The past few seasons, it was players like Shakira Austin and Aaliyah Edwards who were helping the Mystics elevate as a franchise. The trend has continued this season as rookies Kiki Iriafen and Sonia Citron have both been leading factors in Washington’s success.

Citron and Iriafen, picked third and fourth in April’s draft, are the first rookie teammates to make a WNBA all-star team since 1999.

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark, as one of the captains for the WNBA All-Star games, recently started drafting players for her All-Star team. One of them was Washington Mystics rookie guard, Sonia Citron,