2009 WNBA draft

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2009 WNBA draft
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General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)December 8, 2008 – April 9, 2009
Location Secaucus, New Jersey
Network(s) ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
Overview
LeagueWNBA
Merging teams Houston Comets
(folded in 2008)
First selection Angel McCoughtry
Atlanta Dream
  2008
2010  

The 2009 WNBA draft is 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 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (in HD for the first time ever) at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at 4:00pm.

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Additionally, on December 8, 2008, the WNBA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the Houston Comets who folded at the end of 2008 WNBA season. [1] [2]

Draft lottery

A lottery was held on December 9, 2008. The Atlanta Dream received the first overall selection of upcoming 2009 draft. The Washington Mystics received the number two selection. The Chicago Sky came up with the third overall selection, followed by the Minnesota Lynx at four, the Phoenix Mercury at number five. For the first time in WNBA history, the lottery balls were chosen exactly according to odds. Some of the top draftees were Angel McCoughtry, Marissa Coleman, Kristi Toliver, and Renee Montgomery.

Transactions

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 and All-WNBA Team
+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 Angel McCoughtry *Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Atlanta Dream Louisville
2 Marissa Coleman + Washington Mystics Maryland
3 Kristi Toliver * Chicago Sky
4 Renee Montgomery + Minnesota Lynx Connecticut
5 DeWanna Bonner * Phoenix Mercury Auburn
6 Briann January + Indiana Fever Arizona State
7 Courtney Paris Sacramento Monarchs Oklahoma
8 Kia Vaughn New York Liberty Rutgers
9 Quanitra Hollingsworth Minnesota Lynx (from Los Angeles, via Washington) VCU
10 Chante Black Connecticut Sun Duke
11 Shavonte Zellous + Detroit Shock Pittsburgh
12 Ashley Walker Seattle Storm California
13 Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton Los Angeles Sparks (from San Antonio, via Atlanta) Purdue

Round 2

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
14 Megan Frazee Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Silver Stars (from Atlanta) Liberty
15 Rashanda McCants Minnesota Lynx (from Washington) North Carolina
16 Danielle Gant # Chicago Sky Texas A&M
17 Lyndra Littles # Connecticut Sun (from Minnesota) Virginia
18 Britany Miller Detroit Shock (from Phoenix, via Atlanta) Florida State
19 Christina Wirth Indiana Fever Vanderbilt
20 Whitney Boddie Sacramento Monarchs Auburn
21 Abby Waner # New York Liberty Duke
22 Ashley Paris # Los Angeles Sparks Oklahoma
23 Camille LeNoir # Washington Mystics (from Connecticut, via Minnesota) USC
24 Jelena Milovanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Washington Mystics (from Detroit) MKB Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary)
25 Shalee Lehning Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Atlanta Dream (from Seattle) Kansas State
26 Sonja Petrović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia San Antonio Silver Stars Spartak Moscow Region (Russia)

Round 3

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
27Jessica Morrow #Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Atlanta Dream Baylor
28 Josephine Owino #Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Washington Mystics Union
29 Jenifer Risper #Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Sky Vanderbilt
30 Emily Fox # Minnesota Lynx Minnesota
31Sha Brooks # Phoenix Mercury Florida
32Danielle Campbell # Indiana Fever Purdue
33 Morgan Warburton # Sacramento Monarchs Utah
34 Jessica Adair Phoenix Mercury (from New York) George Washington
35Britney Jordan # Los Angeles Sparks Texas A&M–Commerce
36 Alba Torrens #Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Connecticut Sun Real Club Celta Indepo (Spain)
37 Tanae Davis-Cain Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Detroit Shock Florida State
38Mara Freshour # Seattle Storm
39Candyce Bingham # San Antonio Silver Stars Louisville

See also

References

  1. "2008 Houston Comets Dispersal Draft Analysis". WNBA. December 8, 2008.
  2. "Defunct Houston Comets Hold Dispersal Draft". NPR . December 9, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2025.