On Friday, the Associated Press announced that Washington Mystics guard Sonia Citron and forward Kiki Iriafen made the WNBA All-Rookie Team. This team honor is separate from the WNBA’s official awards.
Both Citron and Iriafen made appearances in all 44 WNBA regular season games. Both were also named All-Stars in the 2025 season.
Citron made a franchise-record 81 three pointers in the 2025 season, while averaging 14.9 points, 4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. Furthermore, she made 44.5 percent of
her threes and shot 47 percent from the field. Citron was also a frontrunner for rookie of the year, but the AP Rookie of the Year was Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers.
Iriafen averaged 13.3 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game and shot nearly 49 percent from the field. A Mystics press release noted that Iriafen is one of just seven rookies to average 12 points, 8 rebounds and shoot better than 48 percent from the field.
I am not happy with how the season ended (a 10-game losing streak). But for now, I’ll celebrate the wins that came with the 2025 season. And this is one of them. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
