2016 WNBA Draft Results: Complete Round-by-Round Selections and Twitter Reaction

It may have been sleepless in Seattle for the Seattle Storm last year, but the franchise got a huge boost of energy Thursday.

The team selected Connecticut Huskies forward Breanna Stewart with the No. 1 overall pick in Thursday’s WNBA draft, and the NCAA women's basketball Player of the Year will reside on the West Coast for the first time in her playing career.

The Storm tweeted this out after selecting Stewart with the top pick:

The WNBA also captured footage of Stewart being called to the stage:

Even the Seattle Seahawks congratulated the multitime national champion:

Here’s a complete breakdown of Thursday’s draft, followed by some reactions from around the WNBA:

First Round	Team	Player	School	Position
Second Round	Team	Player	School	Position
Third Round	Team	Player	School	Position
1	Seattle Storm	Breanna Stewart	UConn	F
2	San Antonio Stars	Moriah Jefferson	UConn	G
3	Connecticut Sun	Morgan Tuck	UConn	F
4	Connecticut Sun	Rachel Banham	Minnesota	G
5	Dallas Wings	Aerial Powers	Michigan State	F
6	Connecticut Sun (via Los Angeles)	Jonquel Jones	George Washington	C
7	Washington Mystics	Kahleah Cooper	Rutgers	G
8	Phoenix Mercury	Courtney Williams	South Florida	G
9	Indiana Fever	Tiffany Mitchell	South Carolina	G
10	Chicago Sky	Imani Boyette	Texas	C
11	Atlanta Dream	Bria Holmes	West Virginia	G
12	New York Liberty	Adut Bulgak	Florida State	C
13	Atlanta Dream	Rachel Hollivay	Rutgers	C
14	Minnesota Lynx	Jazmon Gwathmey	James Madison	G
15	Los Angeles Sparks (via Connecticut)	Whitney Knight	Florida Gulf-Coast	G
16	Atlanta Dream	Courtney Walker	Texas A&M	G
17	Connecticut Sun (via L.A.)	Jamie Weisner	Oregon State	G
18	Dallas Wings	Ruth Hamblin	Oregon State	C
19	Washington Mystics	Lia Galdeira	Washington State	G
20	Phoenix Mercury	Jillian Alleyne	Oregon	F
21	Indiana Fever	Brene Moseley	Maryland	G
22	Minnesota Lynx	Bashaara Graves	Tennessee	F
23	Los Angeles Sparks (via Conn.)	Brianna Butler	Syracuse	G
24	New York Liberty.	Ameryst Alston	Ohio State	G
25	San Antonio Stars	Brittney Martin	Oklahoma State	G
26	Seattle Storm	Lexi Eaton Rydalch	BYU	G
27	Connecticut Sun	Aliyyah Handford	St. John's	G
28	Atlanta Dream	Niya Johnson	Baylor	G
29	Los Angeles Sparks	Talia Walton	Washington	F
30	Dallas Wings	Shakena Richardson	Seton Hall	G
31	Washington Mystics	Danaejah Grant	St. John's	G
32	Phoenix Mercury	Nirra Fields	UCLA	G
33	Indiana Fever	Julie Allemand	Belgium	G
34	Chicago Sky	Jordan Jones	Texas A&M	G
35	Minnesota Lynx	Temi Fagbenle	USC	C
36	New York Liberty	Shacobia Barbee	Georgia	G

The expectation of UConn’s stars going with the top three picks came to fruition, with the San Antonio Stars taking guard Moriah Jefferson at No. 2 and the Connecticut Sun keeping forward Morgan Tuck in the state with the third pick.

It was the second time college teammates have been taken with the first two picks in WNBA draft history, per ESPN Stats & Info, and Tuck’s selection made it the first time three teammates have been taken with the first three picks.

The Sun followed that selection by drafting Rachel Banham out of Minnesota with the fourth pick, which once belonged to the Minnesota Lynx, per Excelle Sports:

With the fifth pick, the Dallas Wings (formerly the Tulsa Shock) solidified their frontcourt by taking Michigan State forward Aerial Powers. The Wings' official Twitter account welcomed the newest member of the team:

The team also made history by selecting Powers, per Michigan State's official Twitter account:

The Los Angeles Sparks drafted George Washington center Jonquel Jones with the sixth pick, but she was not in L.A. for long, as the Sparks traded Jones to Connecticut for next year’s first-round pick, two second-round picks and guard Chelsea Gray, per ESPN Women’s Hoops:

The Sun's day ended with three first-round picks, featuring one-third of the UConn trio, Minnesota’s 60-point scorer and the nation’s leading rebounder from a year ago:

Four of the final six picks in the first round were guards, including South Carolina's Tiffany Mitchell, who went ninth to the Indiana Fever.

Indiana star Tamika Catchings was excited about the pick:

The Oregon State Beavers had back-to-back players go in the second round, as Connecticut boosted its backcourt by taking guard Jamie Weisner with the 17th pick, and Dallas followed by picking center Ruth Hamblin. 

Oregon State freshman guard Katie McWilliams tweeted this out after both stars, who led Oregon State to the Final Four, landed with their new teams:

It turned out to be a historic day for the WNBA, as three players from the same program went in the top three, and the Sun revamped their roster with three first-round picks, leaving the state of Connecticut in a good place Thursday night.