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2001 WNBA draft
Summary
2001
WNBA draft
On April 20, 2001 the regular WNBA draft took place.
2001 WNBA draft
General information
Sport
Basketball
Date(s)
April 20, 2001
Overview
League
WNBA
First selection
Lauren Jackson
Seattle Storm
←
2000
2002
→
Draft
edit
*
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
edit
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
edit
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
edit
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
edit
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
:
^
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
See also
edit
List of first overall WNBA draft picks
References
edit
^
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
.