According to Tennessee Athletics, Rickea Jackson became the fourth consecutive Tennessee Lady Vol taken in the first round over the past four years of the WNBA Draft, with the 6-foot-2 forward going to the Los Angeles Sparks with the No. 4 overall pick in the first round.
Overall, Tennessee now has had 44 all-time selections in WNBA college drafts and 46 total including elite drafts. Jackson is Tennessee’s 18th top-10 choice and ninth top-five pick. The fifth-year standout recorded four double-doubles this season and 13 games with 20 or more points scored, including two with 30-plus.
The First Round of the WNBA Draft
- Indiana Fever – Caitlin Clark (Iowa)
- Los Angeles Sparks – Cameron Brink (Stanford)
- Chicago Sky – Kamilla Cardoso (South Carolina)
- Los Angeles Sparks – Rickea Jackson (Tennessee)
- Dallas Wings – Jacy Sheldon (Ohio State)
- Washington Mystics – Aaliyah Edwards (UConn)
- Chicago Sky – Angel Reece (LSU)
- Minnesota Lynx – Alissa Pili (Utah)
- Dallas Wings – Carla Leite (France)
- Connecticut Sun – Leila Lacan (France)
- New York Liberty – Maruesha Davis (Ole Miss)
- Atlanta Dream – Nyadiew Puoch (Australia)