2009 WNBA draft

2009 meeting of WNBA teams to select players August 2023 2009 WNBA draft 2009WNBADraft.jpg Basketball December 8, 2008 – April 9, 2009 Secaucus, New Jersey ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU WNBA Angel McCoughtryAtlanta Dream Houston Comets (folded in 2008) 2008 2010 The 2009 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (in HD for the first time ever) at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at 4:00pm. Additionally, on December 8, 2008, the WNBA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the Houston Comets who folded at the end of 2008 WNBA season.2008 Houston Comets Dispersal Draft Analysis https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/comets_dispersal_analysis_081208.html WNBA December 8, 2008Defunct Houston Comets Hold Dispersal Draft https://www.npr.org/2008/12/09/97992281/defunct-houston-comets-hold-dispersal-draft NPR December 9, 2008 May 25, 2025 Some of the top draftees were Angel McCoughtry, Marissa Coleman, Kristi Toliver, Renee Montgomery, and DeWanna Bonner. As of 2026, Bonner is the only remaining active WNBA player in this draft, as well as the last remaining WNBA player drafted in the 2000s. Draft lottery A lottery was held on December 9, 2008. The Atlanta Dream received the first overall selection of upcoming 2009 draft. The Washington Mystics received the number two selection. The Chicago Sky came up with the third overall selection, followed by the Minnesota Lynx at four, the Phoenix Mercury at number five. For the first time in WNBA history, the lottery balls were chosen exactly according to odds. Transactions The Washington Mystics received the first-round pick from the Los Angeles Sparks. The Atlanta Dream received the first-round pick from the San Antonio Silver Stars. The San Antonio Silver Stars received the second-round pick from the Atlanta Dream. The Connecticut Sun and the Minnesota Lynx had rights to swap second-round picks. The Washington Mystics received the second-round pick from the Detroit Shock. The Atlanta Dream received the second-round pick from the Seattle Storm. The Phoenix Mercury received the third-round pick from the New York Liberty. The Minnesota Lynx received the first-round and second-round pick from the Washington Mystics The Detroit Shock received the second-round pick from the Atlanta Dream. Key y y y y y y Draft Round 1 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 1Angel McCoughtry * Atlanta Dream Louisville 2Marissa Coleman + Washington Mystics Maryland 3Kristi Toliver * Chicago Sky 4Renee Montgomery + Minnesota Lynx Connecticut 5DeWanna Bonner * Phoenix Mercury Auburn 6Briann January + Indiana Fever Arizona State 7 Courtney Paris Sacramento Monarchs Oklahoma 8 Kia Vaughn New York Liberty Rutgers 9 Quanitra Hollingsworth Minnesota Lynx (from Los Angeles, via Washington) VCU 10 Chante Black Connecticut Sun Duke 11Shavonte Zellous + Detroit Shock Pittsburgh 12 Ashley Walker Seattle Storm California 13 Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton Los Angeles Sparks (from San Antonio, via Atlanta)April 9, 2008: San Antonio to AtlantaSan Antonio Acquires Ann Wauters, Morenike Atunrase In Draft Day Trade With Atlanta https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/stars/news/draft_recap_080409.html WNBA June 28, 2025 San Antonio acquired Ann Wauters, Morenike Atunrase, and a 2009 second round draft pick Atlanta acquired Camille Little, Chioma Nnamaka, and a 2009 first round draft pick SANATL lower-alpha Purdue Round 2 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 14 Megan Frazee San Antonio Silver Stars (from Atlanta)SANATL lower-alpha Liberty 15 Rashanda McCants Minnesota Lynx (from Washington) North Carolina 16 Danielle Gant # Chicago Sky Texas A&M 17 Lyndra Littles # Connecticut Sun (from Minnesota) Virginia 18 Britany Miller Detroit Shock (from Phoenix, via Atlanta) Florida State 19 Christina Wirth Indiana Fever Vanderbilt 20 Whitney Boddie Sacramento Monarchs Auburn 21 Abby Waner # New York Liberty Duke 22 Ashley Paris # Los Angeles Sparks Oklahoma 23 Camille LeNoir # Washington Mystics (from Connecticut, via Minnesota) USC 24 Jelena Milovanović Washington Mystics (from Detroit) MKB Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary) 25 Shalee Lehning Atlanta Dream (from Seattle) Kansas State 26 Sonja Petrović San Antonio Silver Stars Spartak Moscow Region (Russia) Round 3 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 27 Jessica Morrow # Atlanta Dream Baylor 28 Josephine Owino # Washington Mystics Union 29 Jenifer Risper # Chicago Sky Vanderbilt 30 Emily Fox # Minnesota Lynx Minnesota 31 Sha Brooks # Phoenix Mercury Florida 32 Danielle Campbell # Indiana Fever Purdue 33 Morgan Warburton # Sacramento Monarchs Utah 34 Jessica Adair Phoenix Mercury (from New York) George Washington 35 Britney Jordan # Los Angeles Sparks Texas A&M–Commerce 36 Alba Torrens # Connecticut Sun Real Club Celta Indepo (Spain) 37 Tanae Davis-Cain Detroit Shock Florida State 38 Mara Freshour # Seattle Storm 39 Candyce Bingham # San Antonio Silver Stars Louisville Footnotes lower-alpha External links Lynx trade Harding, the 23rd overall in 2009, and 2010 second round pick to the Mystics for the 9th and 15th overall picks in 2009 2009 WNBA Draft Board See also List of first overall WNBA draft picks References http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html All-Time WNBA draft history WNBA November 16, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012083033/http://wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html October 12, 2008 dead Category:WNBA draft Draft