WNBA star Kelsey Mitchell and WNBA draftee Taylor Mikesell never crossed paths in college. Mitchell, a star from Cincinnati, Ohio, took the Ohio State women’s basketball program by storm, earning the No. 2 pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft.
A few months later, Mikesell began a five-year collegiate career that stretched from Maryland to Oregon and back to her home state of Ohio. For the last two years of that run, Mikesell lit up the Buckeyes' perimeter, leading Ohio State to their first Elite Eight appearance in 30 years.
Monday at the 2023 WNBA Draft, Mikesell heard her name called with the first selection of the second round.