2005 WNBA draft

2005 meeting of WNBA teams to select players August 2023 2005 WNBA draft Basketball April 16, 2005 Secaucus, New Jersey ESPN2 WNBA Janel McCarvilleCharlotte Sting 2004 2006 The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The 2005 edition was the ninth in the WNBA's history. 2005 WNBA draft On April 16, 2005, the WNBA draft took place at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey. The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2. Key y y y y y Draft Round 1 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 1 Janel McCarville C Charlotte Sting Minnesota 2 Tan White G Indiana Fever Mississippi State 3 Sandora Irvin F Phoenix Mercury TCU 4 Kendra Wecker F San Antonio Silver Stars Kansas State 5Sancho Lyttle + C Houston Comets Houston 6 Temeka Johnson G Washington Mystics LSU 7Kara Braxton + F Detroit Shock Georgia 8 Katie Feenstra (traded to San Antonio) C Connecticut Sun Liberty 9 Kristin Haynien Haynie became the first person to play in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship game (with Michigan State) and the WNBA Finals (with the Sacramento Monarchs) in the same calendar year.April 2025 G Sacramento Monarchs Michigan State 10 Loree Moore G New York Liberty Tennessee 11 Kristen Mann F Minnesota Lynx UC Santa Barbara 12 Tanisha Wright G Seattle Storm Penn State 13Dionnah Jackson # F Detroit Shock (from Los Angeles via Washington) Oklahoma n Round 2 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 14 Shyra Ely F San Antonio Silver Stars Tennessee 15 Roneeka Hodges G Houston Comets Florida State 16 Yolanda Paige G Indiana Fever West Virginia 17 Jacqueline Batteast F Minnesota Lynx (from Charlotte) Notre Dame 18 Angelina Williams F Phoenix Mercury Illinois 19 Erica Taylor # G Washington Mystics Louisiana Tech 20 Nikita Bell # F/G Detroit Shock North Carolina 21 Erin Phillips G Connecticut Sun Adelaide Lightning (Australia) 22 Chelsea Newton G Sacramento Monarchs Rutgers 23 Tabitha Pool # F New York Liberty Michigan 24 Jessica Moore C Charlotte Sting Connecticut 25 Ashley Battle F Seattle Storm Connecticut 26 DeeDee Wheeler # G Los Angeles Sparks Arizona Round 3 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 27 Cathrine Kraayeveld F San Antonio Silver Stars Oregon 28 Jenni Dant # G Houston Comets DePaul 29 Ashley Earley # G/F Indiana Fever Vanderbilt 30 Anne O'Neil # G Sacramento Monarchs Iowa State 31 Jamie Carey G Phoenix Mercury Texas 32 Tashia Morehead # F Washington Mystics Florida 33 Jenni Lingor # G Detroit Shock Southwest Missouri State 34 Megan Mahoney F Connecticut Sun Kansas State 35 Cisti Greenwalt C Sacramento Monarchs Texas Tech 36 Rebecca Richman # C New York Liberty Rutgers 37 Monique Bivins # G Minnesota Lynx Alabama 38 Steffanie Blackmon # F Seattle Storm Baylor 39 Heather Schreiber # F Los Angeles Sparks Texas 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 WNBA draft Category:Basketball in New Jersey