2012 WNBA draft

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2012 WNBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)April 16, 2012
Location Bristol, Connecticut
Network(s) ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
Overview
LeagueWNBA
First selection Nneka Ogwumike
Los Angeles Sparks
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The 2012 WNBA draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 16, 2012 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), with the second and third rounds shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.

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Draft lottery

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2012 draft occurred on November 10, 2011. The Los Angeles Sparks won the first pick, while the Chicago Sky, Minnesota Lynx and Tulsa Shock were awarded the second, third and fourth picks respectively. The remaining first-round picks and all the second- and third-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss records in the previous season.

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2012 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

Team 2011
record 		Lottery
chances		Pick
1st2nd3rd4th
Tulsa Shock 3–31442.442.316.181.062
Minnesota Lynx (from Was.)6–28276.276.310.270.144
Seattle Storm (from Chi.)14–20178.178.230.317.275
Los Angeles Sparks 15–19104.104.145.232.520
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.

Invited players

The WNBA announced on April 11, 2012 that 15 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges. [1]

Transactions

Source [2]

Key

*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
BoldDenotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Draft selections

Round 1

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
1 Nneka Ogwumike +Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks Stanford
2 Shekinna Stricklen Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm (from Chi.) Tennessee
3 Devereaux Peters Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Was.) Notre Dame
4 Glory Johnson +Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tulsa Shock Tennessee
5 Shenise Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Silver Stars Miami (FL)
6 Samantha Prahalis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury Ohio State
7 Kelley Cain Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty Tennessee
8 Natalie Novosel Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics (from Atl.) Notre Dame
9 Astan Dabo Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Connecticut Sun Reims Basket (France)
10 LaSondra Barrett Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics (from Sea.) LSU
11 Sasha Goodlett Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana Fever Georgia Tech
12 Damiris Dantas do Amaral Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Minnesota Lynx CD Bosco-Celta de Vigo (Spain)

Round 2

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
13 Farhiya Abdi Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Los Angeles Sparks (from Tul.) Frisco SIKA (Czech Republic)
14 Tiffany Hayes +Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Atlanta Dream (from Was.) Connecticut
15 Khadijah Rushdan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks (from Chi.) Rutgers
16 Tyra White Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks Texas A&M
17 Riquna Williams +Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tulsa Shock (from S.A.) Miami (FL)
18 Julie Wojta Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Pho.) Green Bay
19 Kayla Standish Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx (from N.Y.) Gonzaga
20 Nika Barič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Minnesota Lynx (from Atl.) Spartak Moscow (Russia)
21 Chay Shegog Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Connecticut Sun North Carolina
22 Keisha Hampton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm DePaul
23 Shey Peddy Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Sky (from Ind. via Sea.) Temple
24 C'eira Ricketts Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury (from Minn.) Arkansas

Round 3

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
25 Vicki Baugh Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tulsa Shock Tennessee
26 Anjale Barrett Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics Maryland
27 Sydney Carter Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Sky Texas A&M
28 April Sykes Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks Rutgers
29 Lynetta Kizer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tulsa Shock (from S.A.) Maryland
30 Christine Flores Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury Missouri
31 Jacki Gemelos Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx (from N.Y.) USC
32 Isabelle Yacoubou (pick later voided)Flag of France.svg  France Atlanta Dream Valencia (Spain)
33 Amanda Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury (from Conn.) Oregon
34 Courtney Hurt  [ fr ]Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana Fever (from Sea.) VCU
35 Briana Gilbreath  [ it ]Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics (from Ind.) USC
36 Katelan Redmon Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty (from Minn.) Gonzaga

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References

  1. ↑ "Top College Prospects Invited to Attend 2012 WNBA Draft" (Press release). Women's National Basketball Association. April 11, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
  2. ↑ "2011 WNBA Transactions".
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