2002 WNBA draft

2002 meeting of WNBA teams to select players August 2023 2002 WNBA draft Basketball April 19, 2002 WNBA Sue BirdSeattle Storm 2001 2003 thumb|180px| Sue Bird, with ball The 2002 WNBA draft was the first to implement a lottery that arranges the order of the first four overall picks. The lottery gave four teams with the identically worst record of 10–22 from the 2001 season an equal chance to own the first overall selection, which the Seattle Storm did.History of the WNBA Draft Lottery https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/shock/history_lott.html wnba.com Four of the top six draft picks, Sue Bird (#1), Swin Cash (#2), Asjha Jones (#4) and Tamika (Williams) Raymond (#6) were from the same team, the 2002 NCAA champion University of Connecticut. Key y y y y y y Draft Round 1 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 1Sue Bird * ^ ! G Seattle StormConnecticut 2Swin Cash * ^ ! F Detroit Shock 3Stacey Dales-Schuman + G Washington Mystics Oklahoma 4Asjha Jones * F Washington Mystics (from Indiana) Connecticut 5Nikki Teasley * G Portland Fire (traded to Los Angeles) North Carolina 6 Tamika Williams F Minnesota Lynx Connecticut 7 Sheila Lambert G Charlotte Sting (from Orlando) Baylor 8 Deanna Jackson F Cleveland Rockers (from Phoenix) UAB 9 Shaunzinski Gortman G Charlotte Sting (traded to Minnesota) South Carolina 10Michelle Snow + C Houston Comets Tennessee 11 Danielle Crockrom F Utah Starzz Baylor 12 Hamchétou Maïga G/F Sacramento Monarchs Old Dominion 13 Tawana McDonald # C Indiana Fever (from Miami via Phoenix) Georgia 14 LaNeishea Caufield G Utah Starzz (from New York) Oklahoma 15 Tamara Moore G/F Miami Sol (from Cleveland via Phoenix) Wisconsin 16 Rosalind Ross # G Los Angeles Sparks Oklahoma Round 2 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 17 Zuzi Klimešová F Indiana Fever (from Washington) Vanderbilt 18 Lenae Williams G/F Detroit Shock DePaul 19 Lucienne Berthieu F/C Seattle Storm Old Dominion 20 Ayana Walker F Detroit Shock (from Indiana) Louisiana Tech 21 Jill Chapman C Detroit Shock (from Portland) Indiana 22 Kathy Wambe # G Detroit Shock (from Minnesota) Dexia Namur (Belgium) 23 Davalyn Cunningham F Orlando Miracle Rutgers 24 Brandi McCain G Cleveland Rockers (from Phoenix) Florida 25 Tootie Shaw # F Phoenix Mercury (from Charlotte) Wichita State 26 Linda Fröhlich F New York Liberty (from Houston) UNLV 27 Andrea Gardner F/C Utah Starzz Howard 28 Felicia Ragland G Seattle Storm (from Sacramento) Oregon State 29 Lindsey Yamasaki G/F Miami Sol Stanford 30 Gergana Slavcheva G Los Angeles Sparks (from New York, traded to Portland) Florida International 31 Angie Welle # C Cleveland Rockers Iowa State 32 Jackie Higgins # F/C Los Angeles Sparks North Carolina Round 3 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 33 LaNisha Cartwell # C Washington Mystics Alabama 34 Kelly Komara # G Indiana Fever (from Detroit) Purdue 35 Takeisha Lewis F/C Seattle Storm Louisiana Tech 36 Teresa Geter # F/C Washington Mystics (from Indiana) South Carolina 37 Mandy Nightingale # G Portland Fire Colorado 38 Lindsey Meder # G Minnesota Lynx Iowa 39 Saundra Jackson # C Orlando Miracle Ole Miss 40 Kayte Christensen F Phoenix Mercury UC Santa Barbara 41 Edniesha Curry G Charlotte Sting Oregon 42 Shondra Johnson # G Houston Comets Alabama 43 Edmarie Lumbsley # C Utah Starzz Mobile 44 Alayne Ingram # G Sacramento Monarchs Michigan 45 Jerica Watson # F Miami Sol Iowa 46 Tracy Gahan # G New York Liberty Iowa State 47 Ericka Haney # G/F Detroit Shock (from Cleveland) Notre Dame 48 Rashana Barnes # F Los Angeles Sparks Penn State Round 4 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 49 LaKeisha Taylor # C Indiana Fever (from Washington) Arizona 50 Melody Johnson # C Portland Fire (from Detroit) Arizona State 51 Jermisha Dosty # C Sacramento Monarchs (from Seattle) Saint Mary's 52 Jillian Danker # G/F Indiana Fever Vanderbilt 53 Monique Cardenas # G Portland Fire Florida 54 Shárron Francis # G Minnesota Lynx Old Dominion 55 Tomeka Brown # G Orlando Miracle Ohio State 56 Amba Kongolo # F/C Phoenix Mercury North Carolina Central 57 Jessie Stomski # F Charlotte Sting Wisconsin 58 Cori Enghusen # C Houston Comets Stanford 59 Jacklyn Winfield # G Utah Starzz Southern 60 Elizabeth Pickney # F Sacramento Monarchs Arizona 61 Jerkisha Dosty # F Miami Sol Saint Mary's 62 Deedee Warley # F New York Liberty Maryland 63 Marché Strickland # G Cleveland Rockers Maryland 64 Tiffany Thompson # F Los Angeles Sparks Old Dominion UConn Fab Four Connecticut Huskies players Tamika Williams, Sue Bird, Asjha Jones and Swin Cash were all selected in the first round of the draft. Each player had immediate impacts with their 2002 WNBA Teams. Cash, Bird and Williams accounted for 21.3, 19.9 and 17.3 percent, respectively, of their teams’ total points, rebounds and assists. Jones, a reserve, posted 8.8 percent of the Mystics' total output in those three key categories.http://www.wnba.com/features/Fab_Four-49794-244.html Connecticut's Fab Four Makes Pro Basketball History wnba.com November 16, 2011 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 WNBA Draft: Pick-by-pick at ESPN.com Category:WNBA draft Draft