Der zweite WNBA Draft fand am 28. April 1998 in den NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten statt. Die Auswahlreihenfolge wurde auf Basis der Abschlusstabelle vom Vorjahr festgelegt.

Doch bevor der zweite WNBA Draft durchgeführt wurde, fand am 27. Jänner 1998 eine Initial Player Allocation statt, wo den beiden Expansion Teams Detroit Shock und Washington Mystics jeweils zwei Spielerinnen per Zufall zugeteilt wurden. Am 18. Februar 1998 fand schließlich der Expansion Draft für die Shock und Mystics statt.

Expansion Draft Abkürzungen: G = Guard, F = Forward, C = Center, ABL = American Basketball League

Initial Player Allocation Pick Spielerin Nationalität WNBA-Team College/Junior/Klub-Team1 Cindy Brown (F) Detroit Shock Seattle Reign, ABL2 Razija Mujanovic (C) Detroit Shock Bosnia and Herzegovina3 Nikki McCray (G) Washington Mystics Columbus Quest, ABL4 Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (C) Washington Mystics

Expansion Draft Pick Spielerin Nationalität WNBA-Team vorheriges WNBA-Team1 Rhonda Blades (G) Detroit Shock New York Liberty2 Heidi Burge (F) Washington Mystics Los Angeles Sparks3 Tajama Abraham (C) Detroit Shock Sacramento Monarchs4 Penny Moore (F) Washington Mystics Charlotte Sting5 Tara Williams (G) Detroit Shock Phoenix Mercury6 Deborah Carter (F) Washington Mystics Utah Starzz7 Lynette Woodard (G) Detroit Shock Cleveland Rockers8 Tammy Jackson (F/C) Washington Mystics Houston Comets

WNBA Draft Abkürzungen: G = Guard, F = Forward, C = Center, ABL = American Basketball League

Runde 1 Pick Spielerin Nationalität WNBA-Team College/Junior/Klub-Team1 Małgorzata Dydek (C) Utah Starzz2 Ticha Penicheiro (G) Sacramento Monarchs Old Dominion University3 Murriel Page (F/C) Washington Mystics University of Florida4 Korie Hlede (G) Detroit Shock Duquesne University5 Allison Feaster (F) Los Angeles Sparks Harvard University6 Cindy Blodgett (G) Cleveland Rockers University of Maine7 Tracy Reid (F/G) Charlotte Sting University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill8 Marija Stepanowa (C) Phoenix Mercury9 Alicia Thompson (C) New York Liberty Texas Tech University10 Polina Tzekova (F/C) Houston Comets

Runde 2 Pick Spielerin Nationalität WNBA-Team College/Junior/Klub-Team11 Olympia Scott (F/C) Utah Starzz Stanford University12 Tangela Smith (F/C) Sacramento Monarchs University of Iowa13 Rita Williams (G) Washington Mystics University of Connecticut14 Rachael Sporn (F) Detroit Shock15 Octavia Blue (F) Los Angeles Sparks University of Miami16 Suzie McConnell-Serio (G) Cleveland Rockers The Pennsylvania State University17 Christy Smith (G) Charlotte Sting University of Arkansas18 Andrea Kuklová (G/F) Phoenix Mercury19 Nadine Domond (G) New York Liberty University of Iowa20 Nyree Roberts (C) Houston Comets Old Dominion University

Runde 3 Pick Spielerin Nationalität WNBA-Team College/Junior/Klub-Team21 LaTonya Johnson (F) Utah Starzz University of Memphis22 Quacy Barnes (C) Sacramento Monarchs Indiana University Bloomington23 Angela Hamblin (G/F) Washington Mystics University of Iowa24 Gergana Branzova (F) Detroit Shock Florida International University25 Rehema Stephens (G) Los Angeles Sparks University of California, Los Angeles26 Tanja Kostic (F) Cleveland Rockers Oregon State University27 Pollyanna Johns (C) Charlotte Sting University of Michigan28 Brandy Reed (F) Phoenix Mercury The University of Southern Mississippi29 Albena Branzova (F) New York Liberty Florida International University30 Amaya Valdemoro (F) Houston Comets

Runde 4 Pick Spielerin Nationalität WNBA-Team College/Junior/Klub-Team31 Tricia Bader (G) Utah Starzz Boise State University32 Adia Barnes (F) Sacramento Monarchs University of Arizona33 Angela Jackson (C) Washington Mystics University of Texas at Austin34 Sandy Brondello (G) Detroit Shock35 Erica Kienast (F) Los Angeles Sparks University of California, Santa Barbara36 Tammye Jenkins (C) Cleveland Rockers University of Georgia37 Sonia Chase (G) Charlotte Sting University of Maryland, College Park38 Karen Wilkins (G/F) Phoenix Mercury Howard University39 Vanessa Nygaard (F) New York Liberty Stanford University40 Monica Lamb-Lattin (C) Houston Comets University of Southern California

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