Just a short time after UCLA won the 2026 NCAA Women's National Championship, 45 players heard their names called on draft night.
The 2026 WNBA Draft was dominated by former UCLA Bruins, with five players being selected in the first round, including three in the first six picks.
For one former Hawkeye, she will have to wait a little longer to achieve her WNBA dreams, but the door isn't completely closed after going undrafted.
Hannah Stuelke was shockingly not selected in the WNBA Draft
A staple of the Iowa program for the past four seasons has been forward Hannah Stuelke.
She went from a talented freshman at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to playing a critical role in Iowa's appearance in back-to-back National Championship games, to becoming a veteran leader for a young Hawkeye squad.
Unfortunately for Stuelke and Iowa fans, she was not selected in the 2026 WNBA Draft, making her path to playing professionally in the US a little more challenging.
Hannah Stuelke goes undrafted in the ‘26 WNBA Draft. Incredibly productive career. Hopefully she’ll have her choice of teams that want to bring her in for training camp.
— David Eickholt (@DavidEickholt) April 14, 2026
Stuelke's not being selected is surprising, given her stellar career with the Hawkeyes, and before the draft, she was projected as a second or third-round pick.
Given her stellar collegiate career, Stuelke should have her pick of franchises and can still sign a training camp contract as an undrafted free agent.
Stuelke finished her Hawkeye career with 1,565 total points and 910 total rebounds, making her one of only four players in Iowa program history to score 1,500-plus career points and grab 900-plus rebounds.
It is strange that no WNBA franchise took a chance on her, and now she will have to prove she can compete at the professional level by impressing a franchise during training camp before the 2026 season tips off.
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