The meteoric rookie season for Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard continues.
On June 28, the league announced that Rhyne was the WNBA’s No. 1 pick and made the All-Star reserve. She is the second Dream rookie to make an All-Star Game, with Shoni Schimmel making the exhibition in 2014. Howard is also the first WNBA rookie to make an All-Star game since Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier made it in 2019.
Through her first 18 games, Howard has averaged 16.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.6 steals per game for the 8-10 Dream, who have already tied last season’s win total, going 8-24 in 2021.
All-Star reserves are selected by the WNBA’s coaches. Each coach selects three guards, five frontcourt players, and four other players inany position who aren’t on their own teams. Unlike in the NBA, WNBA All-Star voting comes from a pool of the entire league and isn’t restricted to Eastern or Western conference choices.
Howard is now in the pool of All-Stars who will either be on Team Wilson, with Las Vegas Aces’ forward A’ja Wilson as the captain or Team Stewart, with Seattle Storm forward Breanna Stewart as the captain. Teams will be finalized on July 2 and the game will be broadcast on ESPN at 3 p.m. ET.
The WNBA All-Star Game will be in Chicago this year on July 10 at 1 p.m. ET.
Listed below are all of the selections.
Starters
Sue Bird, Seattle Storm
Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota Lynx
Brittney Griner (honorary selection), Phoenix Mercury
Sabrina Ionescu, New York Liberty
Jonquel Jones, Connecticut Sun
Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles Sparks
Candace Parker, Chicago Sky
Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm
Kelsey Plum, Las Vegas Aces
A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Jackie Young, Las Vegas Aces
Reserves
Ariel Atkins, Washington Mystics
Kahleah Copper, Chicago Sky
Skylar Diggins-Smith, Phoenix Mercury
Dearica Hamby, Las Vegas Aces
Natasha Howard, New York Liberty
Rhyne Howard, Atlanta Dream
Brionna Jones, Connecticut Sun
Jewell Loyd, Seattle Storm
Emma Meeseman, Chicago Sky
Arike Ogunbowale, Dallas Wings
Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun
Courtney Vandersloot, Chicago Sky
