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Napheesa Collier Selected No. 6 Overall by Minnesota Lynx in WNBA Draft

With the sixth pick in the WNBA Draft, the Minnesota Lynx selected UConn forward Napheesa Collier, two picks after the Chicago Sky selected Katie Lou Samuelson fourth overall.

Last season, the Lynx finished seventh in the league but will be without star Maya Moore in 2019, who is sitting out the season for personal reasons. Collier is the sixth former UConn player to be drafted by Minnesota.

The former Husky is coming off a four-year career in Storrs where she was named AAC Player of the Year Twice while also earning All-American honors three years in a row as well as the Katrina McClain Award for the nation’s best power forward.