Caitlin Clark voted a starter in her third straight WNBA All-Star Game
Caitlin Clark will be joined by Indiana Fever teammates Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston. Other starters include Breanna Stewart, Pauge Bueckers, Olivia Miles, and A'ja Wilson.
NEW YORK — Caitlin Clark was voted to start her third straight All-Star Game and will be joined by Indiana Fever teammates Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston, the WNBA announced Thursday.
It’s the second time in four years that three players from the same team were chosen to start the game, with Las Vegas doing so in 2023. Clark couldn’t play in last year’s game that the Fever hosted because she was injured right before the All-Star break.
Dallas’ Paige Bueckers and Minnesota rookie Olivia Miles will join Clark and her teammates as backcourt starters. It’s the fourth consecutive year that a rookie was chosen as an All-Star starter. Bueckers played last season.
A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Jessica Shepard, Natasha Howard, and Gabby Williams were selected for the frontcourt for the game that will be played July 25 in Chicago. It will be Wilson’s and Stewart’s eighth All-Star appearance while Shepard will be making her first.
“It’s an honor to be an All-Star, even though I’ve had a few of them,” Stewart said. “Each one is really special, and I’m not taking it lightly.”
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Williams played in her first All-Star Game last season. Howard will play in her third.
Starters were chosen by a mix of fan, player, and media votes. The fan vote counted for 50% while media and player votes were 25% each. Each player’s score was calculated by averaging their weighted rank from all three areas.
The league’s head coaches will select the 12 reserves for the team, and they’ll be announced Tuesday. The 15 head coaches will vote for three guards, five frontcourt players, and four players at either position regardless of conference. Coaches can’t vote for their own players.
New this year, WNBA greats Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon will serve as honorary general managers and select the two teams from the pool of All-Stars. Previously, the top two fan vote-getters would serve as captains and select the squads.
Bueckers, Clark, and Boston were the top three vote-getters among fans. All three received more than 1 million votes.