2025 WNBA Draft: Aneesah Morrow, Shyanne Sellers among top choices for Sun (2025)

After a turbulent offseason filled with tension and turnover, the Connecticut Sun are set to turn the page and start a new chapter.

With back-to-back selections in the first round of the 2025 WNBA Draft on Monday night (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) - drafting seventh and eighth overall - the Sun are in prime position to bolster their roster with an injection of youth with All-Star level potential.

This is the highest draft position for the Sun, as well their first time owning multiple first round draft picks, since 2016. Connecticut also own the rights to the 25th overall pick (from New York Liberty), the final pick of the second round.

While the likes of UConn’s Paige Bueckers and Notre Dame’s Sonia Citron will surely be off the board by the time the Sun’s number is up, the draft pool remains loaded with talent.

Here’s a mock draft guide from across the web:

MassLive’s Picks

No. 7: Aneesah Morrow, LSU

Forward, 6′-1″

Of the seven mock drafts listed above, three have the Sun selecting Morrow with their first pick and each of the other four mocks have Morrow being selected in the top five. Needless to say, it would be foolish for the Sun to pass on Morrow if she remains on the board.

Rarely does the best available talent in the draft fit the team’s greatest need, but Morrow’s fit with the Sun looks seamless on paper. A small forward who led Division I in rebounding last season with 13.5 rebounds per game, Morrow also led the Tigers in scoring as well with 18.7 points per game. Morrow averaged over 2.6 steals per game for her career and finished with the second most career double-doubles in D-I history (104 in 139 games played).

With her captivating combination of physicality and tenacity that can effect play on both ends of the court, Morrow’s game can be expected to quickly translate to the WNBA.

No. 8: Shyanne Sellers, Maryland

Guard, 6′2″

While Sellers’ scoring output at College Park did not quite reach Morrow’s peak, the four-year Terrapin has developed into a quality combo guard with upward trajectory. If she remains on the board, the Sun should not hesitate with this selection.

Sellers’ size and defense at the college level indicates she could stretch to the forward position in the near future, but her playmaking and ball-handling skills make her a solid fit in the Sun’s backcourt. She became the first player in Maryland history to record 1,500 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists last season.

But arguably the most enticing statistic of Sellers’ season last year was her 40.8% shooting from beyond the arc - albeit on just 2.5 attempts per game, but with her high field-goal percentage (46.2%) and free-throw percentage (86.8%) as well, there is a lot to like about Sellers’ ceiling as an two-way talent.