Paige Bueckers, Nneka Ogwumike among WNBA All-Star Game starters - ESPN

Paige Bueckers, the No. 1 draft pick by the Dallas Wings, headlines the WNBA All-Star Game starters announced Monday, a group that will join captains Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier in Indianapolis on July 19.

Bueckers will be the sixth No. 1 pick to start the All-Star Game as a rookie, joining Indiana's Clark (2024), Aliyah Boston (2023), Maya Moore (2011), Sue Bird (2002) and Chamique Holdsclaw (1999).

The starters were selected from across the WNBA without regard to conference affiliation. Players and a media panel joined fans in selecting the starters. Fan voting accounted for 50%, and the player and media polling each accounted for 25%.

Bueckers received the sixth-most votes from fans and was second in voting for guards, behind only Clark.

Bueckers, the only first-year All-Star in the starting pool, is ranked 11th in the league in scoring (18.4 points) and sixth in assists (5.8) to lead rookies in both categories. She will be the first rookie to start the All-Star Game in Dallas Wings history. The only other rookies in franchise history selected to the game were Cheryl Ford in 2003 (as the Detroit Shock) and Liz Cambage in 2011 (as the Tulsa Shock).

Also announced as starters Monday were All-Star Game regulars A'ja Wilson of the Aces, the Liberty's Breanna Stewart and Seattle's Nneka Ogwumike. With her 10th All-Star selection, Ogwumike is tied for the third-most All-Star appearances with Tamika Catchings and Brittney Griner. Bird leads all players with 13 selections, followed by Diana Taurasi's 11.

Stewart and Wilson are both appearing in their seventh All-Star Game. Wilson is currently second in the league in scoring average (21.6) and Stewart third (20). Collier, who along with Clark was named a captain Sunday