2015 WNBA draft

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2015 WNBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)16 April
Location Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
Network(s) ESPN2, ESPNU
Overview
LeagueWNBA
First selection Jewell Loyd
Seattle Storm
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The 2015 WNBA draft was the league's draft for the 2015 WNBA season. The Seattle Storm picked first.

Contents

This year's draft was unusual in that two players with remaining college eligibility declared for the draft—Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame, who had one year of eligibility remaining, and Amanda Zahui B. of Minnesota, with two years remaining. Both players were draft-eligible by virtue of their births in 1993; under current draft rules, players who turn 22 in the calendar year of the draft can declare themselves eligible even if they have not completed college eligibility. [1] Before this season, only two players with remaining college eligibility had ever entered the WNBA draft, and only one of these did so before her fourth college season (Kelsey Bone in 2012). [2]

Draft lottery

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2015 draft occurred on August 21, 2014. The team that would get the first pick would be the winner of the lottery. [3]

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2015 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

Team 2014
record 		Lottery win
chances		Pick
1st2nd3rd4th
Seattle Storm 12-22359
Tulsa Shock 12-22359
Connecticut Sun 13-21178
Connecticut Sun (from New York Liberty)15-19104
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.

Invited players

The WNBA announced on April 13, 2015 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges. [4]

Key

*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
BoldDenotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Draft selections

Jewell Loyd was selected 1st overall by the Seattle Storm. Jewell Loyd 2024 (cropped).jpg
Jewell Loyd was selected 1st overall by the Seattle Storm.
Elizabeth Williams was selected 4th overall by the Connecticut Sun. Elizabeth Olatayo Williams 1 Fenerbahce Women's Basketball 20191031 (1).jpg
Elizabeth Williams was selected 4th overall by the Connecticut Sun.
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus was selected 5th overall by the Chicago Sky. 230523 Lynx Dreaml JohnMc55.jpg
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus was selected 5th overall by the Chicago Sky.
Dearica Hamby was selected 6th overall by the San Antonio Stars. Dearica Hamby 2024 (cropped).jpg
Dearica Hamby was selected 6th overall by the San Antonio Stars.
Natasha Cloud was selected 15th overall by the Washington Mystics. Natasha Cloud 2024 (cropped).jpg
Natasha Cloud was selected 15th overall by the Washington Mystics.
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton was selected 17th overall by the Chicago Sky. Betnijah Laney 2023.jpg
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton was selected 17th overall by the Chicago Sky.

Round 1

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
1 Jewell Loyd *Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm Notre Dame
2 Amanda Zahui B. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Tulsa Shock Minnesota
3 Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm (from Conn.) [a] Connecticut
4 Elizabeth Williams +Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Connecticut Sun (from N.Y.) Duke
5 Cheyenne Parker +Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Sky Middle Tennessee
6 Dearica Hamby +Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Stars (from Ind.) [b] Wake Forest
7 Crystal Bradford Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks Central Michigan
8 Ally Malott Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics Dayton
9 Brittany Boyd Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty (from S.A.) California
10 Samantha Logic Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Atlanta Dream Iowa
11 Kiah Stokes Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty (from Min.) Connecticut
12 Isabelle Harrison Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury [7] Tennessee

Round 2

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
13 Brianna Kiesel Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tulsa Shock Pittsburgh
14 Cierra Burdick Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks (through Sea.) Tennessee
15 Natasha Cloud Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics (through Conn./Sea.) Saint Joseph's
16 Reshanda Gray Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx (from N.Y.) California
17 Betnijah Laney +Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Sky Rutgers
18 Alex Harden Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury (through Ind.) Wichita State
19 Brittany Hrynko Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Connecticut Sun (through L.A.; traded to Atl.) DePaul
20 Vicky McIntyre Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm (through Was.) Oral Roberts
21 Chelsea Gardner Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana Fever (from S.A.) Kansas
22 Aleighsa Welch Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Sky (through Atl.) South Carolina
23 Amber Orrange Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty (from Min.) Stanford
24 Žofia Hruščáková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Phoenix Mercury Good Angels Košice (Slovakia)

Round 3

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
25 Mimi Mungedi Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Tulsa Shock Nevada
26 Nneka Enemkpali Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm Texas
27 Laurin Mincy Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty (through Conn.) Maryland
28 Michala Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty (from Minn.) Wisconsin
29 Ariel Massengale Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Atlanta Dream Tennessee
30 Dragana Stanković Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia San Antonio Stars (from Ind.) UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary)
31 Andrea Hoover Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks Dayton
32 Marica Gajić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Washington Mystics ŽKK Celje (Slovenia)
33 Nikki Moody Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Stars Iowa State
34 Lauren Okafor Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Atlanta Dream James Madison
35 Shae Kelley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx (from N.Y.) Minnesota
36 Promise Amukamara Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Phoenix Mercury Arizona State

See also

References

  1. ↑ Feinberg, Doug (April 15, 2015). "Jewell Loyd, Amanda Zahui B. shake up WNBA draft". The Denver Post . Associated Press . Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ Morris, Benjamin (April 27, 2015). "Women's College Basketball Is Better Than Men's". FiveThirtyEight . Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ Seattle Storm win WNBA draft lottery, secure No. 1 pick - ESPN
  4. ↑ "Loyd, Mosqueda-Lewis Headline List of Top College Prospects to Attend WNBA Draft 2015 Presented by State Farm" (Press release). WNBA. April 13, 2015. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Seattle Storm 2015 Team Transactions". ESPN . ESPN. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ Fever Acquire Shenise Johnson From Stars
  7. ↑ WNBA.com: Seattle Storm Win Top Pick in 2015 WNBA Draft Presented by State Farm
  1. ↑ The Storm traded Camille Little and Shekinna Stricklen to Connecticut for the 3rd and 15th picks in this draft. [5]
  2. ↑ The Stars traded Shenise Johnson and their second-round pick to Indiana for the first- and third-round picks in this draft. [6]
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