NC State was the ONLY School with 2 Players Taken in the 1st Round of the 2025 WNBA Draft

The Wolfpack’s Saniya Rivers and Aziaha James were both selected in the 1st Round of the 2025 WNBA Draft this evening. Rivers was taken with the 8th overall pick by the Connecticut Sun, while the Dallas Wings selected James with the 12th overall pick. NC State was the ONLY school to have two players drafted in the 1st round.

Rivers and James became the 5th and 6th players in school history to be selected in the 1st Round.

Saniya Rivers – 8th (2025)
Kiara Leslie – 10th (2019)
Markeisha Gatling – 10th (2014)
Chasity Melvin – 11th (1999)
Summer Erb – 11th (2000)
Aziaha James – 12th (2025)

Rivers and James became the 19th and 20th players in NC State history to be drafted in the WNBA.

NC State Players in the WNBA Draft
1997 – Sharon Manning – Charlotte Sting (R2, P10)
1997 – Trena Trice – New York Liberty (R3, P22)
1997 – Umeki Webb – Phoenix Mercury (R3, P24)
1997 – Rhonda Mapp – Charlotte Sting
1997 – Andrea Strinson – Charlotte Sting
1999 – Chastity Melvin – Cleveland Rockers (R1, P11)
2000 – Summer Erb – Charlotte Sting (R1, P11)
2001 – Tynesha Lewis – Houston Comets (R2, P31)
2004 – Kaayla Chones – Washington Mystics (R2, P15)
2006 – Tiffany Stansbury – Houston Comets (R3, P29)
2007 – Gillian Goring – Washington Mystics (R3, P32)
2007 – Ashley Key – Indiana Fever (R3, P25)
2008 – Khadijah Whittington – Indiana Fever (R2, P26)
2014 – Markeisha Gatling – Chicago Sky (R1, P10)
2014 – Kody Burke – Washington Mystics (R3, P32)
2019 – Kiara Leslie – Washington Mystics (R1, P10)
2022 – Elissa Cunane – Seattle Storm (R2, P17)
2022 – Kayla Jones – Minnesota Lynx (R2, P22)
2025 – Saniya Rivers – Connecticut Sun (R1, P8)
2025 – Aziaha James – Dallas Wings (R1, P12)