Four prospects join Paige Bueckers for training camp
After selecting Paige Bueckers first overall in the 2025 WNBA Draft, the Dallas Wings rounded out their draft night by selecting Aziaha James (12th overall), Madison Scott (14th overall), JJ Quinerly (27th overall), and Aaronette Vonleh (31st overall). All four players will report to training camp, where they will compete for potential roster spots with the Wings.
Aziaha James is a 5’9 guard out of NC State. Last year, she averaged a career-high 17.9 points per game on 44.5/33.3/75 shooting splits. James is a scoring guard who prefers to operate away from the rim. In 2024-2025, she shot 50% on pull-up twos, 30.6% on pull-up threes, and 34% on catch-and-shoot threes. She is comfortable creating her own shot and profiles nicely as a microwave bench scorer in the WNBA. There are a lot of similarities in her game to Wings star Arike Ogunbowale.
Madison Scott played five years at Ole Miss, where she was named to the All-SEC team three times. The 6’2 forward averaged 11.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 3.7 assists over her college career. Scott is a prodigious defender, with a plus wingspan and excellent athleticism. She is a two-time SEC All-Defensive honoree and averaged 1.9 stocks (steals plus blocks) at Ole Miss. Offensively, Scott is a solid mid-range shooter and playmaker and should be able to do enough on that end to make the Wings’ roster and is a good upside bet at pick 14.
The Wings went with yet another guard at pick 27 with Ja’Naiya “JJ” Quinerly. Quinerly is undersized at 5’8, but she compensates for that with electric speed and athleticism. During her four-year career at West Virginia, she averaged 16 points and 2.6 steals per game. Last year, she upped her scoring average to a career-high 20 points per contest. Quinerly is a walking bucket in transition and lives at the rim. Per CBB Analytics, she was in the 99th percentile in Division-I in paint points per game last season. Quinerly is also comfortable in the mid-range and takes enough threes to keep the defense honest. After a career-high 34% from three on 4.8 attempts per game as a junior, Quinerly dropped to 31% on five attempts last year. Defensively, Quinerly is one of the best point-of-attack defenders in this draft class. The Wings have a ton of guards going into training camp, but Quinerly could force the issue and find her way onto the roster.
To close out the night, the Wings selected Baylor center Aaronette Vonleh with the 31st pick. Vonleh, the younger sister of former NBA big Noah Vonleh, is a traditional big in every sense of the word. Volneh began her career at Arizona, where she played for a year before transferring to Colorado; she played two seasons there before finishing her career at Baylor. The 6’3 big is a solid scorer and interior presence, but she has no jump shot to speak of and, like most third-round picks, faces an uphill battle to make a WNBA team. She’ll look to have a solid training camp and prove she belongs in the league.