2012 WNBA draft

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2012 WNBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)April 16, 2012
Location Bristol, Connecticut
Network(s) ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
Overview
LeagueWNBA
First selection Nneka Ogwumike
Los Angeles Sparks
  2011
2013  

The 2012 WNBA draft was 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 16, 2012, at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), with the second and third rounds shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.

Contents

Draft lottery

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2012 draft occurred on November 10, 2011. The Los Angeles Sparks won the first pick, while the Chicago Sky, Minnesota Lynx and Tulsa Shock were awarded the second, third and fourth picks respectively. The remaining first-round picks and all the second- and third-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss records in the previous season.

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2012 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

Team 2011
record
Lottery
chances
Pick
1st2nd3rd4th
Tulsa Shock 3–31442.442.316.181.062
Minnesota Lynx (from Was.)6–28276.276.310.270.144
Seattle Storm (from Chi.)14–20178.178.230.317.275
Los Angeles Sparks 15–19104.104.145.232.520
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.

Transactions

Source [1]

Draft invitees

The WNBA announced on April 11, 2012, that 15 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges. [2]

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 Nneka Ogwumike *Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks Stanford
2 Shekinna Stricklen Seattle Storm (from Chicago) Tennessee
3 Devereaux Peters Minnesota Lynx (from Washington) Notre Dame
4 Glory Johnson + Tulsa Shock Tennessee
5 Shenise Johnson San Antonio Silver Stars Miami (FL)
6 Samantha Prahalis Phoenix Mercury Ohio State
7 Kelley Cain New York Liberty Tennessee
8 Natalie Novosel Washington Mystics (from Atlanta)Notre Dame
9 Astan Dabo #Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Connecticut Sun Reims Basket (France)
10 LaSondra Barrett #Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics (from Seattle) LSU
11 Sasha Goodlett Indiana Fever Georgia Tech
12 Damiris Dantas Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Minnesota Lynx CD Bosco-Celta de Vigo (Spain)

Round 2

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
13 Farhiya Abdi Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Los Angeles Sparks (from Tulsa) Frisco SIKA (Czech Republic)
14 Tiffany Hayes *Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Atlanta Dream (from Washington) Connecticut
15 Khadijah Rushdan #Los Angeles Sparks (from Chicago) Rutgers
16 Tyra White #Los Angeles Sparks Texas A&M
17 Riquna Williams + Tulsa Shock (from San Antonio) Miami (FL)
18 Julie Wojta Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix) Green Bay
19 Kayla Standish #Minnesota Lynx (from New York) Gonzaga
20 Nika Barič #Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Minnesota Lynx (from Atlanta) Spartak Moscow (Russia)
21 Chay Shegog Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Connecticut Sun North Carolina
22 Keisha Hampton Seattle Storm DePaul
23 Shey Peddy Chicago Sky (from Indiana via Seattle) Temple
24 C'eira Ricketts # Phoenix Mercury (from Minnesota) Arkansas

Round 3

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
25 Vicki Baugh Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tulsa Shock Tennessee
26Anjale Barrett # Washington Mystics Maryland
27 Sydney Carter Chicago Sky Texas A&M
28 April Sykes Los Angeles Sparks Rutgers
29 Lynetta Kizer Tulsa Shock (from San Antonio)Maryland
30Christine Flores # Phoenix Mercury Missouri
31 Jacki Gemelos Minnesota Lynx (from New York) USC
32 Isabelle Yacoubou (pick later voided)Flag of France.svg  France Atlanta Dream Valencia (Spain)
33 Amanda Johnson #Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury (from Connecticut) Oregon
34 Courtney Hurt  [ fr ]# Indiana Fever (from Seattle) VCU
35 Briana Gilbreath Washington Mystics (from Indiana)USC
36 Katelan Redmon New York Liberty (from Minnesota) Gonzaga

See also

References

  1. "2011 WNBA Transactions".
  2. "Top College Prospects Invited to Attend 2012 WNBA Draft" (Press release). Women's National Basketball Association. April 11, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2011.