2001 WNBA draft

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

Draft

 !Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
^Denotes player who has been inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
*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

Round 1

PickPlayerPositionNationalityTeamSchool / club team
1 Lauren Jackson ! ^ *F/CFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Seattle Storm Canberra Capitals (Australia)
2 Kelly Miller GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Charlotte Sting Georgia
3 Tamika Catchings ! ^ * [a] FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana Fever Tennessee
4 Jackie Stiles ^ + [b] GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Portland Fire Southwest Missouri State [c]
5 Ruth Riley ^ +CFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Miami Sol Notre Dame
6 Deanna Nolan *G/FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Detroit Shock Georgia
7 Svetlana Abrosimova FFlag of Russia.svg  Russia Minnesota Lynx Connecticut
8 Marie Ferdinand +GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Utah Starzz LSU
9 Coco Miller GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics Georgia
10 Katie Douglas *G/FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Orlando Miracle Purdue
11 Penny Taylor ^ *FFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Cleveland Rockers Dandenong Rangers (Australia)
12 LaQuanda Barksdale G/FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Portland Fire (from New York via Minnesota) [d] North Carolina
13 Kristen Veal GFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Phoenix Mercury Canberra Capitals (Australia)
14 Kelly Schumacher CFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana Fever (from Sacramento) [e] Connecticut
15 Amanda Lassiter FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets Missouri
16 Camille Cooper CFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks Purdue

Round 2

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

Round 3

PickPlayerPositionNationalityTeamSchool / club team
33 ShaRae Mansfield FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets (from Seattle) [g] Western Kentucky
34 Jennifer Phillips FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Charlotte Sting Xavier
35 Marlena Williams FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana Fever Missouri
36 Rasheeda Clark GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Portland Fire Pepperdine
37 Levys Torres CFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Miami Sol Florida State
38 Svetlana Volnaya G/FFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Detroit Shock Virginia
39 Tombi Bell GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx Miami
40 Shea Ralph G/FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Utah Starzz Connecticut
41 Jamie Lewis GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics Ohio State
42 Jaclyn Johnson FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Orlando Miracle Kansas
43 Angelina Wolvert FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Cleveland Rockers Oregon
44 Elena Karpova FFlag of Russia.svg  Russia Washington Mystics (from New York) [f] MBK Ružomberok (Slovakia)
45 Tere Williams FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury Virginia Tech
46 Maren Walseth FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sacramento Monarchs Penn State
47 Shala Crawford CFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets Life
48 Kelley Siemon FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks Notre Dame

Round 4

PickPlayerPositionNationalityTeamSchool / club team
49 Juana Brown GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm North Carolina
50 Reshea Bristol GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Charlotte Sting Arizona
51 April Brown FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana Fever LSU
52 Natasha Pointer GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Portland Fire Rutgers
53 Carolyn Moos CFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury (from Miami) [h] Stanford
54 Kelly Santos FFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Detroit Shock Brazil
55 Megan Taylor G/FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx Iowa State
56 Cara Consuegra GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Utah Starzz Iowa
57 Taru Tuukkanen F/CFlag of Finland.svg  Finland New York Liberty (from Washington) [f] Xavier
58 Anne Thorius GFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Orlando Miracle Michigan
59 Erin Batth F/CFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Cleveland Rockers Clemson
60 Tara Mitchem GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty Southwest Missouri State
61 Megan Franza GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury Washington
62 Katie Smrcka-Duffy GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sacramento Monarchs Georgetown
63 Kristen Clement GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets Tennessee
64 Beth Record G/FFlag of the United States (23px).png  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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 4 5 "2001 WNBA Draft Order". The Houston Roundball Review.
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