Husky Fever: UW is first school with top pick in NBA and WNBA drafts

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Washington's Markelle Fultz smiles for a selfie with a television commentator after being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers as the No. 1 pick overall during the NBA basketball draft, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in New York. Photo: Associated Press/(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Bow down to Washington. The UW Husky basketball programs have made draft history. The University of Washington is the first school to produce the top pick in the NBA and WNBA drafts in the same academic year as Markelle Fultz joined Kelsey Plum as the first overall pick.

Fultz, who starred for the Dawgs for one year at Montlake, went number 1 in Thursday’s NBA draft. The point guard was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers. Kelsey Plum, the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer at Washington, was the first pick of the WNBA draft by the San Antonio Stars in April.

Kelsey Plum, left, waits with friends and relatives for the start of the WNBA basketball draft, Thursday, April 13, 2017, in New York. Plum was selected as the No. 1 overall pick by the San Antonio Stars. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Both Plum and Fultz are the first No. 1 draft picks in Washington basketball history.

(KPUG – Doug Lange with information from UW Athletics)

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