The WNBA draft is happening on Monday night in New York and UConn women’s basketball players Aaliyah Edwards and Nika Mühl will both be there.
Edwards, a native of Kingston, Ontario, will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in communication in May and she could become the 19th Canadian all-time to compete in the WNBA, UConn said.
Mühl, a native of Zagreb, Croatia, will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in psychological sciences in May and she could become the fourth Croatian-born player to compete in the WNBA, according to UConn.
The draft will be held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York and it starts at 7:30 p.m.
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UConn said 16 former Huskies were on WNBA rosters last season and the school has had 45 WNBA college draft selections since the league’s inception in 1997.
