Grace VanSlooten from Michigan State was selected by the Seattle Storm as the No. 39 overall pick in the WNBA draft. She is the first Spartan drafted since 2022 and the ninth player in the program's history to be drafted.
Michigan State's Grace VanSlooten scores against Northwestern during the first quarter on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.
Michigan State women's basketball star Grace VaSlooten is heading back out west
VanSlooten was selected by the Seattle Storm with the No. 39 overall pick in the draft.
VanSlooten became the first Spartan selected in the WNBA draft since Nia Clouden went No. 12 overall in 2022. She is the ninth player in program history to be drafted.
The selection by Seattle sends VanSlooten out west to where she began her college career. VanSlooten played two seasons at Oregon before transferring to Michigan State in 2024. She was a two-time second team All-Big Ten selection with the Spartans and helped the program to a combined 45 victories the last seasons.
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This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: Seattle Storm take Michigan State's Grace VanSlooten in WNBA draft
The last Michigan State player drafted in the WNBA before Grace VanSlooten was Nia Clouden, who was selected No. 12 overall in 2022.
Grace VanSlooten is the ninth player in Michigan State's history to be drafted into the WNBA.
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