As has been the case for the last three seasons, the WNBA and WNBPA have modified the draft rules to more easily facilitate the process of players who have spent four years in college, but have at least one more season of college eligibility, making their decisions clear well in advance of the draft. After being very loose in 2022 and publishing the names of all players who submitted their entries, regardless of whether they were actually eligible for the draft or if they had no collegiate eligibility to renounce, the league did add more wording to their instructions in 2023. Now players who are automatically eligible are still encouraged to submit their names. As of nine hours before the draft, the league still has not released a final list, so this breakdown will be of their 4/4 list and this will be updated if there is enough time to do so before the draft. The final list would include players who were still playing at the time of the earlier list and possibly a few additional players to declare and some withdrawls.
Players with remaining college eligibility
We know that more players in exist in this category because they have been invited to show up in person for the event, including some of the biggest names. In terms of players who actually needed to go through this process, this will be a fairly short list like last year.
| Cameron Brink | Stanford |
| Dre’Una Edwards | Baylor |
| Derin Erdogan | Northeastern |
| Angel Reese | LSU |
| Charlotte Whittaker | Colorado |
| Desi-Rae Young | UNLV |
Players who exhausted college eligibility
| Shalexxus Aaron | Houston |
| Brinae Alexander | Maryland |
| Jillian Archer | St. John’s |
| Erynn Barnum | Mississippi State |
| Sara Bejedi | Florida State |
| Grace Berg | Drake |
| Aijha Blackwell | Baylor |
| Daisha Bradford | Louisiana Monroe |
| Zippy Broughton | Florida |
| Kassondra Brown | Rutgers |
| Kennedy Brown | Duke |
| Jakia Brown-Turner | Maryland |
| Sam Brunelle | Virginia |
| Jacinta Buckley | Eastern Washington |
| Jessika Carter | Mississippi State |
| Leilani Correa | Florida |
| Makayla Daniels | Arkansas |
| A’Jah Davis | Seton Hall |
| Domonique Davis | Southern Mississippi |
| Kaitlyn Davis | USC |
| Marquesha Davis | Ole Miss |
| Unique Drake | St. John’s |
| Faith Dut | Florida |
| Dyaisha Fair | Syracuse |
| McKenzie Forbes | USC |
| Zakiyah Franklin | Kansas |
| Katia Gallegos | Tulsa |
| Shaylee Gonzales | Texas |
| Gabby Gregory | Kansas State |
| Madison Griggs | Memphis |
| Lauren Hansen | Michigan |
| Dayshanette Harris | Clemson |
| Amari Heard | Savannah State |
| Camille Hobby | Illinois |
| Mackenzie Holmes | Indiana |
| Abbey Hsu | Columbia |
| Rita Igbokwe | Ole Miss |
| Angel Jackson | Jackson State |
| Rickea Jackson | Tennessee |
| Taiyanna Jackson | Kansas |
| Kiki Jefferson | Louisville |
| Hannah Jump | Stanford |
| Holly Kersgieter | Kansas |
| Jordan King | Marquette |
| Elizabeth Kitley | Virginia Tech |
| Ny Langley | Virginia Union |
| Jada Lewis | San Diego State |
| Esmery Martinez | Arizona |
| Brynna Maxwell | Gonzaga |
| Leilani McIntosh | California |
| Danae McNeal | East Carolina |
| Rebeka Mikulášiková | Ohio State |
| Quay Miller | Colorado |
| Javyn Nicholson | Georgia |
| Charisma Osborne | UCLA |
| Lauren Park-Lane | Mississippi State |
| Taiyier Parks | Ohio State |
| Anaya Peoples | DePaul |
| Alissa Pili | Utah |
| Chanaya Pinto | Penn State |
| Jasmine Powell | Tennessee |
| Abby Prohaska | San Diego State |
| Nina Rickards | Louisville |
| Amari Robinson | Clemson |
| Klarke Sconiers | Delaware |
| Honesty Scott-Grayson | Auburn |
| Jacy Sheldon | Ohio State |
| Jaz Shelley | Nebraska |
| Jaylyn Sherrod | Colorado |
| Anne Simon | Maine |
| Tyia Singleton | Ole Miss |
| Camryn Taylor | Virginia |
| Celeste Taylor | Ohio State |
| Sydney Taylor | Louisville |
| Taniyah Thompson | Georgia |
| Kayleigh Truong | Gonzaga |
| Kaylynne Truong | Gonzaga |
| Alexis Tucker | Florida State |
| Antwainette Walker | Eastern Kentucky |
| Chloe Webb | California Baptist |
| Savannah Weeler | Middle Tennessee State |
| Tiara Young | SMU |
Unclear
It is pretty unlikely that Kamryn Lemon would be able to play an additional season, but stranger things have happened and she has certainly had an unusual career path. Lemon started her career with seasons at Highland and Odessa at the junior college level in 2017-18 and 2018-19, constituting her first two years of eligibility. She then transferred to Oklahoma, but left the team early in the campaign. That season may have already been one granting her a redshirt, but if not, an appeal would at least have some chance. She played briefly for Long Beach State in the 2020-21 season, but any action that year did not count towards eligibility. She was not rostered anywhere in 2021-22 or 2022-23 so at least one conventional redshirt could be applied while again there could be grounds for additional time. She then returned to action this past season with Texas Permian Basin as the leading scorer of a team that made it to the NCAA DII tournament.
| Kamryn Lemon | Texas Permian Basin |
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