Welcome to Gaming Society's first-ever WNBA fantasy draft! On May 8, See You In The Lobby co-hosts Matt Ellentuck and Marissa Coleman recruited four of the brightest WNBA minds in the game to pick star-studded, nine-player teams, and now we're going to share the results with y'all!
The contestants included, in this order:
1. Matt Ellentuck, Gaming Society's head of editorial
2. Marissa Coleman, Gaming Society's VP of business
3. Jordan Ligons-Robinson, Queens of the Court co-host & freelance writer
4. Ciara Mountains, Gaming Society's social producer
5. Ashtyn Butoso, Flagrant Magazine's editor-in-chief
6. Whitney Medworth, Homefield Apparel's director of content
Ahead of the draft, I cooked up a few posts that the fantasy managers referenced as well.
Top-100 WNBA fantasy rankings explained (This is where things get juicy, tbh)
Here's how our draft went!
And if you want to see it written out, here that is!
Round 1
1. Breanna Stewart, Team Ellentuck (coached by Matt)
2. A'ja Wilson, LSU's No. 1 fan (coached by Marissa)
3. Elena Delle Donne, Team Robinson (coached by Jordan)
4. Napheesa Collier, Team Mountain's Dew (coached by Ciara)
5. Rhyne Howard, Team butoso (coached by Ashtyn)
6. Jewell Loyd, Team At least we'll get buckets (coached by Whitney)
Round 2
7. Arike Ogunbowale, Team At least we'll get buckets (coached by Whitney)
8. Alyssa Thomas, Team butoso (coached by Ashtyn)
9. Brittney Griner, Team Mountain's Dew (coached by Ciara)
10. Chelsea Gray, Team Robinson (coached by Jordan)
11. Natasha Howard, LSU's No. 1 fan (coached by Marissa)
12. Jonquel Jones, Team Ellentuck (coached by Matt)
13. Kelsey Plum, Team Ellentuck (coached by Matt)
14. Allisha Gray, LSU's No. 1 fan (coached by Marissa)
15. Kahleah Copper, Team Robinson (coached by Jordan)
16. Sabrina Ionescu, Team Mountain's Dew (coached by Ciara)
17. Nneka Ogwumike, Team butoso (coached by Ashtyn)
18. Ezi Magbegor, Team At least we'll get buckets (coached by Whitney)
19. DeWanna Bonner, Team At least we'll get buckets (coached by Whitney)
20. Marine Johannes, Team butoso (coached by Ashtyn)
21. Marina Mabrey, Team Mountain's Dew (coached by Ciara)
22. Brionna Jones, Team Robinson (coached by Jordan)
23. Ariel Atkins, LSU's No. 1 fan (coached by Marissa)
24. Aliyah Boston, Team Ellentuck (coached by Matt)
25. Natasha Cloud, Team Ellentuck (coached by Matt)
26. Shakira Austin, LSU's No. 1 fan (coached by Marissa)
27. Teaira McCowan, Team Robinson (coached by Jordan)
28. Azurá Stevens, Team Mountain's Dew (coached by Ciara)
29. Aerial Powers, Team butoso (coached by Ashtyn)
30. NaLyssa Smith, Team At least we'll get buckets (coached by Whitney)
31. Candace Parker, Team At least we'll get buckets (coached by Whitney)
32. Jackie Young, Team butoso (coached by Ashtyn)
33. Courtney Vandersloot, Team Mountain's Dew (coached by Ciara)
34. Kelsey Mitchell, Team Robinson (coached by Jordan)
35. Brianna Turner, LSU's No. 1 fan (coached by Marissa)
36. Diana Taurasi, Team Ellentuck (coached by Matt)
37. Satou Sabally, Team Ellentuck (coached by Matt)
38. Brittney Sykes, LSU's No. 1 fan (coached by Marissa)
39. Rebekah Gardner, Team Robinson (coached by Jordan)
40. Elizabeth Williams, Team Mountain's Dew (coached by Ciara)
41. Sami Whitcomb, Team butoso (coached by Ashtyn)
42. Cheyenne Parker, Team At least we'll get buckets (coached by Whitney)
43. Courtney Williams, Team At least we'll get buckets (coached by Whitney)
44. Isabelle Harrison, Team butoso (coached by Ashtyn)
45. Diamond DeShields, Team Mountain's Dew (coached by Ciara)
46. Diamond Miller, Team Robinson (coached by Jordan)
47. Kayla McBride, LSU's No. 1 fan (coached by Marissa)
48. Jessica Shepard, Team Ellentuck (coached by Matt)
49. Skylar Diggins-Smith, Team Ellentuck (coached by Matt)
50. Myisha Hines-Allen, LSU's No. 1 fan (coached by Marissa)
51. Han Xu, Team Robinson (coached by Jordan)
52. Erica Wheeler, Team Mountain's Dew (coached by Ciara)
53. Maddy Siegrist, Team butoso (coached by Ashtyn)
54. Tiffany Hayes, Team At least we'll get buckets (coached by Whitney)
Whose team is the best?
Let us know online!
Matt's team:
Breanna Stewart
Jonquel Jones
Kelsey Plum
Aliyah Boston
Natasha Cloud
Diana Taurasi
Satou Sabally
Jessica Shepard
Skylar Diggins-Smith
Marissa's team:
A'ja Wilson
Natasha Howard
Allisha Gray
Ariel Atkins
Shakira Austin
Brianna Turner
Brittney Sykes
Kayla McBride
Myisha Hines-Allen
Jordan's team:
Elena Delle Donne
Chelsea Gray
Kahleah Copper
Brionna Jones
Teaira McCowan
Kelsey Mitchell
Rebekah Gardner
Diamond Miller
Han Xu
Ciara's team:
Napheesa Collier
Brittney Griner
Sabrina Ionescu
Marina Mabrey
Azurá Stevens
Courtney Vandersloot
Elizabeth Williams
Diamond DeShields
Erica Wheeler
Ashtyn's team:
Rhyne Howard
Alyssa Thomas
Nneka Ogwumike
Marine Johannes
Aerial Powers
Jackie Young
Sami Whitcomb
Isabelle Harrison
Maddy Siegrist
Whitney's team:
Jewell Loyd
Arike Ogunbowale
Ezi Magbegor
DeWanna Bonner
NaLyssa Smith
Candace Parker
Cheyenne Parker
Courtney Williams
Tiffany Hayes
