of acquisition to the game. Same for the Los Angeles Sparks' Kelsey Plum, a erstwhile All-Star Game MVP, and the Las Vegas Aces' Jackie Young, who each were named All-Stars for the 4th time.
The database of reserves was rounded retired by the Atlanta Dream's Rhyne Howard (third appearance), the Indiana Fever's Kelsey Mitchell (third), the Chicago Sky's Angel Reese (second) and the Minnesota Lynx's Courtney Williams (second).
The All-Star captains are Indiana's Caitlin Clark and Minnesota's Napheesa Collier. They volition draught their squad rosters by selecting archetypal from the remaining 8 players successful the excavation of starters and past from the excavation of 12 reserves.
The different starters on with Clark, Collier and Bueckers are Indiana's Aliyah Boston, Atlanta's Allisha Gray, New York's Sabrina Ionescu, Seattle's Nneka Ogwumike, Phoenix's Satou Sabally, New York's Breanna Stewart and Las Vegas' A'ja Wilson.
The roster draught volition beryllium shown during ESPN's "WNBA Countdown" connected Tuesday (7 p.m. ET). Any subordinate incapable to play successful the All-Star Game volition beryllium replaced by a subordinate chosen by WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert.
