The 2026 WNBA Draft was Monday and left former Oklahoma center Raegan Beers as one of the biggest snubs of the night after a stellar college basketball career between the Sooners and Oregon State.
Beers went undrafted in three rounds of the WNBA Draft as players she was much more productive than in college heard their names called. Beers will still likely get her chance in the WNBA with a training camp invite, but the disrespect leaves Beers having to take the hard way after she should had already earned her spot with her accomplishments in college.
Raegan Beers goes unselected in WNBA Draft despite stellar career at Oklahoma and Oregon State
After the draft, USA Today's Mitchell Northam listed Beers as one of the top three plays that went undrafted, along with Richmond forward Maggie Doogan and Indiana guard Shay Ciezki. Beers, though, is much more proven than both after two years of enduring the SEC.
Sporting News' Billy Heyen also noted Beers as "maybe the biggest name" that went undrafted while trying to explain why Beers wasn't selected. However, none of Heyen's points negate how productive Beers was against the same level talent that did get drafted Monday night.
"This comes down to lacking areas of Beers' skillset," Heyen wrote. "First off, she's just 6-foot-2 -- not incredibly tall for the WNBA despite having a very interior-based skillset. Add to that her shooting struggles -- just 24.1% from 3-point range in her college career. That doesn't pair with being an undersized frontcourt player. And Beers only shot 59.7% from the foul line in 2025-26, which doesn't leave tons of hope for improving her overall shooting output."
Beers, which OU actually listed at 6-foot-4, just finished her career with 129 total games and 104 starts between OU and Oregon State. She got to Oregon State as a consensus five-star recruit. She was Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and Sixth Player of the Year as a freshman, and All-Pac-12 First Team and Third-Team All-American as a sophomore before transferring to Oklahoma.
At OU, Beers was twice an All-American Honorable Mention and was named All-SEC First Team both seasons. She finished with 67 career double-doubles after averaging 15.8 points and 10.5 rebounds as a senior this past season and led the Sooners to back-to-back trips to the Sweet 16.
Considering Beers asserted herself as one of the best players in college basketball while competing in the toughest conference in the country, there's no reason organizations should have used specific stats or attributes to overlook what Beers actually did on the court against the same players those teams chose instead. Beers is another case of pro organizations overthinking good players that will eventually prove her draft day result wrong.
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