NEW YORK (April 15, 2023)—In the 2024 WNBA Draft, the Las Vegas Aces bolstered their already powerful roster by selecting Syracuse guard Dyaisha Fair with the No. 16 pick, Iowa guard Kate Martin at No. 18, Virginia Tech center Elizabeth Kitley at No. 24 in the second round; and Jackson State forward Angel Jackson at No. 36 in the third round.

No. 16 Dyaisha Fair
The 2024 Associated Press All-America third team honoree who hails from Rochester, New York, played three seasons for Buffalo starting in 2019-20, before transferring to Syracuse ahead of the 2022-23 season. Over 153 career games, Fair averaged 22.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists, while shooting 35% from 3-point range. Fair is a four-time all-conference first team honoree, two each in the MAC and ACC, and named to the 2020 All-Mid America second team, while also collecting 2020 MAC Rookie of the Year accolades. Further, Fair earned 2021 MAC and 2023 ACC All-Defensive Team honors.

In her final year at Buffalo, Fair earned the 2022 MAC Tournament MVP award after averaging 25.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game in leading Buffalo to the tournament title and an NCAA berth. During Fair’s two years playing for the Orange, Syracuse advanced to the 2023 WNIT third round and 2024 NCAA Tournament second round.

DYAISHA FAIR CAREER COLLEGIATE STATISTICS

Season	School	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AVG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	AVG
2019-20	Buffalo	30	26	1082	232	624	.372	74	236	.314	122	170	.718	58	120	178	5.9	106	83	3	123	45	660	22.0
2020-21	Buffalo	24	24	873	187	513	.365	60	190	.316	145	179	.810	47	96	143	6.0	122	70	3	66	35	579	24.1
2021-22	Buffalo	34	34	1270	276	684	.404	93	253	.368	151	185	.816	37	128	165	4.9	149	71	4	67	31	796	23.4
2022-23	Syracuse	33	33	1181	228	573	.398	88	243	.362	112	137	.818	25	92	117	3.5	138	79	4	65	22	656	19.9
2023-24	Syracuse	32	30	1198	236	602	.392	115	305	.377	125	157	.796	44	102	146	4.6	114	76	6	66	16	712	22.3
Career		153	147	5604	1159	2996	.387	430	1227	.350	655	828	.791	211	538	749	4.9	629	379	20	387	149	3403	22.2

No. 18 Kate Martin
Martin played all five years at Iowa where, after her freshman season in 2019-20, she started the final 139 games of her career. The 6-0, Edwardsville, Illinois, native averaged 13.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists as a senior, and was named to the 2024 All-Big 10 second team for her efforts. She closed out her career with averages of 8.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists over 163 games.

Martin aided Iowa to a 132-37 (.781) record, four-straight NCAA Tournaments, including the past two championship games, the 2021 Sweet 16 and 2022 second round. Iowa also captured the past three Big 10 Tournament championships and the 2022 Big 10 regular season title.

KATE MARTIN CAREER COLLEGIATE STATISTICS

Season	School	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AVG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	AVG
2019-20	Iowa	24	0	202	21	64	.328	4	22	.182	12	16	.750	13	30	43	1.8	18	8	3	16	18	58	2.4
2020-21	Iowa	30	30	922	78	181	.431	28	79	.354	27	32	.844	44	88	132	4.4	120	37	9	48	67	211	7.0
2021-22	Iowa	32	32	961	86	190	.453	20	70	.286	37	50	.740	39	119	158	3.5	111	36	23	62	78	229	7.2
2022-23	Iowa	38	38	1083	100	214	.467	46	111	.414	45	54	.833	27	131	158	3.6	136	33	15	63	75	291	7.7
2023-24	Iowa	39	39	1122	185	365	.507	51	138	.370	89	103	.864	51	214	265	2.3	88	34	20	77	63	510	13.1
Career		163	139	4290	470	1014	.464	149	420	.355	210	255	.824	174	582	756	2.9	473	148	70	266	301	1299	8.0

No. 24 Elizabeth Kitley

Kitley, who missed Tech’s final four games of the 2023-24 season after tearing her ACL, capped her five-year career in Blacksburg as the ACC’s all-time leading scorer (2,709) and rebounder (1,506), while connecting on 55.2% of her field goal attempts. Kitley averaged 17.9 points and 11.4 rebounds in 151 career games, scored 20 or more points 60 times and 10 or more boards on 81 occasions with 76 double-doubles.

The 6-6 All-American from Summerfield, North Carolina, was a three-time ACC Player of the Year, four-time All-ACC first team selection, three times named to the ACC All-Defensive Team and was the 2020 ACC Rookie of the Year. During her five years in Blacksburg, the Hokies posted a 115-42 (.732) record, competed in four NCAA Tournaments, advanced to the 2023 Final Four, earned the 2023 ACC Tournament crown and the 2024 ACC regular season championship.

ELIZABETH KITLEY CAREER COLLEGIATE STATISTICS

Season	School	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AVG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	AVG
2019-20	Virginia Tech	30	30	804	154	274	.562	1	5	.200	66	99	.667	64	162	226	7.5	22	6	63	65	81	375	12.5
2020-21	Virginia Tech	25	25	890	180	339	.531	3	7	.429	92	118	.780	61	198	259	10.4	49	13	47	69	53	455	18.2
2021-22	Virginia Tech	32	32	1024	237	430	.551	1	6	.167	105	145	.724	84	231	315	9.8	48	17	77	64	65	580	18.1
2022-23	Virginia Tech	35	35	1217	260	466	.558	1	5	.200	117	162	.722	102	274	376	10.7	51	22	84	77	78	638	18.2
2023-24	Virginia Tech	29	29	995	278	500	.556	2	5	.400	103	133	.774	97	233	330	11.4	52	17	60	62	50	661	22.8
Career		151	151	4930	1109	2009	.552	8	28	.286	483	657	.735	408	1098	1506	10.0	222	75	331	337	327	2709	17.9

No. 36 Angel Jackson
A two-time SWAC Defensive Player of the Year, Jackson averaged 9.6 points and 7.0 rebounds in her two seasons at Jackson State, while blocking 171 shots in 64 games. The 6-6 center transferred to JSU after playing her first three seasons at USC.

ANGEL JACKSON CAREER COLLEGIATE STATISTICS

Season	School	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AVG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	AVG
2019-20	USC	30	3	585	87	192	.453	0	0	—	37	50	.740	40	106	146	4.9	20	6	32	40	47	211	7.0
2020-21	USC	20	12	437	63	133	.474	0	0	—	25	39	.641	10	75	85	4.3	19	22	38	26	37	151	7.6
2021-22	USC	16	4	184	27	63	.429	0	0	—	17	30	.567	16	32	48	3.0	9	5	15	14	16	71	4.4
2022-23	Jackson State	31	26	711	101	238	.424	1	2	.500	81	106	.764	54	165	219	7.1	21	11	76	59	55	284	9.2
2023-24	Jackson State	33	33	831	116	248	.468	3	6	.500	95	117	.812	74	151	225	6.8	29	30	97	44	75	330	10.0
Career		130	78	2748	394	874	.451	4	8	.500	255	342	.746	194	529	723	5.6	98	74	258	183	230	1047	8.1

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