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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Former LSU star Angel Reese and her perceived fellow rookie rival Caitlin Clark each was named to the WNBA’s All-Star Game on Tuesday (July 2).

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The selections mean Reese will represent the Chicago Sky and Clark the Indiana Fever at the WNBA’s All-Star Game, set for July 20 in Phoenix.

The initial selection of the All-Stars was conducted through a combination of voting by fans (50 percent of the vote), current WNBA players (25 percent) and a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters (25 percent).

After considering the fan, player and media votes, the top 10 vote-getters (listed in alphabetical order) were: Aliyah Boston (Indiana Fever), Clark (Indiana), Napheesa Collier (Minnesota Lynx), Kahleah Copper (Phoenix), Dearica Hamby (Los Angeles Sparks), Sabrina Ionescu (New York Liberty), Arike Ogunbowale (Dallas Wings), Breanna Stewart (New York), A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces) and Jackie Young (Las Vegas).

Boston, Clark, Hamby and Ogunbowale, who are not currently on the USA women’s national team 5-on-5 roster, are automatically named to participate in the All-Star Game and assigned to Team WNBA as a result of being in the top 10.

The names of the next 36 highest vote-getters not already on the USA women’s national team, available here, were then provided to the 12 WNBA head coaches, who voted to fill the remaining spots for the 12-player Team WNBA roster. Coaches were not able to vote for their own players. Each coach was required to submit votes for five frontcourt players, three guards and four additional players at any position.

The additional eight players named to the All-Star Game are (listed alphabetically): DeWanna Bonner (Connecticut Sun), Allisha Gray (Atlanta Dream), Brionna Jones (Connecticut), Jonquel Jones (New York), Kayla McBride (Minnesota), Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana), Nneka Ogwumike (Seattle Storm) and Reese (Chicago).

In the fan-voting portion of balloting, Indiana teammates Clark (700,735 votes) and Boston (618,680) finished first and second, respectively. Rounding out the top five in fan voting were Wilson (607,300), Stewart (424,135) and Reese (381,518).

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