TCU star Sedona Prince snubbed at WNBA Draft as ESPN points to domestic violence and sexual assault claims
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One of college basketball's biggest stars went unpicked at Monday's WNBA Draft in New York as she continues to face a series of domestic violence and sexual assault allegations.
TCU's Sedona Prince and her now-former partner each filed January police reports alleging they were assaulted by the other, although neither was ultimately charged, according to FrontOfficeSports.com.
Furthermore, in 2024, another former partner of Prince's claimed she was assaulted by the 6-foot-7 center while vacationing in Mexico.
Prince has been sued in Texas court for allegedly grabbing a Jane Doe's hand and forcing it down her pants. However, that lawsuit was withdrawn after it was filed.
But while Prince has maintained her innocence in the absence of any charges, ESPN reported during Saturday's draft that teams were wary about picking the 24-year-old nonetheless.
Prince's attorney responded to similar reporting by ESPN on Saturday.
Sedona Prince reacts during the second half against the Texas Longhorns in the Elite Eight
'Sedona has not been charged with a crime or found guilty of any wrongdoing,' Prince's attorney A. Boone Almanza told ESPN. 'Rather she has been convicted on social media by people who have attempted to use their relationship with Sedona to attract followers and to build their influencer careers and settle grudges.
'To the extent she has made any mistakes different from other young people in their early dating life it was solely the decision to be on TikTok.'
DailyMail.com has reached out to Almanza for further comment.
Prince has gotten a lot of attention for her social media posts, drawing attention to gender equity questions at the NCAA Tournament in 2021, and her status as a lead plaintiff in a landmark antitrust lawsuit standing up for college athletes.
She first hit the spotlight with her viral video back in the NCAA Tournament bubble in 2021.
That pointed out the stark inequities between how the NCAA treated men and women during its basketball tournaments. Her post helped prompt an NCAA-commissioned report reviewing gender equity, which led to the use of the phrase March Madness and the start of paying women's programs units for participating in the tournament.
Prince arrives at federal court for a hearing for a landmark $2.8 billion NCAA settlement
Prince started playing in 2019 at Oregon before graduating in May 2022 and transferring to TCU for the past two seasons.
She later was a lead plaintiff in a landmark antitrust lawsuit that will help get money for college athletes.
Prince attended a hearing April 7 where a federal judge in Oakland, California, heard arguments for the landmark House settlement.
The 6-foot-7 center earned honorable mention AP All-America honors. But Prince was not among the 16 prospects invited to attend Monday night's draft at The Shed.
The question now is does she get invited by a WNBA team for a tryout or is playing overseas her best option.
The center from Liberty Hill, Texas, averaged 17.2 points a game this season and started all 58 games played at TCU. She started 86 of 108 games played over five seasons.
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