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Paige Bueckers, 23

Team: Dallas Wings

Position: Point guard

College: UConn

Hometown: St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Pre-game ritual: “I read a couple of my devotionals. God X Basketball is one of the books that I read. I pray. And then listen to some music.”

On repeat: “Nokia” by Drake

Georgia Amoore, 24

Team: Washington Mystics

Position: Guard

College: University of Kentucky

Hometown: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

On repeat: “Team” by Lorde

Off the court: “I really want to get into DJing. Now that I’m a pro and not in school, maybe instead of classes I'll take DJ classes, but we’ll see.”

Dominique Malonga, 19

Team: Seattle Storm

Position: Forward-center

Previous team: LDLC ASVEL Feminin (Ligue Féminine de Basketball)

Hometown: Yaoundé, Cameroon

Comfort watch: Coach Carter

Her top wellness hack: “Taking a nap! A big nap.”

Saniya Rivers, 22

Team: Connecticut Sun

Position: Guard

College: NC State

Hometown: Wilmington, North Carolina

Beauty must-have: Lip gloss and face masks

Fashion game: “I guess now that I’m going into league, I really got to tap into it, because of the tunnel ‘fits and all that.”

Sonia Citron, 21

Team: Washington Mystics

Position: Guard

College: Notre Dame

Hometown: White Plains, New York

Comfort watch: One Tree Hill

Pre-game ritual: “Reading the Bible. Praying. I think that really puts me in the right head space, calms me down. It does everything it needs to do. It just re-centers me.”

Sarah Ashlee Barker, 23

Team: Los Angeles Sparks

Position: Guard

College: University of Alabama

Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama

Off the court: Catch her playing Pickleball.

On repeat: “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield. “I’ll play it in the car with my friends, and we all just bump to it.”

Aziaha James, 20

Team: Dallas Wings

Position: Guard

College: NC State

Hometown: Virginia Beach, Virginia

Fashion game: Oversize tees and cargo pants are her off-duty uniform.

Pre-game ritual: “Oh, I’m going to sleep. It doesn’t matter how long, I can take five minutes, two, I’m going to take a nap.”

Ajša Sivka, 19

Team: Chicago Sky

Position: Forward

Previous team: Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (Ligue Féminine de Basketball)

Hometown: Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia

Her inspiration: Her dad. “I used to go to his games when I was little.”

Fashion game: “I like to be comfy, but you have to look good. On the court, it’s like I always say — look good, feel good, play good.”

Aaliyah Nye, 22

Team: Las Vegas Aces

Position: Guard/forward

College: University of Alabama

Hometown: East Lansing, Michigan

Beauty must-have: French tips

Cheering her on: Her twin.“She’s more artsy, music, nature. I’m mathematic, athletic, things like that.”

Sania Feagin, 22

Team: Los Angeles Sparks

Position: Forward

College: University of South Carolina

Hometown: Ellenwood, Georgia

On repeat: “Intentional” by Travis Greene

Cheering her on: Her mom and dad. “They both played [college] basketball. They’re very great athletes, and they just inspired me to be one as well.”

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Shyanne Sellers, 21

Team: Golden State Valkyries

Position: Guard

College: University of Maryland

Hometown: Aurora, Ohio

Pre-game ritual: Visualizing success

Competitive spirit: “My mom loved playing basketball, but she also was diagnosed with MS, so she really pushed for us to get into sports early. If she could sign us up for every single sport, she would’ve.”

Hailey Van Lith, 23

Team: Chicago Sky

Position: Guard

College: Texas Christian University

Hometown: Wenatchee, Washington

Fashion game: She’s got her eye on the latest knitwear trends.

Beauty must-have: “When I’m on the red carpet, I love a good retro vintage look. A lot of times I channel an inner Marilyn Monroe.”

Madison Scott, 23

Team: Dallas Wings

Position: Guard

College: University of Mississippi

Hometown: Indian Head, Maryland

Pregame ritual: Gospel music

Competitive spirit: “Just [being] outside playing against boys in the neighborhood — that kind of was my childhood.”

Serena Sundell, 21

Team: Seattle Storm

Position: Guard

College: Kansas State University

Hometown: Maryville, Missouri

Competitive spirit: Napheesa Collier. “She was also a Missouri girl, so I’ve just been following her career and think she’s a great player.”

Off the court: She bought a keyboard in December and has been learning how to play. “I like the classical stuff. It’s tricky but it’s fun to play when you get it down.”

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