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WNBA draft pick from TCU waived before regular season begins

By Jim Barnes

May 3, 2026 2:32 PM

The Golden State Valkyries waived rookie former TCU basketball standout Marta Suarez before the start of the WNBA regular season.

Suarez was selected No. 16 overall by the Seattle Storm in the second round of April’s draft, then was traded to the Valkyries minutes later.

Roster Update: The Golden State Valkyries have waived center Mariella Fasoula, guards Ashlon Jackson, Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda, and Miela Sowah, and forwards Cate Reese and Marta Suárez. pic.twitter.com/3s4x6eCYrr
— Golden State Valkyries (@valkyries) May 2, 2026

Suarez transferred to TCU from Cal for her final collegiate season, and she made the most of it. The 6-foot-3 forward averaged a career-high 17.1 points and 7.4 rebounds and shot a career-best 37% from 3, earning first-team All-Big 12 honors. The Horned Frogs repeated as Big 12 regular-season champions and reached a second straight Elite Eight.

Suarez was one of a record three TCU players taken in the draft, joining No. 2 overall pick Olivia Miles (Minnesota Lynx) and No. 37 overall Taylor Bigby (Connecticut Sun after trade from Portland Fire).

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Jim Barnes is the Star-Telegram’s sports editor. A Fort Worth native and graduate of Castleberry High School, he returned to Texas after 13 years at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He previously was sports editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald and a freelance high school sports reporter for The Dallas Morning News.

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