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Teen phenom Dominique Malonga<\/a> officially introduced herself to US basketball fans during Monday’s 2025 WNBA Draft, with the 19-year-old becoming the highest drafted French player in league history as the overall No. 2 pick by the Seattle Storm.<\/p>\n “I’m so proud just to show that today French basketball is at a level that we have never seen,” she told reporters after her record-setting selection.<\/p>\n “She’s a unicorn. She’s one of one,” Seattle head coach Noelle Quinn said of the 6-foot-6 teenager. “The thing that is very intriguing about her is the way that she’s grown rapidly over the last few years…. She’s 100% an amazing athlete.”<\/p>\n After turning pro at just 15 years old in 2021, Malonga’s first international spotlight came during the 2024 Paris Olympics<\/a>, when the then-18-year-old debuted as the youngest player on France\u2019s silver medal-winning national team.<\/p>\n A nimble, athletic player with skilled shooting and marked versatility, Malonga went on to make waves last October as the first-ever Frenchwoman to dunk in a game<\/a>.<\/p>\n “I would say that international FIBA basketball prepared me [on] toughness because it was always high-level games,” Malonga added. “I think that it really helped me to be ready for the league.”<\/p>\n Though not yet a household name in the US, Seattle is keeping an eye on the future by drafting a player whose generational talent could potentially set the bar in the WNBA.<\/p>\n The post Seattle Picks France’s Dominique Malonga No. 2 Overall at the 2025 WNBA Draft<\/a> appeared first on Just Women's Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\nMalonga’s rapid rise to the WNBA<\/h2>\n