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WNBA All-Star 2025: Kiki Iriafen narrowly misses starter spot due to the “WNBA Electoral College”

On Monday, the WNBA released the complete list of starters for the 2025 All-Star Game. No Washington Mystics players made the cut which was expected due to two reasons. First, they don’t have a player who is a brand name superstar. And second, rookie forward Kiki Iriafen, the player with the most name recognition (and is a legitimate star in her own right), narrowly missed the starter cut because of the “WNBA Electoral College” (from hereon, the Electoral College.” The Electoral College made up of a combination of fan (50 percent), media and player voting (25 percent each for the latter two).