2001 WNBA draft

2001 WNBA draft

  • On April 20, 2001 the regular WNBA draft took place.

2001 WNBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)April 20, 2001
Overview
LeagueWNBA
First selectionLauren Jackson
Seattle Storm

Draft
* Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-WNBA Team
+ Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
Bold Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Round 1
Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team
1 Lauren Jackson ^ + F/C  Australia Seattle Storm Canberra Capitals (Australia)
2 Kelly Miller G  United States Charlotte Sting Georgia
3 Tamika Catchings ^ + [lower-alpha 1] F  United States Indiana Fever Tennessee
4 Jackie Stiles ^ + [lower-alpha 2] G  United States Portland Fire Southwest Missouri State [lower-alpha 3]
5 Ruth Riley + C  United States Miami Sol Notre Dame
6 Deanna Nolan + G/F  United States Detroit Shock Georgia
7 Svetlana Abrosimova F  Russia Minnesota Lynx Connecticut
8 Marie Ferdinand + G  United States Utah Starzz LSU
9 Coco Miller G  United States Washington Mystics Georgia
10 Katie Douglas + G/F  United States Orlando Miracle Purdue
11 Penny Taylor + F  Australia Cleveland Rockers Dandenong Rangers (Australia)
12 LaQuanda Barksdale G/F  United States Portland Fire (from New York via Minnesota)[lower-alpha 4] North Carolina
13 Kristen Veal G  Australia Phoenix Mercury Canberra Capitals (Australia)
14 Kelly Schumacher C  United States Indiana Fever (from Sacramento)[lower-alpha 5] Connecticut
15 Amanda Lassiter F  United States Houston Comets Missouri
16 Camille Cooper C  United States Los Angeles Sparks Purdue

Round 2
Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team
17 Semeka Randall G  United States Seattle Storm Tennessee
18 Tammy Sutton-Brown + C  Canada Charlotte Sting Rutgers
19 Niele Ivey G  United States Indiana Fever Notre Dame
20 Jenny Mowe C  United States Portland Fire Oregon
21 Georgia Schweitzer G/F  United States Miami Sol Duke
22 Jae Kingi G  Australia Detroit Shock Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
23 Erin Buescher G  United States Minnesota Lynx Master's
24 Michaela Pavlíčková F/C  Czech Republic Utah Starzz Denver
25 Tamara Stocks F/C  United States Washington Mystics Florida
26 Brooke Wyckoff F  United States Orlando Miracle Florida State
27 Jaynetta Saunders F  United States Cleveland Rockers Texas A&M
28 Janell Burse C  United States Minnesota Lynx (from New York via Washington)[lower-alpha 6] Tulane
29 Ilona Korstin G/F  Russia Phoenix Mercury CJM Bourges Basket (France)
30 Jackie Moore C  United States Sacramento Monarchs Long Beach State
31 Tynesha Lewis G/F  United States Houston Comets North Carolina State
32 Nicole Levandusky G  United States Los Angeles Sparks Xavier

Round 3
Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team
33 ShaRae Mansfield F  United States Houston Comets (from Seattle)[lower-alpha 7] Western Kentucky
34 Jennifer Phillips F  United States Charlotte Sting Xavier
35 Marlena Williams F  United States Indiana Fever Missouri
36 Rasheeda Clark G  United States Portland Fire Pepperdine
37 Levys Torres C  Colombia Miami Sol Florida State
38 Svetlana Volnaya G/F  Belarus Detroit Shock Virginia
39 Tombi Bell G  United States Minnesota Lynx Miami
40 Shea Ralph G/F  United States Utah Starzz Connecticut
41 Jamie Lewis G  United States Washington Mystics Ohio State
42 Jaclyn Johnson F  United States Orlando Miracle Kansas
43 Angelina Wolvert F  United States Cleveland Rockers Oregon
44 Elena Karpova F  Russia Washington Mystics (from New York)[lower-alpha 6] MBK Ružomberok (Slovakia)
45 Tere Williams F  United States Phoenix Mercury Virginia Tech
46 Maren Walseth F  United States Sacramento Monarchs Penn State
47 Shala Crawford C  United States Houston Comets Life
48 Kelley Siemon F  United States Los Angeles Sparks Notre Dame

Round 4
Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team
49 Juana Brown G  United States Seattle Storm North Carolina
50 Reshea Bristol G  United States Charlotte Sting Arizona
51 April Brown F  United States Indiana Fever LSU
52 Natasha Pointer G  United States Portland Fire Rutgers
53 Carolyn Moos C  United States Phoenix Mercury (from Miami)[lower-alpha 8] Stanford
54 Kelly Santos F  Brazil Detroit Shock Brazil
55 Megan Taylor G/F  United States Minnesota Lynx Iowa State
56 Cara Consuegra G  United States Utah Starzz Iowa
57 Taru Tuukkanen F/C  Finland New York Liberty (from Washington)[lower-alpha 6] Xavier
58 Anne Thorius G  Denmark Orlando Miracle Michigan
59 Erin Batth F/C  United States Cleveland Rockers Clemson
60 Tara Mitchem G  United States New York Liberty Southwest Missouri State
61 Megan Franza G  United States Phoenix Mercury Washington
62 Katie Smrcka-Duffy G  United States Sacramento Monarchs Georgetown
63 Kristen Clement G  United States Houston Comets Tennessee
64 Beth Record G/F  United States Los Angeles Sparks Syracuse

Notes:

  1. 2002 Rookie of the Year.
  2. 2001 Rookie of the Year.
  3. Became Missouri State in 2005.
  4. February 20, 2001: Minnesota to Portland[1] September 13, 2000: New York to Minnesota
    • Minnesota acquired a 2001 first-round pick
    • New York acquired Grace Daley
  5. April 11, 2001: Sacramento to Indiana[1]
    • Indiana acquired a first-round pick
    • Sacramento acquired Kara Wolters
  6. April 17, 2001: Three-team trade[1]
    • Minnesota acquired New York's second-round pick from Washington
    • Washington acquired a third-round pick from New York and Annie Burgess from Minnesota
    • New York acquired a fourth-round pick and Andrea Nagy from Washington
  7. May 27, 2000: Seattle to Houston[1]
    • Houston acquired a 2001 third-round pick
    • Seattle acquired the draft rights to Andrea Garner
  8. April 25, 2000: Miami to Phoenix[1]
    • Phoenix acquired a 2001 fourth-round pick
    • Miami acquired the draft rights to Shantia Owens

See also

References
  1. "2001 WNBA Draft Order". The Houston Roundball Review.
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