Atlanta Dream guard Te-Hina Paopao was selected in the second round of the 2025 WNBA Draft, picked 18th overall after a collegiate career that began in Oregon and ended at South Carolina.
Paopao was known as a steady shooter — she shot 40% from beyond the arc in her five-year NCAA career — but struggled a bit in her senior season, averaging a career-low 9.4 points per game. That may have influenced WNBA teams’ decisions to pass up on her.
But, less than two months into the WNBA season, it’s already clear that the 5’9 guard was one of the biggest steals of the draft.
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