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Marie Gulich, Mercedes Russell and Jaime Nared selected in 2018 WNBA draft

At the start of her senior season at Oregon State last fall, Marie Gulich said she "could not have imagined" one day becoming a first-round pick in the WNBA draft.

Even after closing her OSU career with an honorable mention All-America season, she still didn't believe it. Second round, she thought.

So imagine her surprise -- and the raucous reaction from the OSU teammates gathered around her at a Corvallis watch party Thursday evening -- when Phoenix selected the 6-foot-5 German center with the 12th and final pick of the draft's first round.

"Everyone was so loud and freaking out," Gulich said in a phone interview.