NEW YORK – Nyara Sabally was selected with the fifth overall pick by the New York Liberty in Monday's WNBA Draft, becoming the fourth Oregon player in the last three years to be selected in the first round of the draft.
Sabally will join Sabrina Ionescu on the Liberty, as the two will reunite after being teammates during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons with the Ducks.
All of Oregon's four first-round picks have come since 2020, a number that is the most of any school in the country. Sabally joins Ionescu, her sister Satou Sabally and Ruthy Hebard as Ducks to be taken in the first round, while she becomes the 12th Oregon player to be selected all-time and the third in the top five.