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Wings' Bueckers, Shepard Named All-Star Starters Amid Resurgent Season

Howe, Texas — Bueckers collected 1,045,051 fan votes — the most of any WNBA player this season — to earn her second consecutive All-Star start. Shepard, in her sixth year, received her first All-Star

Bree Tanaka

July 4, 20261 min read

basketball all-star - illustration, Jake Team LLC
basketball all-star - illustration, Jake Team LLC

Howe, Texas — Bueckers collected 1,045,051 fan votes — the most of any WNBA player this season — to earn her second consecutive All-Star start. Shepard, in her sixth year, received her first All-Star selection after a first-half stretch that established her as one of the league's most improved forwards.

Rookie guard Azzi Fudd also finished fourth among guards in fan balloting, reflecting the breadth of national enthusiasm around a Wings franchise that missed the playoffs a year ago before drafting Bueckers No. 1 overall.

The 2026 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game is set for July 25 in Chicago. Bueckers and Shepard become the first pair of Wings teammates to start an All-Star Game together since the franchise relocated to North Texas.

Howe, one of the smaller communities in the DFW sports footprint, still feels the impact of the region's professional sports storylines.

Sources: OurSports Central, ESPN, CBS News Texas.

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Bree Tanaka

Bree Tanaka covers weather, the outdoors, and seasonal life in and around Howe.

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