Three former Longhorns set for 2026 WNBA season
AUSTIN, Texas — Three former University of Texas ladies’s basketball gamers are on rosters for WNBA groups because the 30th season ideas off tonight. Ariel Atkins (Los Angeles Sparks), Sug Sutton (Portland Fire) and Rori Harmon (Washington Mystics) will go well with up for their groups this season.
Atkins was drafted 7th general within the 2018 WNBA draft by the Washington Mystics and can begin her ninth season within the WNBA. She helped lead the Mystics to the WNBA Finals in her rookie season and was a key piece of the Mystics 2019 WNBA Championship. She is a five-time WNBA All-Defensive Team choice and is the one participant to be named to the All-Defensive Team in every of her first 5 years within the league. In 2021, Atkins received her first Olympic Gold Medal with Team USA on the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Sutton was drafted 36th within the 2020 WNBA draft by the Washington Mystics and can begin her fifth season within the WNBA. In 2023 Sutton joined the Phoenix Mercury and on Sept. 8, 2023 she recorded the primary triple-double in Phoenix Mercury historical past with 18 factors, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. This yr Sutton was drafted 20th general by the Portland Fire within the 2026 WNBA enlargement draft.
Harmon was drafted by the Washington Mystics with the 34th general choose within the 2026 WNBA draft. Harmon is the profession help and steals file holder at Texas and is the one participant in DI ladies’s basketball historical past to succeed in 1,600 factors, 900 assists and 350 steals. Harmon was a two-time finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year award and a four-time All-America honorable point out choice. Harmon led Texas to back-to-back Final Fours in 2025 and 2026.