2001 WNBA draft

2001 WNBA draft
2001 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	April 20, 2001
Übersicht
League	WNBA
First selection	Lauren Jackson; Seattle Storm
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2001 WNBA draft

On April 20, 2001 the regular WNBA draft took place.

Draft

*	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
Kühn	Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Round 1

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

Round 2

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

Round 3

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

Round 4

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

Notes:

^ 2002 Rookie of the Year.
^ 2001 Rookie of the Year.
^ Became Missouri State in 2005.
^
February 20, 2001: Minnesota to Portland^[1]
- Portland acquired Kristin Folkl and New York's first-round pick
- Minnesota acquired Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp
September 13, 2000: New York to Minnesota
- Minnesota acquired a 2001 first-round pick
- New York acquired Grace Daley
^
April 11, 2001: Sacramento to Indiana^[1]
- Indiana acquired a first-round pick
- Sacramento acquired Kara Wolters
^ ^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
^
May 27, 2000: Seattle to Houston^[1]
- Houston acquired a 2001 third-round pick
- Seattle acquired the draft rights to Andrea Garner
^
April 25, 2000: Miami to Phoenix^[1]
- Phoenix acquired a 2001 fourth-round pick
- Miami acquired the draft rights to Shantia Owens

References

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

"All-Time WNBA draft history". WNBA. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2008.

[1] 2002 Rookie of the Year.

[2] 2001 Rookie of the Year.

[3] Became Missouri State in 2005.

[5] February 20, 2001: Minnesota to Portland^[1]
Portland acquired Kristin Folkl and New York's first-round pick

Minnesota acquired Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp
September 13, 2000: New York to Minnesota
Minnesota acquired a 2001 first-round pick

New York acquired Grace Daley

[5] Portland acquired Kristin Folkl and New York's first-round pick

[6] Minnesota acquired Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp

[7] Minnesota acquired a 2001 first-round pick

[8] New York acquired Grace Daley

[6] April 11, 2001: Sacramento to Indiana^[1]
Indiana acquired a first-round pick

Sacramento acquired Kara Wolters

[10] Indiana acquired a first-round pick

[11] Sacramento acquired Kara Wolters

[note_f-7] 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

[13] Minnesota acquired New York's second-round pick from Washington

[14] Washington acquired a third-round pick from New York and Annie Burgess from Minnesota

[15] New York acquired a fourth-round pick and Andrea Nagy from Washington

[8] May 27, 2000: Seattle to Houston^[1]
Houston acquired a 2001 third-round pick

Seattle acquired the draft rights to Andrea Garner

[17] Houston acquired a 2001 third-round pick

[18] Seattle acquired the draft rights to Andrea Garner

[9] April 25, 2000: Miami to Phoenix^[1]
Phoenix acquired a 2001 fourth-round pick

Miami acquired the draft rights to Shantia Owens

[20] Phoenix acquired a 2001 fourth-round pick

[21] Miami acquired the draft rights to Shantia Owens

[hrr-4] "2001 WNBA Draft Order". The Houston Roundball Review.

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v t e 2001 WNBA draft
First round	Lauren Jackson Kelly Miller Tamika Catchings Jackie Stiles Ruth Riley Deanna Nolan Svetlana Abrosimova Marie Ferdinand-Harris Coco Miller Katie Douglas Penny Taylor LaQuanda Barksdale Kristen Veal Kelly Schumacher Amanda Lassiter Camille Cooper
Second round	Semeka Randall Tammy Sutton-Brown Niele Ivey Jenny Mowe Georgia Schweitzer Jae Kingi-Cross Erin Buescher Michaela Pavlíčková Tamara Stocks Brooke Wyckoff Jaynetta Saunders Janell Burse Ilona Korstin Jackie Moore Tynesha Lewis Nicole Levandusky

v t e 2001 WNBA season by team
Draft All-Star Game Championship Playoffs
Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock Indiana Fever Miami Sol New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Portland Fire Sacramento Monarchs Seattle Storm Utah Starzz
← 2000 WNBA season 2002 →

Draft

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

See also

References