WNBA draft is Monday. Where will former Syracuse, Edison Tech star Dyaisha Fair be picked?

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Dyaisha Fair's basketball career has taken her from the Edison Tech Inventors to the Buffalo Bulls to the Syracuse Orange to the NCAA record books.

Next stop? The WNBA, which will hold its draft Monday. The 5-foot-5 point guard's next team remains to be seen.

Fair spent an NCAA women's Division I-record 93.4 hours — 5,604 minutes — playing games on college basketball courts during five seasons, first for Buffalo, then the Orange.

Her 3,403 points are good for third all-time in NCAA Division I history, two spots behind Iowa star Caitlin Clark, who is expected to be the first overall pick by the Indiana Fever.

“I know I’m capable of playing in that league or anywhere in the world," she told the Associated Press. "It’s just who’s going to be willing to take that chance on me?”

Fair was the All-Greater Rochester Player of the Year in 2018-19, when she averaged 33.5 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists per game for Edison Tech and played in the Ronald McDonald House All-Star Game. She averaged 22.2 points per game in college and helped Syracuse to the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament that included a first-round win against Arizona.

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But where will she be picked Monday? ESPN and FantasyPros have her going 10th to the Connecticut Sun. Yahoo Sports has her falling into the second round and going to the Atlanta Dream with the 20th pick.

Here are four more things to know about Dyaisha Fair:

Dyaisha Fair has some awards to her name

  • Two-time All-ACC first-team

  • Three-time All-MAC first-team

  • One-time All-ACC defensive team

  • One-time All-MAC defensive team

  • WBCA All-American Honorable Mention

  • MAC newcomer of the year

  • MAC All-Freshman team

  • MAC Tournament MVP

Dyaisha Fair has attempted the most field goals in NCAA Division I women's history

She shot 2,996 times in 153 college games, three times leading the MAC in that category. She led the ACC in 3-point field goals (115) and 3-point attempts (305) in 2023-24.

She can play defense

She led the ACC with 2.4 steals per game in 2022-23. That same number put her third last season.

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She comes up big in clutch

The last of Fair's 19 points in the 2024 Women's College All-Star Game on April 6 in Cleveland proved to be the game-winner for Team Lieberman. She also had a game-high seven assists to go with six rebounds and three steals in her team's 95-88 victory.

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: WNBA draft: Where will former Syracuse star Dyaisha Fair be picked?

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