2008 WNBA draft

2008 meeting of WNBA teams to select players August 2023 2008 WNBA draft Basketball April 9, 2008 Tampa, Florida ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU WNBA Atlanta Dream Candace ParkerLos Angeles Sparks 2007 2009 The WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which Women's National Basketball Association teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The 2008 draft was held on April 9. A lottery was held on October 23, 2007. The Los Angeles Sparks received the first overall selection of the upcoming 2008 draft. The Chicago Sky received the number two selection. The Minnesota Lynx came up with the third overall selection, followed by the Atlanta Dream expansion franchise at four, the Houston Comets at number five, and the Washington Mystics at number six. Some of the top draftees were Candace Parker, Sylvia Fowles, Candice Wiggins, Crystal Langhorne, and Tasha Humphrey. Top pick Candace Parker went on to become the first WNBA player to be the league's Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season. Fourth pick Alexis Hornbuckle became the first person to win a national championship in college (with the University of Tennessee) and a WNBA title (with the Detroit Shock) in the same calendar year. A separate expansion draft for the Atlanta Dream took place on February 6, 2008.Atlanta Dream Build Inaugural Roster With 13 Picks In 2008 Expansion Draft https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/dream/expansiondraft_080206.html WNBA June 28, 2025 Transactions List of 2008 WNBA season transactions The Detroit Shock held the eleventh pick in round one as part of the Katie Feenstra/Ruth Riley trade in February 2007. The San Antonio Silver Stars held the twenty-first pick as part of 2007 WNBA draft trade with the New York Liberty that involved Becky Hammon. On February 6, 2008, the Atlanta Dream traded the number four pick to the Seattle Storm along with Roneeka Hodges for the eighth pick and Iziane Castro Marques. On February 6, 2008, the Atlanta Dream traded the eighteenth pick and LaToya Thomas to the Detroit Shock for Ivory Latta. On February 19, 2008, the Seattle Storm traded the fourth pick to the Detroit Shock for Swin Cash. On February 19, 2008, the Connecticut Sun acquired the Indiana Fever's twelfth overall pick in a Tamika Whitmore/Katie Douglas trade. Key y y y y y y Draft Round 1 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 1Candace Parker * Los Angeles Sparks Tennessee 2Sylvia Fowles * ^ ! Chicago Sky LSU 3 Candice Wiggins Minnesota Lynx Stanford 4 Alexis Hornbuckle Detroit Shock (from Atlanta, via Seattle)February 6, 2008: Atlanta to Seattle Atlanta acquired Iziane Castro Marques and the 2008 No. 8 draft pick Seattle acquired Roneeka Hodges and the 2008 No. 4 draft pick ATLSEA lower-alphaFebruary 19, 2008: Seattle to DetroitStorm acquires Swin Cash from Detroit Shock https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/storm/storm-acquires-swin-cash-from-detroit-shock/ The Seattle Times February 19, 2008 June 28, 2025 Seattle acquired Swin Cash Detroit acquired the 2008 No. 4 draft pick SEADET lower-alpha Tennessee 5 Matee Ajavon Houston Comets Rutgers 6 Crystal Langhorne * Washington Mystics Maryland 7 Essence Carson + New York Liberty Rutgers 8 Tamera Young Atlanta Dream (from Seattle)ATLSEA lower-alpha James Madison 9 Amber Holt Connecticut Sun Middle Tennessee 10 Laura Harper Sacramento Monarchs Maryland 11 Tasha Humphrey Detroit Shock (from San Antonio) Georgia 12 Ketia Swanier Connecticut Sun (from Indiana) Connecticut 13 LaToya Pringle Phoenix Mercury North Carolina 14 Erlana Larkins New York Liberty (from Detroit) Round 2 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 15 Shannon Bobbitt Los Angeles Sparks Tennessee 16Nicky Anosike + Minnesota Lynx 17 Erica White Houston Comets LSU 18 Olayinka Sanni Detroit Shock (from Atlanta)February 6, 2008: Atlanta to DetroitAtlanta Dream adds Lennox in WNBA expansion draft, trades for Latta, Castro Marques https://www.espn.com/wnba/story?id=3234461 ESPN February 6, 2008 June 28, 2025 Atlanta acquired Ivory Latta Seattle acquired LaToya Thomas and the 2008 No. 18 draft pick ATLDET lower-alpha West Virginia 19 Quianna Chaney Chicago Sky LSU 20 Lindsey Pluimer # Washington Mystics UCLA 21 Chioma Nnamaka San Antonio Silver Stars (from New York) Georgia Tech 22Allie Quigley + Seattle Storm DePaul 23 Jolene Anderson Connecticut Sun Wisconsin 24 Morenike Atunrase Atlanta Dream (from Indiana)February 6, 2008: Indiana to Atlanta Indiana acquired agreement from Atlanta to not select specific unprotected Fever players in the expansion draft Atlanta acquired the 2008 No. 24 draft pick INDATL lower-alpha Texas A&M 25 Leilani Mitchell Phoenix Mercury (from San Antonio) Utah 26 Khadijah Whittington Indiana Fever North Carolina State 27 Wanisha Smith New York Liberty (from Phoenix) Duke 28 Natasha Lacy Detroit Shock UTEP Round 3 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 29 Sharnee Zoll Los Angeles Sparks Virginia 30Charde Houston + Minnesota Lynx Connecticut 31 Crystal Kelly Houston Comets Western Kentucky 32 Danielle Hood # Atlanta Dream Hartford 33 Angela Tisdale # Chicago Sky Baylor 34 Krystal Vaughn Washington Mystics VCU 35 Alberta Auguste # New York Liberty Tennessee 36 Kimberly Beck Seattle Storm George Washington 37 Lauren Ervin Connecticut Sun Arkansas 38 A'Quonesia Franklin Sacramento Monarchs Texas A&M 39 Alex Anderson # San Antonio Silver Stars Chattanooga 40 Izabela Piekarska # Sacramento Monarchs (from Indiana) UTEP 41 Marscilla Packer # Phoenix Mercury Ohio State 42 Valeriya Berezhynska Detroit Shock Rice43 Charel Allen Sacramento Monarchs Notre Dame Footnotes lower-alpha 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 External links Results of the 2008 WNBA draft lottery WNBA 2008 Draft Order Date of The 2008 WNBA Draft Draft Category:WNBA draft