Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell, a 2014 Princeton High School graduate, was named Thursday afternoon as a WNBA All-Star Game starter for the first time in her career.Mitchell, a former Ohio State University star, earned her fourth WNBA All-Star Game selection in her ninth season in the league (all with Indiana).The 2026 ATT WNBA All-Star Game will be played at the United Center in Chicago on July 25. The all-star game will be televised on WCPO 9 (ABC) starting at 8:30 p.m. ET.Fans accounted for 50% of the all-star vote, while players and a media panel accounted for 25% each of the vote totals, according to ESPN.Mitchell and Fever center-forward Aliyah Boston and guard Caitlin Clark were named all-stars for a third consecutive season. All three are starters this season.Mitchell was previously named a replacement starter in 2025, a season in which she was fifth in WNBA Most Valuable Player voting.Mitchells selection as an All-Star starter occurs during a season in which she averages a career-high 21.6 points the third highest points per game average in the league this year.Mitchell leads the WNBA in double-digit games, having scored 10-plus points in all 19 games.Earlier this season, Mitchell became the second player in Fever history to reach 5,000 career points. She also moved into eighth place all-time in WNBA history for 3-pointers made.In April, Mitchell reportedly became one of the first players in league history to agree to terms on the new supermax contract distinction, according to ESPN.Mitchell, the No. 2 selection in the 2018 WNBA Draft by Indiana, became the first four-time All-American in Ohio State womens basketball history in March 2018. Mitchell completed her collegiate career as the NCAAs second all-time leading scorer with 3,402 points.Mitchell was a McDonald's All-American among several other accolades at Princeton. Mitchell helped to lead Princeton to the Division I state title in March 2014.SIGN UP: Subscribe to our high school sports newsletter ...read more read less