2005 WNBA draft

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2005 WNBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)April 16, 2005
Location Secaucus, New Jersey
Network(s) ESPN2
Overview
LeagueWNBA
First selection Janel McCarville
Charlotte Sting
  2004
2006  

The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The 2005 edition was the ninth in the WNBA's history.

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2005 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
xDenotes player who has been selected for at least one All-WNBA Team
#Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs
BoldDenotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Round 1

PickPlayerPositionNationalityTeamSchool / club team
1 Janel McCarville CFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Charlotte Sting Minnesota
2 Tan White GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana Fever Mississippi State
3 Sandora Irvin FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury TCU
4 Kendra Wecker FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Silver Stars Kansas State
5 Sancho Lyttle +CFlag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Houston Comets Houston
6 Temeka Johnson GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics LSU
7 Kara Braxton +FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Detroit Shock Georgia
8 Katie Feenstra (traded to San Antonio)CFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Connecticut Sun Liberty
9 Kristin Haynie [a] GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sacramento Monarchs Michigan State
10 Loree Moore GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty Tennessee
11 Kristen Mann FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx UC Santa Barbara
12 Tanisha Wright GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm Penn State
13Dionnah Jackson #FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Detroit Shock (from Los Angeles via Washington) Oklahoma

Notes:

  1. Haynie became the first person to play in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship game (with Michigan State) and the WNBA Finals (with the Sacramento Monarchs) in the same calendar year.[ citation needed ]

Round 2

PickPlayerPositionNationalityTeamSchool / club team
14 Shyra Ely FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Silver Stars Tennessee
15 Roneeka Hodges GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets Florida State
16 Yolanda Paige GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana Fever West Virginia
17 Jacqueline Batteast FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Charlotte) Notre Dame
18 Angelina Williams FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury Illinois
19Erica Taylor #GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics Louisiana Tech
20Nikita Bell #F/GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Detroit Shock North Carolina
21 Erin Phillips GFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Connecticut Sun Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
22 Chelsea Newton GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sacramento Monarchs Rutgers
23Tabitha Pool #FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty Michigan
24 Jessica Moore CFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Charlotte Sting Connecticut
25 Ashley Battle FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm Connecticut
26DeeDee Wheeler #GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks Arizona

Round 3

PickPlayerPositionNationalityTeamSchool / club team
27 Cathrine Kraayeveld FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Silver Stars Oregon
28 Jenni Dant #GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets DePaul
29 Ashley Earley #G/FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana Fever Vanderbilt
30Anne O'Neil #GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sacramento Monarchs Iowa State
31 Jamie Carey GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury Texas
32Tashia Morehead #FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics Florida
33Jenni Lingor #GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Detroit Shock Southwest Missouri State
34 Megan Mahoney FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Connecticut Sun Kansas State
35 Cisti Greenwalt CFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sacramento Monarchs Texas Tech
36Rebecca Richman #CFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty Rutgers
37Monique Bivins #GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx Alabama
38Steffanie Blackmon #FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm Baylor
39Heather Schreiber #FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks Texas

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