All eyes were on the WNBA draft when Blair’s very own basketball standout Olivia Miles ’21 was selected by the Minnesota Lynx as the No. 2 pick for the 2026 draft. After an amazing NCAA career that saw Olivia top the rosters at Notre Dame and Texas Christian University, the jump to the WNBA is an exciting next step that has Bucs all over the world cheering her on.

During an unprecedented senior year caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Olivia graduated as a 1,000-point scorer, three-time Mid-Atlantic Prep League champion and two-time NJISAA prep “A” state champion. In 2019, Olivia represented the United States in the FIBA U16 Women’s Americas Championship. She represented her country again in 2025 during the FIBA Women’s Americup, leading in assists and helping the team to their fifth championship title.

“It is such an honor to represent your country in international competition,” Olivia shares. “Having the ‘USA’ across your chest when playing brings another level of pressure to the game, but in a good way, because you’re literally fighting for an entire nation instead of an institution or club team.”  

The point guard made her NCAA tournament debut rather special by scoring a triple-double in the Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s 89-78 win over UMass in the first round. In her first year at Notre Dame, she garnered first-team All-ACC honors, became a top-five finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award and a WBCA All-American Region I finalist, and she ranked as the No. 2 freshman women’s basketball player in the country, according to ESPN.

Olivia leaves the NCAA as a three-time AP All-American who led the NCAA in triple-doubles, finishing with 2,000 points, becoming one of just four players in NCAA history to tally at least 2,000 points, 800 rebounds and 800 assists. During an impeccable run, Olivia led the TCU Horned Frogs to an Elite Eight finish at the 2026 NCAA Tournament. Her decision to forgo the 2025 WNBA Draft last year, where she was a predicted No. 1 pick, and play one more year with the Horned Frogs was questioned by some, but today, it is a decision she is grateful to have made.

“I learned that I could be pretty resilient amongst a lot of people who were upset at me for doing so, and I think, twofold, I learned my self-worth and to bet on yourself in moments where it may seem risky or it may not work out in your favor,” Olivia says in a USA TODAY interview. “I mean, look where I’m at now. And I’m so grateful that I waited one more year, or else I wouldn’t have been (in Minnesota).”

The Blair community has loved watching Olivia’s strategic gameplay and resilient spirit at the college level, and we can’t wait to see her success mirrored in her professional career as well. To read more about Olivia’s future with the Lynx, click here.