For the past five or six years of her life, A'ja Wilson has never not been the next big thing.
From being the nation's top women's basketball recruit as a high school senior, to a three-time All-American to the national player of the year this past season, the former South Carolina star has been a star on the rise for quite some time now, and she took the next step in that rise Thursday, getting drafted No. 1 overall in the WNBA by the Las Vegas Aces.
Thursday's draft, televised on ESPN2, capped off a whirlwind day in a whirlwind stretch for Wilson.