Rhyne Howard’s dreams of playing in the WNBA have finally been realized.
With the first overall pick of the 2022 WNBA Draft, the Atlanta Dream selected Howard out of the University of Kentucky. She was the favorite to go first coming into Monday’s draft, but it’s still a magical moment that was well-deserved for one of college hoops’ best players — men or women — over the last four years.
After being drafted, Howard honored her late friend and former Wildcat Terrence Clarke, who tragically lost his life in a car crash in 2021.