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Dallas Wings guard Azzi Fudd, the top pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft, will miss the rest of the season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on her right knee, the team announced Wednesday. The surgery, which the team said will address ongoing soreness in the knee, is scheduled for early next week in Connecticut.
The UConn product first experienced right knee soreness during warmups before Dallas’ game against the Golden State Valkyries on Aug. 7. The team ruled her out of that matchup “out of an abundance of caution,” per a Wings statement at the time, but she missed the next five games before Wednesday’s announcement of the season-ending procedure.
Fudd was in practice gear at the facility on Wednesday, and could be seen doing weight work on the side. The Wings’ announcement came after head coach Jose Fernandez addressed reporters following a team practice. Asked specifically about Fudd’s potential return to the lineup, Fernandez replied, “I don’t have anything new to share.”
This is not the first knee injury Fudd has experienced. She tore her right ACL and medial meniscus in college, missing the bulk of the 2023-24 season. She also suffered ACL and MCL tears in her right knee in April 2019 and missed much of her 2022-23 season because of knee injuries.
“The most important thing is her health in her return to play and her longevity,” Fernandez said on Aug. 12.
This story will be updated.
This article originally appeared in The Athletic .
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