2001 WNBA draft

  • On April 20, 2001 the regular WNBA draft took place.
2001 WNBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)April 20, 2001
Overview
LeagueWNBA
First selectionLauren Jackson
Seattle Storm
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Draft

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* 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
Bold Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Round 1

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Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team
1 Lauren Jackson ^ + F/C   Australia Seattle Storm Canberra Capitals (Australia)
2 Kelly Miller G   United States Charlotte Sting Georgia
3 Tamika Catchings ^ + [a] F   United States Indiana Fever Tennessee
4 Jackie Stiles ^ + [b] G   United States Portland Fire Southwest Missouri State [c]
5 Ruth Riley + C   United States Miami Sol Notre Dame
6 Deanna Nolan + G/F   United States Detroit Shock Georgia
7 Svetlana Abrosimova F   Russia Minnesota Lynx Connecticut
8 Marie Ferdinand + G   United States Utah Starzz LSU
9 Coco Miller G   United States Washington Mystics Georgia
10 Katie Douglas + G/F   United States Orlando Miracle Purdue
11 Penny Taylor + F   Australia Cleveland Rockers Dandenong Rangers (Australia)
12 LaQuanda Barksdale G/F   United States Portland Fire (from New York via Minnesota)[d] North Carolina
13 Kristen Veal G   Australia Phoenix Mercury Canberra Capitals (Australia)
14 Kelly Schumacher C   United States Indiana Fever (from Sacramento)[e] Connecticut
15 Amanda Lassiter F   United States Houston Comets Missouri
16 Camille Cooper C   United States Los Angeles Sparks Purdue

Round 2

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Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team
17 Semeka Randall G   United States Seattle Storm Tennessee
18 Tammy Sutton-Brown + C   Canada Charlotte Sting Rutgers
19 Niele Ivey G   United States Indiana Fever Notre Dame
20 Jenny Mowe C   United States Portland Fire Oregon
21 Georgia Schweitzer G/F   United States Miami Sol Duke
22 Jae Kingi G   Australia Detroit Shock Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
23 Erin Buescher G   United States Minnesota Lynx Master's
24 Michaela Pavlíčková F/C   Czech Republic Utah Starzz Denver
25 Tamara Stocks F/C   United States Washington Mystics Florida
26 Brooke Wyckoff F   United States Orlando Miracle Florida State
27 Jaynetta Saunders F   United States Cleveland Rockers Texas A&M
28 Janell Burse C   United States Minnesota Lynx (from New York via Washington)[f] Tulane
29 Ilona Korstin G/F   Russia Phoenix Mercury CJM Bourges Basket (France)
30 Jackie Moore C   United States Sacramento Monarchs Long Beach State
31 Tynesha Lewis G/F   United States Houston Comets North Carolina State
32 Nicole Levandusky G   United States Los Angeles Sparks Xavier

Round 3

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Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team
33 ShaRae Mansfield F   United States Houston Comets (from Seattle)[g] Western Kentucky
34 Jennifer Phillips F   United States Charlotte Sting Xavier
35 Marlena Williams F   United States Indiana Fever Missouri
36 Rasheeda Clark G   United States Portland Fire Pepperdine
37 Levys Torres C   Colombia Miami Sol Florida State
38 Svetlana Volnaya G/F   Belarus Detroit Shock Virginia
39 Tombi Bell G   United States Minnesota Lynx Miami
40 Shea Ralph G/F   United States Utah Starzz Connecticut
41 Jamie Lewis G   United States Washington Mystics Ohio State
42 Jaclyn Johnson F   United States Orlando Miracle Kansas
43 Angelina Wolvert F   United States Cleveland Rockers Oregon
44 Elena Karpova F   Russia Washington Mystics (from New York)[f] MBK Ružomberok (Slovakia)
45 Tere Williams F   United States Phoenix Mercury Virginia Tech
46 Maren Walseth F   United States Sacramento Monarchs Penn State
47 Shala Crawford C   United States Houston Comets Life
48 Kelley Siemon F   United States Los Angeles Sparks Notre Dame

Round 4

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Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team
49 Juana Brown G   United States Seattle Storm North Carolina
50 Reshea Bristol G   United States Charlotte Sting Arizona
51 April Brown F   United States Indiana Fever LSU
52 Natasha Pointer G   United States Portland Fire Rutgers
53 Carolyn Moos C   United States Phoenix Mercury (from Miami)[h] Stanford
54 Kelly Santos F   Brazil Detroit Shock Brazil
55 Megan Taylor G/F   United States Minnesota Lynx Iowa State
56 Cara Consuegra G   United States Utah Starzz Iowa
57 Taru Tuukkanen F/C   Finland New York Liberty (from Washington)[f] Xavier
58 Anne Thorius G   Denmark Orlando Miracle Michigan
59 Erin Batth F/C   United States Cleveland Rockers Clemson
60 Tara Mitchem G   United States New York Liberty Southwest Missouri State
61 Megan Franza G   United States Phoenix Mercury Washington
62 Katie Smrcka-Duffy G   United States Sacramento Monarchs Georgetown
63 Kristen Clement G   United States Houston Comets Tennessee
64 Beth Record G/F   United States Los Angeles Sparks Syracuse

Notes:

  1. ^ 2002 Rookie of the Year.
  2. ^ 2001 Rookie of the Year.
  3. ^ Became Missouri State in 2005.
  4. ^ February 20, 2001: Minnesota to Portland[1] September 13, 2000: New York to Minnesota
    • Minnesota acquired a 2001 first-round pick
    • New York acquired Grace Daley
  5. ^ April 11, 2001: Sacramento to Indiana[1]
    • Indiana acquired a first-round pick
    • Sacramento acquired Kara Wolters
  6. ^ a b c April 17, 2001: Three-team trade[1]
    • Minnesota acquired New York's second-round pick from Washington
    • Washington acquired a third-round pick from New York and Annie Burgess from Minnesota
    • New York acquired a fourth-round pick and Andrea Nagy from Washington
  7. ^ May 27, 2000: Seattle to Houston[1]
    • Houston acquired a 2001 third-round pick
    • Seattle acquired the draft rights to Andrea Garner
  8. ^ April 25, 2000: Miami to Phoenix[1]
    • Phoenix acquired a 2001 fourth-round pick
    • Miami acquired the draft rights to Shantia Owens

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "2001 WNBA Draft Order". The Houston Roundball Review.