Fudd, named after women's basketball legend Jennifer Azzi, starred at St. John's before heading to UConn for a stellar collegiate career and becoming the seventh former Husky to be the top pick in the WNBA Draft.
The 5-foot-11 guard was one of two players from the District of Columbia to be taken in Monday's first round along with
Kiki Rice of
Sidwell Friends.
Rice, who was taken sixth by the expansion Toronto Tempo, was one of a record five players selected from national champion UCLA. The Bruins produced a sixth pick with Charlisse Leger-Walker from New Zealand going in the second round.
Florida had the most picks in the three-round draft with four while Georgia and North Carolina each had two hometown players chosen.
The International contingent led the draft with 17 picks, including Awa Fam Thiam of Spain as the No. 3 pick overall by the Seattle Storm.
International — 17Nell Angloma, France — Connecticut Sun
Frieda Buhner, Germany — Portland Fire
Charlise Dunn, Australia — Toronto Tempo
Amelia Hassett, Australia — Los Angeles Sparks
Latasha Lattimore, Canada — Chicago Sky
Charlisse Leger-Walker, New Zealand — Connecticut Sun
Iyana Martin, Spain — Portland Fire
Madina Okot, Kenya — Atlanta Dream
Ines Pitarch-Granel, France — Phoenix Mercury
Cassandre Prosper, Canada — Washington Mystics
Manuela Puoch, Australia — New York Liberty
Kejia Ran, China — Atlanta Dream
Eczter Ratkai, Hungary — Phoenix Mercury
Saffron Shields, Australia — Toronto Tempo
Marta Suarez, Spain — Seattle Storm *
Awa Fam Thiam, Spain — Seattle Storm
Kokoro Tanka, Japan — Golden State Valkyries
California — 2
Colorado — 1
Connnecticut — 1
District of Columbia — 2
Florida — 4Georgia — 3Zee Spearman,
Dacula — Dallas Wings
Illinois — 1
Massachusetts — 1
Minnesota — 1
New Jersey — 2New York — 1
North Carolina — 3
Teonni Key,
Cary — Toronto Tempo
Ohio — 2
Oklahoma — 1
Texas — 2
* Golden State traded Flau'jae Johnson to Seattle Storm for Marta Suarez
