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Dallas selects Azzi Fudd with No. 1 pick in WNBA draft

The former UConn guard will earn a record rookie salary under the league’s new labor deal, which raised first-year pay to $500,000.

  • The Dallas Wings selected UConn Huskies guard Azzi Fudd first overall in the 2026 WNBA Draft, securing her with a $500,000 rookie contract.
  • Ratified last month, the new collective bargaining agreement increased rookie compensation, establishing Fudd as the highest-paid WNBA rookie for 2026.
  • Fudd's four-year deal guarantees $500,000 in Year 1, outpacing Minnesota's Olivia Miles at $466,913 and Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers at $348,198 total.
  • The selection reunites Fudd with former Huskies teammate Bueckers, forming a new backcourt partnership that Dallas fans celebrated at the draft announcement.
  • WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert noted plans for exhibition or regular-season games overseas next year, signaling the league's continued global expansion efforts.
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Dallas selects Azzi Fudd with No. 1 pick in WNBA draft

Azzi Fudd is on her way to Dallas as the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft with a $500,000 payday waiting for the former UConn star. A record-setting six UCLA players followed her into the league.Im not really sure I have words to describe that feeling, what that meant, Fudd said of getting drafted. I dont think its fully sunk in. It's nothing I could have imagined. The feeling of sitting with my family, with Morgan (Valley), hearing your name called…

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NBC Dallas-Fort Worth broke the news in Fort Worth, United States on Monday, April 13, 2026.
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