2010 WNBA dispersal draft

2010 WNBA dispersal draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date	December 14, 2009
Overview
League	WNBA
Merging teams	Sacramento Monarchs (folded in 2009)
First selection	Nicole Powell New York Liberty
←  2009

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held their fifth dispersal draft on December 14, 2009.

This dispersal draft re-assigned players from the Sacramento Monarchs who folded in November 2009, prior to the start of the 2010 WNBA season. ^{[1] [2]} The remaining twelve active teams in the WNBA each selected one player from the 2009 Monarchs roster in the one-round draft. ^[3] Teams drafted in inverse order of their 2009 regular season finish. ^[4] All Monarchs players were available except for unrestricted free agents, Kara Lawson, Ticha Penicheiro, and Hamchetou Maiga-Ba. ^[5]

Key

Pos.	G	F	C
Position	Guard	Forward	Center

+	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game

Draft

The following players were drafted from the roster of the Sacramento Monarchs:

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	New team
1	Nicole Powell +	G/F	United States	New York Liberty
2	Rebekkah Brunson +	F		Minnesota Lynx
3	DeMya Walker +	F		Connecticut Sun
4	Courtney Paris	C		Chicago Sky
5	Laura Harper	F/C		San Antonio Silver Stars
6	Kristin Haynie	G		Washington Mystics
7	Scholanda Robinson	G		Tulsa Shock
8	No selection	–	–	Los Angeles Sparks
9		–	–	Atlanta Dream
10	Chelsea Newton	G	United States	Seattle Storm
11	No selection	–	–	Indiana Fever
12		–	–	Phoenix Mercury

References

1. "WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs fold". Bay Area News Group. November 20, 2009.
2. "Sun pick up F DeMya Walker in dispersal draft". ESPN . December 14, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
3. "2010 WNBA Draft Overview". The Best Sports Blog. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
4. "Sacramento Monarchs Dispersal Draft Analysis". WNBA. December 14, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
5. "Liberty draft Powell first overall". ESPN . December 14, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2025.