Six former Lady Vols set for opening night of WNBA season

The WNBA tips off its 28th year on Tuesday, and with that comes a wave of Volunteer orange as there will be six former Lady Vols on active rosters around the league.

LVFLs in the WNBA this season include Rae Burrell (Los Angeles Sparks), Diamond DeShields (Chicago Sky), Isabelle Harrison (Chicago Sky), Jordan Horston (Seattle Storm), Rickea Jackson (Los Angeles Sparks) and Mercedes Russell (Seattle Storm).

All-time, 53 Lady Vols have gone on to play in the WNBA. A total of 46 of those Tennessee products were taken in league drafts, including 21 first-rounders and three No. 1 overall selections.

The latest to join this group was Rickea Jackson, who was drafted by Los Angeles as the No. 4 overall pick of the 2024 draft. In her time in Knoxville, Jackson tallied 1,176 points in only 60 games at UT and averaging 19.6 ppg. to rank No. 4 on UT's career points-per-game list. She put up 20.2 ppg. as a senior in 2023-24 for the ninth-best single-season scoring average in Lady Vol history.