COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina saw three Gamecocks selected in the 2025 WNBA Draft presented by State Farm Monday night, marking the fourth time in the last nine drafts that the program has had multiple selections in a season.
The Atlanta Dream chose Te-Hina Paopao with the sixth pick in t
he second round. Two picks later, the Indiana Fever selected Bree Hall with the eighth pick in the round, and the ninth pick sent Sania Feagin to the Los Angeles Sparks.
Paopao is a two-time All-American and five-time all-conference selection across two conferences. She averaged 10.2 points over the two seasons at South Carolina, which accounted for both her All-America selections. That scoring included 10.8 points per game against ranked opponents. A career 40.0 percent 3-point shooter, her 42.2 percent accuracy in two seasons at South Carolina is the second-best mark in program history. Her two best overall field goal percentage seasons came in Columbia, where she hit 45.3 percent from the field. Also a great distributor, Paopao handed out 3.4 assists per game in her career, including 3.25 per game as a Gamecock.
Hall is an elite defender who has hit big shots for the Gamecocks, helping the program collect two National Championships, four SEC Regular-Season Championships and three SEC Tournament crowns in her four-year career. Her 147 career games played are more than any other four-year player in program history. In her last two seasons as a starter, Hall turned in 7.7 points per game on 41.5 percent shooting, including 38.4 percent from 3-point range. Her biggest impact came on the defensive end where she was routinely tasked with shutting down an opponent’s top-scoring guard.
Feagin, who joined Hall in helping South Carolina to a litany of team titles, had a career year as a senior, bringing to fruition all the promise and work she put in throughout her career to prepare for her moment in the spotlight. Her 8.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game were career highs, and she finished the season ranked sixth in the SEC with 1.5 blocks per game. Feagin elevated her game in the postseason to help the Gamecocks to another SEC Tournament title and a fourth-straight trip to the NCAA Final Four. In her nine games in those events, the forward posted 9.7 points per game on 60.9 percent shooting along with 4.7 rebounds per game. She was named to the All-Tournament team at both the SEC Tournament and the NCAA Birmingham 2 Regional, and she was an SEC All-Defensive Team selection.
Head coach Dawn Staley has seen at least one Gamecock has been selected in nine of the last 11 WNBA Drafts, including 11 first-round selections. A’ja Wilson was the first Gamecock taken No. 1 overall when the Las Vegas Aces picked her at the top of the 2018 draft, and Aliyah Boston followed in 2023 when the Indiana Fever selected her first overall. Since 2020 the Gamecocks’ 12 draft selections are tied for most in the country, including an NCAA-best six first-round choices in that time.
The 2017 and 2023 drafts each featured three Gamecocks taken in the first 10 picks, the most in program history, and the Gamecocks are one of just seven college programs to have at least three first-round picks in the same draft. In 2023, a total of five Gamecocks were drafted, making South Carolina one of just three programs to have at least that many selections in a single draft.
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