2004 WNBA draft

U.S. women's basketball player selection August 2023 2004 WNBA draft Basketball April 17, 2004 Secaucus, New Jersey WNBA Cleveland Rockers (folded in 2003) Diana TaurasiPhoenix Mercury 2003 2005 The 2004 WNBA draft was the eighth draft in the WNBA's history. It took place on April 17, 2004, at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, NJ. Additionally, on January 6, 2004, the WNBA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the Cleveland Rockers who folded at the end of 2003 WNBA season.2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft Recap https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/dispersalrecap_040506.html WNBA May 24, 2025Darling goes to Lynx in dispersal draft https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/2004/0106/1701736.html ESPN January 6, 2004 May 24, 20252004 Dispersal Draft Preview https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/04dispersal_preview.html WNBA January 5, 2004 May 24, 2025 Key y y y y y y Draft Round 1 thumb|150px|right|Diana Taurasi was selected first overall by the Phoenix Mercury. Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 1Diana Taurasi * G Phoenix Mercury Connecticut 2Alana Beard * G Washington Mystics Duke 3Nicole Powell + G/F Charlotte Sting (from Indiana) Stanford 4Lindsay Whalen * ^ ! G Connecticut Sun (from San Antonio) Minnesota 5Shameka Christon + G/F New York Liberty Arkansas 6 Nicole Ohlde C Minnesota Lynx (from Seattle) Kansas State 7 Vanessa Hayden C Minnesota Lynx Florida 8 Chandi Jones G/F Phoenix Mercury Houston 9 Ebony Hoffman C Indiana Fever (from Charlotte) USC 10Rebekkah Brunson + F Sacramento Monarchs Georgetown 11 Iciss Tillis C/F Detroit Shock (from Houston) Duke 12 Christi Thomas F Los Angeles Sparks Georgia 13 Shereka Wright F Detroit Shock Purdue Round 2 thumb|150px|right|Lindsay Taylor the 26th pick of the Houston Comets. Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 14 Ashley Robinson C Phoenix Mercury Tennessee 15 Kaayla Chones C Washington Mystics NC State 16 Jessica Brungo F Connecticut Sun (from San Antonio) Penn State 17 Amisha Carter C New York Liberty Louisiana Tech 18 Kelly Mazzante F Charlotte Sting (from Indiana) Penn State 19 Trina Frierson F Seattle Storm Louisiana Tech 20 Tasha Butts F Minnesota Lynx Tennessee 21 Cindy Dallas # F San Antonio Silver Stars (from Connecticut) Illinois 22 Jenni Benningfield F Charlotte Sting Vanderbilt 23 Erika Valek # G Detroit Shock (from Sacramento) Purdue 24 Ugo Oha # C Connecticut Sun (from Houston) George Washington 25 Doneeka Hodges G Los Angeles Sparks LSU 26 Lindsay Taylor (traded to Phoenix) C Houston Comets (from Detroit) UC Santa Barbara Round 3 thumb|150px|right|Jia Perkins the 35th pick of the Charlotte Sting. Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 27 Maria Villarroel #(traded to Houston) G VEN 1930 Venezuela Phoenix Mercury Oklahoma 28 Evan Unrau # F Washington Mystics Missouri 29 Candace Futrell G Connecticut Sun (from San Antonio) Duquesne 30 Catherine Joens G New York Liberty George Washington 31 Ieva Kubliņa # F/C Indiana Fever Virginia Tech 32 Jennifer Smith C Detroit Shock (from Seattle, via Houston) Michigan 33 Amber Jacobs G Minnesota Lynx Boston College 34 Toccara Williams G San Antonio Silver Stars (from Connecticut) Texas A&M 35Jia Perkins + G Charlotte Sting Texas Tech 36 Nuria Martínez F Sacramento Monarchs Avenida (Spain) 37 Stacy Stephens C Houston Comets Texas 38 Kate Bulger # G Minnesota Lynx (from Detroit) West Virginia 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