Kysre Gondrezick, a former WNBA player currently navigating the free agent market, has been named Playboy’s Miss June 2025. The accolade makes her the first professional female basketball player to receive the Playmate title.

Gondrezick, a first-round draft pick of the Indiana Fever in the 2021 draft, last played alongside Angel Reese on the Chicago Sky.

Gondrezick views this Playboy honor not as a transition but as an evolution, allowing her to build a multidimensional brand that blends her athletic background with modeling.

And Playboy is loving her too.

“Kysre is the first current female professional basketball player to also take on the Playmate title,” they announced in an Instagram post. “Formerly a WNBA player, Kysre now works as a free agent. The two roles, she says, are not in contrast to each other.”

“What people label as a transition, I embody as evolution,” Gondrezick boasts. “I’m not stepping outside who I am. I’m building a multidimensional brand.”

Kysre Gondrezick – A WNBA first for Playboy

Kysre Gondrezick went on to note that making it in the WNBA is hard work. It’s even harder to stay there. Even harder still to find yourself on the pages of Playboy.

“Becoming a WNBA player and getting to that level, you put in a lot of work to get there,” she said. “You have to put in even more work to stay there.”

Gondrezick was waived by the Fever just one year after being the fourth overall pick in the 2021 WNBA draft. She clawed her way back onto Reese’s Sky team last season, only to be waived again.

Off the court, she maintains a glamorous social media presence and has recently joined the AU Pro Basketball league as a free agent.

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Reese wows as Victoria’s Secret angel

Speaking of Reese, Kysre Gondrezick’s former teammate might not have earned Playboy accolades yet, but she recently made history at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

Reese broke barriers as the first professional athlete angel earlier this month at the Victoria’s Secret New York runway event..

“I’ll be walking the Victoria’s Secret 2025 runway show for the first time, and it feels like destiny,” Reese said before the show. “Wings on, heels ready…Catch me on the runway.”

Could Playboy, alongside her former teammate in Kysre Gondrezick, be far behind?