21 Former SEC Players on 2023 WNBA Opening Day Rosters

Birmingham, Ala. -- The WNBA opens the 2023 season today and 21 former SEC stars made WNBA opening day rosters.

South Carolina leads all SEC teams with eight former players; Tennessee has five; LSU, Mississippi State has two; while Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Missouri and Texas A&M have one each.

Eleven WNBA teams have at least one former SEC player on their opening day roster.

Below is a list of all former SEC players who were on opening day rosters of the WNBA.

Former SEC Athletes on WNBA Opening Day Rosters

NAME	TEAM
Laeticia Amihere, South Carolina	Atlanta
Shakira Austin, Ole Miss	Washington
DeWanna Bonner, Auburn	Connecticut
Aliyah Boston, South Carolina	Indiana
Maya Caldwell, Georgia	Georgia
Sydney Colson, Texas A&M	Las Vegas
Zia Cooke , South Carolina	Los Angeles
Sophie Cunningham, Missouri	Phoenix
Diamond DeShields, Tennessee	Dallas
Allisha Gray, South Carolina	Atlanta
Tyasha Harris, South Carolina	Connecticut
Isabelle Harrison, Tennessee	Chicago
Jordan Horston, Tennessee	Seattle
Rhyne Howard, Kentucky	Atlanta
Teaira McCowan, Mississippi State	Dallas
Tiffany Mitchell, South Carolina	Minnesota
Candace Parker, Tennessee	Las Vegas
Mercedes Russell, Tennessee	Seattle
Victaria Saxton, South Carolina	Indiana
Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State	Indiana
A'ja Wilson, South Carolina	Las Vegas