1998 WNBA draft

1998 meeting of WNBA teams to select players August 2023 1998 WNBA draft Basketball April 28, 1998 WNBA Detroit ShockWashington Mystics Małgorzata DydekUtah Starzz 1997 1999 1998 WNBA draft On January 27, 1998, a total of 4 players were assigned to two teams in no particular order. On February 18, 1998, a WNBA expansion draft took place. On April 28, 1998, the regular WNBA draft took place. On September 15, 1998, two more players were assigned for the expansion draft of 1999. y y y y y Draft Round 1 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 1Małgorzata Dydek + C Utah Starzz Pool Getafe (Spain) 2Ticha Penicheiro * ^ G Sacramento Monarchs Old Dominion 3 Murriel Page F/C Washington Mystics Florida 4 Korie Hlede G Detroit Shock Duquesne 5Allison Feaster + F Los Angeles Sparks Harvard 6 Cindy Blodgett G Cleveland Rockers Maine 7 Tracy Reid F/G Charlotte Sting North Carolina 8 Maria Stepanova C Phoenix Mercury CSKA Moscow (Russia) 9 Alicia Thompson C New York Liberty Texas Tech 10 Polina Tzekova F/C Houston Comets Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (France) Round 2 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 11 Olympia Scott F/C Utah Starzz Stanford 12Tangela Smith + F/C Sacramento Monarchs Iowa 13Rita Williams + G Washington Mystics Connecticut 14 Rachael Sporn F Detroit Shock Adelaide Lightning (Australia) 15 Octavia Blue F Los Angeles Sparks Miami 16 Suzie McConnell Serio x ^ G Cleveland Rockers Penn State 17 Christy Smith G Charlotte Sting Arkansas 18 Andrea Kuklová G/F Phoenix Mercury Pays d'Aix Basket 13 (France) 19 Nadine Domond G New York Liberty Iowa 20 Nyree Roberts C Houston Comets Old Dominion Round 3 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 21 LaTonya Johnson F Utah Starzz Memphis 22 Quacy Barnes C Sacramento Monarchs Indiana 23 Angela Hamblin G/F Washington Mystics Iowa 24 Gergana Branzova F Detroit Shock Florida International 25 Rehema Stephens G Los Angeles Sparks UCLA 26 Tanja Kostić F Cleveland Rockers Oregon State 27 Pollyanna Johns C Charlotte Sting Michigan 28Brandy Reed + F Phoenix Mercury Southern Mississippi 29 Albena Branzova F New York Liberty Florida International 30 Amaya Valdemoro F Houston Comets Pool Getafe (Spain) Round 4 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 31 Tricia Bader G Utah Starzz Boise State 32 Adia Barnes F Sacramento Monarchs Arizona 33 Angela Jackson C Washington Mystics Texas 34Sandy Brondello + G Detroit Shock BTV Wuppertal (Germany) 35 Erica Kienast # F Los Angeles Sparks UC-Santa Barbara 36 Tammye Jenkins # C Cleveland Rockers Georgia 37 Sonia Chase G Charlotte Sting Maryland 38Karen Wilkins # G/F Phoenix Mercury Howard 39 Vanessa Nygaard F New York Liberty Stanford 40 Monica Lamb-Powell C Houston Comets USC See also List of first overall WNBA draft picks References http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html All-Time WNBA Draft List 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