Toronto Tempo select UCLA guard Kiki Rice with first-ever WNBA draft pick
Posted on: Apr 14, 2026 05:47 IST | Posted by: Cbc
Kiki sir tim rice is the Toronto pace's first-ever WNBA outline break up.
The Tempo selected the UCLA ward sixth overall in the first round Monday, 10 days after adding its first players in the WNBA expansion draft.
Rice, a 22-year-old American, averaged 14.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 38 games last season for the Bruins en route to a national title. UConn star Azzi Fudd went first overall to the Dallas Wings, with a $500,000 US payday waiting for.
The Tempo won a coin toss over the Portland Fire last month and elected to take the higher pick — sixth instead of seventh — in the draft. As a result, the Fire got to pick first overall in the expansion draft.
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Toronto also owns picks Nos. 22, 26 and 36, having acquired the 26th pick from the Chicago Sky in exchange for not selecting any of that team's players in the expansion draft.
The Tempo tip off their first WNBA season May 8 at Toronto's Coca-Cola Coliseum against visiting Washington.
Minnesota took Olivia Miles of TCU with the No. 2 pick. Miles decided to stay in college last season instead of enter the WNBA draft. She transferred from Notre Dame to the Horned Frogs. She helped the team reach the Elite Eight for the second consecutive year.
"Deep breath that's why I got emotional," Miles said of finishing her journey. "It's finally here, finally heard my name. This is what this was for."
After Seattle took Spain center Awa Fam Thiam at No. 3, Washington selected the 6-foot-7 Betts before the Chicago Sky followed with Jaquez.
Portland took Spanish guard Iyana Martin Carrion with its first-ever pick. Flau'jae Johnson of LSU went next to the Golden State Valkyries.
Fellow UCLA stars Lauren Betts and Gabriela Jaquez went in the top five, a little over a week after leading the Bruins to their first NCAA championship.
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