2001 WNBA draft

Women's basketball player selection August 2023 2001 WNBA draft Basketball April 20, 2001 WNBA Lauren JacksonSeattle Storm 2000 2002 2001 WNBA draft On April 20, 2001, the regular WNBA draft took place. Key y y y y y y Draft Round 1 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 1Lauren Jackson * ^ ! F/C Seattle Storm Canberra Capitals (Australia) 2 Kelly Miller G Charlotte Sting Georgia 3Tamika Catchingsn 2002 Rookie of the Year * ^ ! F Indiana Fever Tennessee 4Jackie Stilesn 2001 Rookie of the Year + ^ G Portland Fire Southwest Missouri Staten Became Missouri State in 2005. 5Ruth Riley + ^ C Miami Sol Notre Dame 6Deanna Nolan * G/F Detroit Shock Georgia 7 Svetlana Abrosimova F Minnesota Lynx Connecticut 8Marie Ferdinand + G Utah Starzz LSU 9 Coco Miller G Washington Mystics Georgia 10 Katie Douglas * G/F Orlando Miracle Purdue 11 Penny Taylor * ^ F Cleveland Rockers Dandenong Rangers (Australia) 12 LaQuanda Barksdale G/F Portland Fire (from New York via Minnesota)February 20, 2001: Minnesota to Portland2001 WNBA Draft Order https://thehrr.com/interviews/2001_wnba_draft_order.html The Houston Roundball Review 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 North Carolina 13 Kristen Veal G Phoenix Mercury Canberra Capitals (Australia) 14 Kelly Schumacher C Indiana Fever (from Sacramento)April 11, 2001: Sacramento to Indiana Indiana acquired a first-round pick Sacramento acquired Kara Wolters Connecticut 15 Amanda Lassiter F Houston Comets Missouri 16 Camille Cooper C Los Angeles Sparks Purdue Round 2 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 17 Semeka Randall G Seattle Storm Tennessee 18Tammy Sutton-Brown + C Charlotte Sting Rutgers 19 Niele Ivey G Indiana Fever Notre Dame 20 Jenny Mowe C Portland Fire Oregon 21 Georgia Schweitzer G/F Miami Sol Duke 22 Jae Kingi G Detroit Shock Adelaide Lightning (Australia) 23 Erin Buescher G Minnesota Lynx Master's 24 Michaela Pavlíčková F/C Utah Starzz Denver 25 Tamara Stocks F/C Washington Mystics Florida 26 Brooke Wyckoff F Orlando Miracle Florida State 27 Jaynetta Saunders F Cleveland Rockers Texas A&M 28 Janell Burse C Minnesota Lynx (from New York via Washington)note_f April 17, 2001: Three-team trade 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 Tulane 29 Ilona Korstin G/F Phoenix Mercury CJM Bourges Basket (France) 30 Jackie Moore C Sacramento Monarchs Long Beach State 31 Tynesha Lewis G/F Houston Comets North Carolina State 32 Nicole Levandusky G Los Angeles Sparks Xavier Round 3 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 33 ShaRae Mansfield # F Houston Comets (from Seattle)May 27, 2000: Seattle to Houston Houston acquired a 2001 third-round pick Seattle acquired the draft rights to Andrea Garner Western Kentucky 34 Jennifer Phillips # F Charlotte Sting Xavier 35 Marlena Williams # F Indiana Fever Missouri 36 Rasheeda Clark # G Portland Fire Pepperdine 37 Levys Torres C Miami Sol Florida State 38 Svetlana Volnaya # G/F BLR 1995 Belarus Detroit Shock Virginia 39 Tombi Bell # G Minnesota Lynx Miami 40 Shea Ralph # G/F Utah Starzz Connecticut 41 Jamie Lewis # G Washington Mystics Ohio State 42 Jaclyn Johnson F Orlando Miracle Kansas 43 Angelina Wolvert F Cleveland Rockers Oregon 44 Elena Karpova # F Washington Mystics (from New York)note_f n MBK Ružomberok (Slovakia) 45 Tere Williams # F Phoenix Mercury Virginia Tech 46 Maren Walseth F Sacramento Monarchs Penn State 47 Shala Crawford # C Houston Comets Life 48 Kelley Siemon # F Los Angeles Sparks Notre Dame Round 4 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 49 Juana Brown # G Seattle Storm North Carolina 50 Reshea Bristol G Charlotte Sting Arizona 51 April Brown # F Indiana Fever LSU 52 Natasha Pointer # G Portland Fire Rutgers 53 Carolyn Moos C Phoenix Mercury (from Miami)April 25, 2000: Miami to Phoenix Phoenix acquired a 2001 fourth-round pick Miami acquired the draft rights to Shantia Owens Stanford 54 Kelly Santos F Detroit Shock Brazil 55 Megan Taylor # G/F Minnesota Lynx Iowa State 56 Cara Consuegra G Utah Starzz Iowa 57 Taru Tuukkanen # F/C New York Liberty (from Washington)note_f Xavier 58 Anne Thorius # G Orlando Miracle Michigan 59 Erin Batth # F/C Cleveland Rockers Clemson 60 Tara Mitchem # G New York Liberty Southwest Missouri State 61 Megan Franza # G Phoenix Mercury Washington 62 Katie Smrcka-Duffy # G Sacramento Monarchs Georgetown 63 Kristen Clement # G Houston Comets Tennessee 64 Beth Record # G/F Los Angeles Sparks Syracuse Notes: n See also List of first overall WNBA draft picks References http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html All-Time WNBA draft history June 4, 2008 WNBA https://web.archive.org/web/20080509153954/http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html May 9, 2008 dead Category:WNBA draft Draft