With the No. 1 pick in the 2023 WNBA draft, the Fever have selected South Carolina center Aliyah Boston.
Boston enters the league fresh off of an accolade-filled college career that peaked with a national championship in 2022. That season, she won numerous national player of the year awards and averaged a career-best 16.8 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. Boston earned three All-American selections during her time with South Carolina, a run that included three straight Final Four appearances.
The Fever are coming off of a dreadful 5-31 season in 2022, the worst mark in franchise history. The team is led by first-year head coach Christie Sides, who was an assistant with the Fever from ’17 to ’19 and served as an assistant for the Dream last season.
