The 2019 WNBA Draft is in the books. 

The Las Vegas Aces, picking No. 1 overall for the third straight year, took Jackie Young out of Notre Dame to start things off. Coming off a loss in the national championship game, Young decided to forego her final year of eligibility, and that proved to be a wise decision.

After that, the New York Liberty boosted their offense with Louisville guard Asia Durr, while the Indiana Fever hope they found their center for the future in Mississippi State's Teaira McCowan. 

Here's a look at the full results of the first round, as well as few winners from the night. 

Draft Results

First Round

  1. Las Vegas Aces -- Jackie Young, Notre Dame
  2. New York Liberty -- Asia Durr, Louisville
  3. Indiana Fever -- Teaira McCowan, Mississippi State
  4. Chicago Sky -- Katie Lou Samuelson, UConn
  5. Dallas Wings -- Arike Ogunbowale, Notre Dame
  6. Minnesota Lynx -- Napheesa Collier, UConn
  7. Los Angeles Sparks -- Kalani Brown, Baylor
  8. Phoenix Mercury -- Alanna Smith, Stanford
  9. Connecticut Sun -- Kristine Anigwe, California
  10. Washington Mystics -- Kiara Leslie, North Carolina State
  11. Atlanta Dream -- Brianna Turner, Notre Dame
  12. Seattle Storm -- Ezi Magbegor, Australia

Second Round

13. Phoenix Mercury -- Sophie Cunningham, Missouri 

14. New York Liberty -- Han Xu, China

15. Chicago Sky -- Chloe Jackson, Baylor

16. Minnesota Lynx -- Jessica Shepard, Notre Dame

17. Dallas Wings -- Megan Gustafson, Iowa

18. Minnesota Lynx -- Natisha Hiedeman, Marquette

19. Los Angeles Sparks -- Marina Mabrey, Notre Dame

20. Minnesota Lynx -- Cierra Dillard, Buffalo

21. Connecticut Sun -- Bridget Carleton, Iowa State

22. Dallas Wings -- Kennedy Burke, UCLA

23. Atlanta Dream -- Maite Cazorla, Oregon

24. Seattle Storm -- Anriel Howard, Mississippi State

Third Round

25. Indiana Fever -- Paris Kea, North Carolina

26. New York Liberty -- Megan Huff, Utah

27. Chicago Sky -- Maria Conde, Spain

28. Indiana Fever -- Caliya Robinson, Georgia

29. Dallas Wings -- Morgan Berstch, UC Davis

30. Minnesota Lynx -- Kenisha Bell, Minnesota

31. Los Angeles Sparks -- Angela Salvadores, Spain

32. Phoenix Mercury -- Arica Carter, Louisville

33. Connecticut Sun -- Regan Magarity, Virginia Tech

34. Washington Mystics -- Sam Fuehring, Louisville

35. Atlanta Dream -- Li Yueru, China

36. Seattle Storm -- Macy Miller, South Dakota State

Trades

  • Atlanta Dream trades draft rights to Brianna Turner (No. 11 overall pick) to the Phoenix Mercury for Marie Gulich
  • Minnesota Lynx trades draft rights to Natisha Hiedeman (No. 18 overall pick) to Connecticut Sun for Lexie Brown

Winners

Phoenix Mercury

The Mercury made it to the semi-finals last season and nearly pulled off the comeback from a 2-0 deficit against the Storm. But though they fell short of the Finals last season, they'll be well prepared to make another deep playoff run this season. Not only are all their key players coming back, but they added Essence Carson through free agency, and had a dynamite draft night. With their first-round pick, they took Alanna Smith, a versatile stretch four who's already played for head coach Sandy Brondello on the Australian national team, and followed that up by getting a lights-out shooter in Sophie Cunningham with the No. 13 overall pick. Then, a short time later, they swung a trade to acquire the No. 11 overall pick, Brianna Turner from the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Marie Gulich. This Mercury team was already one of the most talented in the league, and now they're one of the deepest as well. 

Las Vegas Aces

This is cheating a bit because the Aces had the No. 1 overall pick, but it would be tough not to include them as a winner when they got the best player in the draft. Jackie Young deciding to come out a year early was a huge win for the Aces after Sabrina Ionescu decided to stay in school for her senior season. Young, a 6-foot wing, is extremely versatile and should make an impact immediately. Not only is she able to shift between scoring and facilitating when necessary on offense, but she can guard multiple positions as well, which should be especially helpful to an Aces team that finished with the fourth-worst defense in the league last season.

Notre Dame

No, the Fighting Irish aren't a WNBA team, but this was still a pretty incredible night for the program. Though Notre Dame fell short in the NCAA national championship game last weekend, the program's entire starting five was drafted on Wednesday night. Jackie Young went No. 1 overall to the Aces, Arike Ogunbowale went No. 5 to the Wings, Brianna Turner went No. 11 to the Dream -- she was later traded to the Mercury -- Jessica Shepard went No. 16 to the Lynx and Marina Mabrey went No. 19 to the Sparks. This was the first time in WNBA history that one school had their entire starting lineup selected in one draft. 

NBA Acadamies

Starting in 2016, the league began developing NBA Academies across the globe. They currently have programs in Mexico, Senegal, Australia, India and China which incorporate both schooling and basketball training. On Wednesday night, Han Xu was drafted No. 14 overall by the New York Liberty in the second round to become the first graduate of an NBA Academy to be drafted in either the WNBA or NBA Draft. Xu also became the first Chinese player taken in the WNBA Draft since 1997.