Two of the best guards in the history of West Virginia Women’s Basketball and the two best guards of the last five years have started their journey in the WNBA. The Dallas Wings drafted JJ Quinerly in the third round in the 2025 Draft, but an injury derailed her rookie season. Jordan Harrison went undrafted in the 2026 Draft, but the Portland Fire quickly signed her. Now, as WVU searches for its new identity without Quinerly or Harrison, they search for their identity in the WNBA. Read more: JJ Quinerly and Jordan Harrison battle for WNBA roster spots.
JJ Quinerly
Quinerly defied all the odds in her rookie season by just making the active roster. Only three of the 13 players selected in the third round in 2025 made the roster, but more players are receiving opportunities as the league introduces expansion teams. She made the most of her opportunity and had several stellar games before an ACL sprain ended her rookie season.
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She averaged 6.5 points, 2.3 assists, 1.9 rebounds, and 0.9 steals in 34 games in 2025. Quinerly played 15.9 minutes per game and started 13 as a rookie. Her season-high came in the third start of her career against the Phoenix Suns. She scored 18 points, added five assists, and recorded two steals. In her first start, she scored 15 points, which started a stretch of six consecutive games scoring double-digit points.
Quinerly returned to the hardwood in the Wings’ second and final preseason game in 2026. She played 11 minutes off the bench and scored seven points, adding three rebounds, three assists, and one steal.
Dallas waived several players the day after that game, bringing them down to the required 12-player limit. It would seem that Quinerly made the roster again, despite the injury in the final part of her rookie season. Dallas hired a new head coach, Jose Fernandez, so it is intriguing to see how he plans to utilize Quinerly as she gets her feet back under her.
Jordan Harrison
Harrison went undrafted in the 2026 WNBA Draft, which was a little surprising, as she was projected as a third-round selection on a lot of mock drafts. Portland Fire, one of the two expansion teams, signed her as an undrafted free agent. Expansion teams built their inaugural rosters in the 2026 WNBA Expansion Draft by selecting 11 players from existing teams. Harrison entered a great situation as every player was new to the team and its culture, so going undrafted may have been a blessing in disguise.
Harrison came off the bench in the Fire’s first preseason game. She played 21 minutes, scoring five points with three assists, two rebounds, and one block. She played 18 minutes off the bench in the second and final preseason game. Harrison scored nine points, recorded four assists, three rebounds, and one steal.
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Starting this season, teams are required to carry a 12-player active roster according to the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The CBA also allows teams to sign up to two development players. Development players count against the active roster or salary cap limits and play in up to 12 regular-season games.
Portland has made only one roster cut, leaving 18 players on the team’s website. One player, Nika Muhl, is out for the season with a torn ACL, so they have to cut five more players and can keep up to two as development players. They still have a few players to waive, but the season starts Friday, May 8, so they should make decisions in the next couple of days.
