2007 WNBA draft

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2007 WNBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)April 4, 2007
Location Cleveland, Ohio
Network(s) ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
Overview
LeagueWNBA
Merging teams Charlotte Sting
(folded in 2006)
First selection Lindsey Harding
Minnesota Lynx
  2006
2008  

The 2007 WNBA draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league.

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A lottery was held on October 26, 2006, among the teams with the worst records in the previous season to determine the order of the top six picks in the first round of the draft. As in the NBA draft, the teams' chances were weighted so that the team with the worst record, in this case the Chicago Sky, had the best chance of receiving the top pick. The lottery was used to determine only the top two picks, with picks 3 through 6 going to the other lottery teams in inverse order of record. The Phoenix Mercury, despite having the best record of the six teams involved and thus the worst mathematical chance of winning, drew the top pick. It was the first time since the institution of the lottery for the 2002 Draft that the top pick was earned by the team with the worst mathematical chance of winning. Also for the first time, the team with the second-worst odds of earning the top pick, in this case the San Antonio Silver Stars, received the second pick. [1] The remaining first-round picks, plus all picks in the second and third rounds, are allocated in inverse order of regular-season record, without regard to playoff results (as in the NBA Draft).

The main draft was held on April 4, 2007, inside the Renaissance Hotel on Cleveland's Public Square, the day after the 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament ended. [2] This draft marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside of New Jersey.

Additionally, on January 8, 2007, the WNBA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the Charlotte Sting who folded at the end of 2006 WNBA season. [3]

Key

 !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
#Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs
BoldDenotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Draft

Round 1

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
1 Lindsey Harding (traded to Minnesota)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury Duke
2 Jessica Davenport (traded to New York) San Antonio Silver Stars Ohio State
3 Armintie Price Chicago Sky Ole Miss
4 Noelle Quinn Minnesota Lynx UCLA
5 Tiffany Jackson New York Liberty Texas
6 Bernice Mosby Washington Mystics Baylor
7 Katie Gearlds Seattle Storm Purdue
8 Ashley Shields Houston Comets Southwest Tennessee CC
9 Alison Bales Indiana Fever Duke
10 Carla Thomas Chicago Sky (from Sacramento) Vanderbilt
11 Ivory Latta + Detroit Shock North Carolina
12 Kamesha Hairston Connecticut Sun (from Los Angeles) Temple
13 Sandrine Gruda Flag of France.svg  France Connecticut Sun Valenciennes (France)

Round 2

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
14 Dee Davis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets (from Chicago) Vanderbilt
15 Shay Murphy Minnesota Lynx USC
16 Shay Doron Flag of Israel.svg  Israel New York Liberty Maryland
17 Camille Little Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Silver Stars North Carolina
18 Tyresa Smith Phoenix Mercury Delaware
19Megan Vogel # Washington Mystics South Dakota State
20 Stephanie Raymond Chicago Sky (from Seattle) Northern Illinois
21 Jessica Dickson # Chicago Sky (from Houston) South Florida
22Lyndsey Medders # Indiana Fever Iowa State
23 Brooke Smith Sacramento Monarchs Stanford
24 Kathrin Ress Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Minnesota Lynx (from Detroit) Boston College
25 Sidney Spencer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks Tennessee
26 Cori Chambers Connecticut Sun Georgia

Round 3

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
27Jenna Rubino #Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Sky DePaul
28 Leah Rush Phoenix Mercury (from Minnesota) Oklahoma
29 Martina Weber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany New York Liberty Iona
30 Nare Diawara #Flag of Mali.svg  Mali San Antonio Silver Stars Virginia Tech
31 Chrissy Givens Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury Middle Tennessee
32 Gillian Goring Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Washington Mystics North Carolina State
33Brandie Hoskins #Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm Ohio State
34 Kristen Newlin # Houston Comets Stanford
35Ashley Key # Indiana Fever North Carolina State
36Meg Bulger # Sacramento Monarchs West Virginia
37Emily Westerberg # Phoenix Mercury (from Detroit) Arizona State
38Amanda Brown #Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Los Angeles Sparks Penn State
39Kiera Hardy #Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Connecticut Sun Nebraska

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. "Phoenix Mercury Win Top Pick in 2007 WNBA Draft". WNBA. October 26, 2006. Archived from the original on January 28, 2007. Retrieved January 6, 2007.
  2. "2007 WNBA Draft to Cap Weeklong Celebration of Women's Basketball in Cleveland". WNBA. February 7, 2007. Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved March 9, 2007.
  3. "2007 Charlotte Sting Dispersal Draft Analysis". WNBA. Retrieved May 25, 2025.