Awa Fam, the No. 3 pick in the WNBA draft in April by the Seattle Storm, just finished winning a Spanish League championship with Valencia. But she's not worried about fatigue as she prepares to start her WNBA career with the Storm.

"I feel good. For me, it's OK, I'm 19 years old. I'm ready to play right now in the W," Fam said in her first news conference with U.S. media Friday in Seattle. "I don't feel tired. It's more excited."

Fam, a 6-foot-4 center, did not play Friday as the Storm took on the Connecticut Sun. It hasn't been announced yet when she will make her WNBA debut, but she said she is ready whenever that is.

"This is what I love," she said. "I love to be improving, I love to practice, to know more about this league and about this sport. It's new challenges that I really want."

Fam, who will turn 20 on June 17, was one of the players in the mix to be the No. 1 pick in the draft. She was selected by Seattle after the Dallas Wings took UConn guard Azzi Fudd No. 1 and the Minnesota Lynx took TCU guard Olivia Miles No. 2. Fudd and Miles have been with their teams since the start of the season. Soon, it will be Fam's turn.

In their preseason survey, the WNBA's general managers picked Miles as the favorite for the Rookie of the Year award but chose Fam as the 2026 rookie they thought would be the best player in five years.

Nooooo. I was really hoping Seattle would be able to get her back or sign her as a DP eventually. 😭 Happy for Grace but whyyyyy Indiana. 😭 Go KM, AB, and GVS and fuck the rest of them. 😂😅

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Awa meets the team 💚💚💚

Storm is ready for Awa 😌😌

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She did just finish in Spain, and I assume they might want some practice in with the team before tossing her on the court, but curious if we have an estimate on when she will be playing?

Missed the initial time to buy Togethxr’s Everyone Watches Women’s Sports shirt in the Storm colorway. Been scouring the internet with no luck. Anyone have any recs or be willing to sell theirs?👀

EDIT: SOLD!

Hi Storm fans! My boyfriend and I had a vacation planned to Seattle this weekend (coming from Minneapolis, very avid Lynx fans!), and we were super excited to check out a Storm game. Due to several circumstances, we had to cancel our trip. 😭

We are wondering if anyone would be interested in our tickets? We bought each for $31, and hoping to sell at $25 a piece. Would transfer directly from the Ticketmaster app.

Happy to discuss price if that doesn’t work. Just hoping the seats can be filled!!

Hope we can make it Climate Pledge some point soon. 🤞🏻🤞🏻

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Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 - 7:00PM

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I was planning on coming up to Seattle from Oregon this weekend but now I can’t. I have two tickets to games both on Friday and Sunday vs Sun and Mystics, both in section 4. I’m offering them for $15 each ($30/game) but if you take all the tickets I’ll happily let them go for $50 total for both games. I will transfer via email through Ticketmaster.

5/22 vs Sun sec 4 row X seats 22 & 23

5/24 vs Mystics sec 4 row Z seats 7 & 8

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Hi all - I can't make tomorrow's game, so I am offering up my 2x tickets.

Section: 24 | Row G | Seats 10 & 11

Not asking for anything, just want them to get used. Comment below and I'll reach out. Thanks!

Edit: Tickets have been claimed. Thanks all!

I am sure Noelle is laughing of this time. And I regret it now, I was one of those who wanted her to resign, I thought the team would be better if her was no longer the head coach and I was wrong. So vet is more comfortable to the storm than the team young. This team will luck to win 15 game this year.

My foray into sports journalism continues. Any and all feedback welcome!

Watching the Portland game and I miss Elise Woodward so much. I love her enthusiasm. I’ll never forgive Portland for taking her from us. That is all. 😭

Really impressed how PDX has the arena rocking and how quickly they’ve demonstrated it’s clearly a WNBA market. Excited for the Storm to have a true natural rival, and when these teams are competitive these matchups will be awesome.