WNBA Rookie of the Year candidates

Here are four of the top rookies in the WNBA this season:

First round, second overall, Oregon

28.3 minutes, 13.1 points, 7.8 rebounds

First round, fourth overall, Texas A&M

25.2 minutes, 45.4 FG%, 16.5 points

Second round, 16th overall, UConn

29.2 minutes, 46.3 FG%, 15.6 points

Third round (2016), 33rd overall, Belgium

33 minutes, 8.1 points, 5.6 assists

• No draft choice below the No. 7 overall pick has ever been named WNBA Rookie of the Year.

• A Lynx player has been named top rookie four times, including in 2019 (Napheesa Collier).

• Four UConn players have won the award. Dangerfield would make it four and two in a row.