2025 WNBA Draft: Sedona Prince and the best undrafted players

Some of the best players from the 2024-25 women’s college basketball season heard their names called on Monday night in New York at the 2025 WNBA Draft.

And some also didn’t.

While UConn star Paige Bueckers went No. 1 overall to the Dallas Wings and N.C. State players Saniya Rivers and Aziaha James both were selected in the first round, some of the top players in the sport went unselected by WNBA teams.

Among those players, statistically, was TCU center Sedona Prince. The 6-foot-7 24-year-old helped the Horned Frogs win the Big 12 and play in the Elite Eight for the first time ever while averaging 17.2 points, 9.4 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game, but in addition to battling injuries off the court, Prince has been embroiled in controversy off it as well. At least four women have publicly accused her of sexual assault or intimate partner violence. However, Prince hasn’t been charged and denies those claims.

Several other college stars went undrafted too, like N.C. State’s Madison Hayes, Tennessee’s Jewel Spear, Texas’ Taylor Jones, and Duquesne’s Megan McConnell.

Here are the three best players that went undrafted. Expect them to receive training camp invites where they’ll have the chance to make a roster.

Diamond Johnson, Norfolk State

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While Johnson is just 5-foot-5, her list of accolades seem endless. As a freshman at Rutgers, she was a 50-40-90 player and made the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. As a sophomore at N.C. State, she was the ACC Sixth Player of the Year and helped the Wolfpack go to the Elite Eight. Over the past two seasons at Norfolk State, she powered the Spartans to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances while twice winning the MEAC Player of the Year award. Most recently, Johnson was named MVP of the Lily Women’s College All-Star Game in Tampa, Florida.

Simply put, while Johnson might be small in stature and has played for an HBCU, she’s proven time and time again that she can be the best player on the court at any time in any venue. She’s won in the Big Ten and ACC, and took Norfolk State to new heights in the MEAC.

Johnson leaves college with a 37.7 shooting percentage from 3-point land and averaging 15.7 points, 3.1 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game.

Deja Kelly, Oregon

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After four seasons at North Carolina, Kelly joined the Ducks for her fifth season of college basketball where she played under Kelly Graves. While her scoring statistics took a dip, she posted career-highs in field goal percentage (38.6), rebounds (4.3) and assists (3.3) per game. Kelly is a winner, a smart and tough defender, someone who has a knack for getting to the free throw line, and has an old-school mid-range game that she typically finishes off with a smooth jumper.

She typically played well in big games too, scoring a combined 40 points in Oregon’s pair of NCAA Tournament contests this season.

Should Kelly get the opportunity to impress a WNBA team in training camp, she’ll grab the opportunity with both hands and give it everything she has.

Alyssa Ustby, North Carolina

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Being doubted is something that Ustby is used to. She wasn’t ranked as one of ESPN’s top 100 prospects in the 2020 class, but led North Carolina in minutes played as a freshman. A natural leader and a versatile forward — and perhaps the best rim-runner in college basketball — Ustby leaves Chapel Hill having taken to the Tar Heels to five NCAA Tournaments, including this season where they hosted first weekend games and appeared in the Sweet 16 .

Ustby owns the only triple-double in UNC women’s basketball history and finished her career as the Tar Heels’ program leader in rebounds.

She’s a player that does a little bit of everything well. Consider that she was the only player in the country this past season to average at least 10.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, one steal and one block per game while shooting at least 45 percent from the floor and 30 percent from 3-point land. She’d be a solid addition to any WNBA team’s locker room.