NEW YORK — The Indiana Fever made it official and selected former National Player of the Year Aliyah Boston with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft on Monday night at Spring Studios.
and was part of the incredible 2019 recruiting class that went 129-9 in their four-year careers. They reached the Final Four all three years available and won the 2022 national title. Boston was named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four averaging 17 points, 17 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 blocks a game.
She was named the program's first National Freshman of the Year in 2020 and earned National Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2022 and '23. She swept the Lisa Leslie Award for the nation's best center and Associated Press All-America honors all four years. Boston is the fifth player in AP All-America history to do so.
Boston also leaves South Carolina with numerous records, led by most rebounds , double-doubles and consecutive double-doubles in a season.The Fever have been in rebuild mode for a minute now and have not made the WNBA playoffs since 2016 when Hall of Famer Tamika Catchings was still playing. The league's postseason includes eight of the 12 teams. They have had only one season since their 2012 Finals victory in which they finished the regular season above .500.
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