NEW YORK — Sonia Citron’s professional basketball career will start on a grand stage.
On Friday, the WNBA announced that Citron is one of a 16 hopefuls who will be in New York on Monday night for the 2025 WNBA Draft. The former Notre Dame guard is a projected lottery selection and hopes to become the 21st WNBA Draft pick in program history.
Citron’s list of collegiate accolades is extensive —
- Only player in ND history with 1700 points, 700 rebounds and 300 assists
- 1,774 career points (11th in program history)
- 173 career 3FGM (eighth in program history)
- 84.3% career FT% (fifth in program history)
- 11 career double-doubles (t-fifth in program history by a guard)
- 714 rebounds
- 311 assists
- 218 steals
- 20+ points in 25 games
- 3x All-ACC selection
- 2022 ACC Rookie of the Year
- 2025 & 2023 AP All-America Honorable Mention
- 2024 Cheryl Miller Award finalist
- 2024-25 WBCA Coaches’ All-America Honorable Mention
- 3x All-ACC Academic Team
- ACC Champion: 2022-23 & 2024-25 regular season, 2024 ACC Tournament
In addition to Citron, Notre Dame’s Liza Karlen, Liatu King and Maddy Westbeld declared for the WNBA Draft. Westbeld is entering her professional career after five years in South Bend, while Karlen and King were each impactful graduate transfers from Marquette and Pittsburgh, respectively, this year.
Monday’s Draft will begin on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. The seated event will be live from Hudson Yards at the Shed, an iconic, cultural institution that hosts established and emerging artists in fields ranging from hip hop to classical music, painting to digital media, theater to literature, and sculpture to dance in an unprecedented movable structure. Additional WNBA Draft information can be found here.
