2015 WNBA draft

Player selection process August 2023 2015 WNBA draft Basketball 16 April Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut ESPN2, ESPNU WNBA Jewell LoydSeattle Storm 2014 2016 The 2015 WNBA draft was the league's draft for the 2015 WNBA season.http://www.wnba.com/news/seattle_wins_draft_lottery_2014_08_21.html WNBA Seattle Storm Win Top Pick in 2015 WNBA Draft Presented by State Farm The Seattle Storm picked first. This year's draft was unusual in that two players with remaining college eligibility declared for the draft—Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame, who had one year of eligibility remaining, and Amanda Zahui B. of Minnesota, with two years remaining. Both players were draft-eligible by virtue of their births in 1993; under current draft rules, players who turn 22 in the calendar year of the draft can declare themselves eligible even if they have not completed college eligibility.https://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_27918496/jewell-loyd-amanda-zahui-b-shake-up-wnba Jewell Loyd, Amanda Zahui B. shake up WNBA draft Doug Feinberg Associated Press The Denver Post April 15, 2015 January 14, 2016 Before this season, only two players with remaining college eligibility had ever entered the WNBA draft, and only one of these did so before her fourth college season (Kelsey Bone in 2012).https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/womens-college-basketball-is-better-than-mens/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150429001203/http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/womens-college-basketball-is-better-than-mens/ dead April 29, 2015 Women's College Basketball Is Better Than Men's Benjamin Morris FiveThirtyEight April 27, 2015 June 7, 2016 Draft lottery The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2015 draft occurred on August 21, 2014. The team that would get the first pick would be the winner of the lottery.Seattle Storm win WNBA draft lottery, secure No. 1 pick - ESPN Note: Team selected for the No. 1 pick noted in bold text. Team 2014 record Lottery chancesSeattle Storm Win Draft Lottery! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKLW0lYBaiA YouTube WNBA August 21, 2014 April 21, 2025 Result Seattle Storm 12–22 35.9% 1st pick Tulsa Shock 12–22 35.9% 2nd pick Connecticut Sun 13–21 17.8% 3rd pick Connecticut Sun (from New York Liberty) 15–19New York's record 10.4% 4th pick Draft invitees The WNBA announced on April 13, 2015 the 12 players invited to attend the draft.http://www.wnba.com/news/loyd_mosquedalewis_headline__2015_04_13.html Loyd, Mosqueda-Lewis Headline List of Top College Prospects to Attend WNBA Draft 2015 Presented by State Farm WNBA April 13, 2015 April 13, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150414034101/http://www.wnba.com/news/loyd_mosquedalewis_headline__2015_04_13.html April 14, 2015 dead mdy-all 18em USA Brittany Boyd, California USA Reshanda Gray, California USA Dearica Hamby, Wake Forest USA Isabelle Harrison, Tennessee USA Brittany Hrynko, DePaul USA Samantha Logic, Iowa USA Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame USA Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Connecticut USA Kiah Stokes, Connecticut USA Aleighsa Welch, South Carolina USA Elizabeth Williams, Duke SWE Amanda Zahui B., Minnesota Key y y y y y y Draft thumb|right|150px|Jewell Loyd was selected 1st overall by the Seattle Storm. thumb|right|150px|Elizabeth Williams was selected 4th overall by the Connecticut Sun. thumb|right|150px|Cheyenne Parker-Tyus was selected 5th overall by the Chicago Sky. thumb|right|150px|Dearica Hamby was selected 6th overall by the San Antonio Stars. thumb|right|150px|Natasha Cloud was selected 15th overall by the Washington Mystics. thumb|right|150px|Betnijah Laney-Hamilton was selected 17th overall by the Chicago Sky. Round 1 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team1Jewell Loyd * Seattle Storm Notre Dame2Amanda Zahui B. Tulsa Shock Minnesota3Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Seattle Storm (from Connecticut)The Storm traded Camille Little and Shekinna Stricklen to Connecticut for the 3rd and 15th picks in this draft.https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/transactions/_/name/sea/seattle-storm Seattle Storm 2015 Team Transactions 2015-03-21 ESPN ESPN lower-alpha note_a Connecticut4 Elizabeth Williams + Connecticut Sun (from New York) Duke5 Cheyenne Parker + Chicago Sky Middle Tennessee6 Dearica Hamby + San Antonio Stars (from Indiana)The Stars traded Shenise Johnson and their second-round pick to Indiana for the first- and third-round picks in this draft.Fever Acquire Shenise Johnson From Stars lower-alpha note_bWake Forest7 Crystal Bradford Los Angeles Sparks Central Michigan8 Ally Malott Washington Mystics Dayton9 Brittany Boyd New York Liberty (from San Antonio) California10 Samantha Logic Atlanta Dream Iowa11 Kiah Stokes New York Liberty (from Minnesota) Connecticut12 Isabelle Harrison Phoenix Mercury Tennessee Round 2 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 13 Brianna Kiesel Tulsa Shock Pittsburgh 14 Cierra Burdick Los Angeles Sparks (from Seattle) Tennessee 15 Natasha Cloud Washington Mystics (from Connecticut via Seattle) Saint Joseph's 16 Reshanda Gray Minnesota Lynx (from New York) California 17Betnijah Laney + Chicago Sky Rutgers 18 Alex Harden Phoenix Mercury (from Indiana)May 12, 2014: Indiana to PhoenixIndiana Acquires Two-Time Big Ten Player of the Year Maggie Lucas https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/indiana-acquires-two-time-big-ten-player-of-the-year-maggie-lucas/n-4787310 Our Sports Central May 12, 2014 June 4, 2025 Indiana acquired Maggie Lucas Phoenix acquired 2015 second-round pick FevMerc lower-alpha Wichita State 19 Brittany Hrynko (traded to Atlanta) Connecticut Sun (from Los Angeles) DePaul 20 Vicky McIntyre # Seattle Storm (from Washington) Oral Roberts 21 Chelsea Gardner # Indiana Fever (from San Antonio) Kansas 22 Aleighsa Welch # Chicago Sky (from Atlanta) South Carolina 23 Amber Orrange # New York Liberty (from Minnesota) Stanford 24 Žofia Hruščáková # Phoenix Mercury Good Angels Košice (Slovakia) Round 3 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 25 Mimi Mungedi # Tulsa Shock Nevada 26 Nneka Enemkpali # Seattle Storm Texas 27 Laurin Mincy # New York Liberty (from Connecticut) Maryland 28 Michala Johnson # New York Liberty (from Minnesota) Wisconsin 29 Ariel Massengale # Atlanta Dream Tennessee 30 Dragana Stanković # San Antonio Stars (from Indiana) UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary) 31 Andrea Hoover Los Angeles Sparks Dayton 32 Marica Gajić # Washington Mystics ŽKK Celje (Slovenia) 33 Nikki Moody # San Antonio Stars Iowa State 34 Lauren Okafor # Atlanta Dream James Madison 35 Shae Kelley Minnesota Lynx (from New York) Minnesota 36 Promise Amukamara # Phoenix Mercury Arizona State Footnotes lower-alpha References lower-alpha Category:WNBA draft Draft WNBA draft