Olivia Miles became the highest WNBA Draft pick in TCU history Monday, going No. 2 to the Minnesota Lynx after a record-setting 2025-26 season.
Olivia Miles made TCU women’s basketball history Monday night when the Minnesota Lynx selected her No. 2 overall in the 2026 WNBA Draft, giving the Horned Frogs their highest WNBA Draft pick ever and one of the biggest professional draft moments the school has seen in decades.
The former TCU star leaves Fort Worth after one remarkable season in purple.
Miles helped lead the Horned Frogs to a 32-6 record, a second straight Big 12 regular-season title, and another trip to the Elite Eight, while turning in one of the most complete seasons in women’s college basketball.
She averaged 19.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 1.8 steals per game while shooting 48 percent from the floor, giving TCU a true do-it-all leader at point guard.
That production wasn’t just strong. It was historic.
Miles became the first player in NCAA history to average at least 19 points, seven rebounds, six assists and 1.5 steals in a season while shooting 45 percent or better from the field.
She also closed her college career with 2,174 points, 906 assists, 878 rebounds and 239 steals across her time at TCU and Notre Dame, another stat line no player in college basketball had previously reached.
Her lone season with the Horned Frogs rewrote the program record book. Miles set TCU single-season marks in points (744), field goals made (268), assists (252) and assists per game (6.6).
She also swept Big 12 Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, further cementing her place among the best players in program history.
The No. 2 overall selection places Miles in rare company beyond women’s basketball, too.
She is the highest professional draft pick produced by TCU Athletics in the modern era and the school’s first athlete in any sport to be taken No. 1 or No. 2 in a professional draft since Ki Aldrich went first overall in the 1939 NFL Draft.
Now Miles heads to Minnesota with major expectations, but that’s nothing new. At every stop of her college career, she produced, led and made history.
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