The 2013 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 15, 2013, at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut at 8:00 pm EDT. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), with the second and third rounds shown on ESPNU.
Draft lottery The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2013 draft occurred on September 26, 2012. For the first time in league history, the lottery was televised (during SportsCenter at 6:30 pm ET).
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2013 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places: Team2012recordLotterychancesPick1st2nd3rd4th Washington Mystics 5–29 442 .442 .316 .181.062 Phoenix Mercury 7–27 276.276 .310 .270 .144 Tulsa Shock 9–25 178 .178 .230.317 .275 Chicago Sky 14–20 104 .104.145 .232 .520Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.
Transactions February 2, 2012: The Minnesota Lynx signed-and-traded Alexis Hornbuckle to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2013 second round draft pick. March 14, 2012: The Chicago Sky acquired Sonja Petrovic from the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for a 2013 second round draft pick. February 19, 2013: The Washington Mystics receive the seventh and 19th overall pick from the Atlanta Dream as part of the Jasmine Thomas trade. Atlanta receives the 13th overall pick. February 27, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the seventh overall pick from the Washington Mystics as part of the Kia Vaughn trade. Washington receives the 17th overall pick. March 1, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the 15th and 27th overall picks as part of a three-team trade. The Tulsa Shock receive the 29th overall pick. April 15, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the 25th overall pick from the Washington Mystics as part of the Quanitra Hollingsworth trade.
Draft invitees The WNBA announced on April 11, 2013, the 12 players were invited to attend the draft.
Alex Bentley, Penn State Kelsey Bone, Texas A&M Layshia Clarendon, California Elena Delle Donne, Delaware Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame Kelly Faris, Connecticut Brittney Griner, Baylor Tianna Hawkins, Maryland Tayler Hill, Ohio State Lindsey Moore, Nebraska Ta’Shauna “Sugar” Rodgers, Georgetown Toni Young, Oklahoma State
Key
Draft Round 1 PickPlayer NationalityTeamSchool / club team 1 * Phoenix Mercury Baylor (Sr.) 2 ! Chicago Sky Delaware (Sr.) 3 * Tulsa Shock Notre Dame (Sr.) 4 Washington Mystics Ohio State (Sr.) 5 + New York Liberty Texas A&M (Jr.) 6 Seattle Storm Maryland (Sr.) 7 New York Liberty Oklahoma State (Sr.) 8 Canada San Antonio Silver Stars Syracuse (Sr.) 9 + Indiana Fever California (Sr.) 10 Los Angeles Sparks Kentucky (Sr.) 11 Connecticut Sun Connecticut (Sr.) 12 Minnesota Lynx Nebraska (Sr.)
Round 2 PickPlayer NationalityTeamSchool / club team 13 + Atlanta Dream Penn State (Sr.) 14 + Minnesota Lynx Georgetown (Sr.) 15 New York Liberty Tennessee (Sr.) 16 San Antonio Silver Stars Arizona (Sr.) 17 Washington Mystics St. John's (Sr.) 18 Seattle Storm Iowa State (Sr.) 19 + Washington Mystics Villeneuve-d'Ascq (France) 20 # San Antonio Silver Stars Perpignan (France) 21 Indiana Fever Georgia (Sr.) 22 # Los Angeles Sparks Kansas State (Sr.) 23 # Connecticut Sun Iowa State (Sr.) 24 Minnesota Lynx Colorado (Sr.)
Round 3 PickPlayer NationalityTeamSchool / club team 25 # New York Liberty St. John's (Sr.) 26 Phoenix Mercury Penn State (Sr.) 27 # New York Liberty Fenerbahçe (Turkey) 28 # Chicago Sky Baylor (Sr.) 29 Tulsa Shock Kansas (Sr.) 30 Seattle Storm Georgia (Sr.) 31 Anne Marie Armstrong Atlanta Dream Georgia (Sr.) 32 # San Antonio Silver Stars Oklahoma (Sr.) 33 # Indiana Fever Florida (Sr.) 34 Los Angeles Sparks Elizabeth-Basket Kivorograd (Ukraine) 35 # Connecticut Sun South Florida (Sr.) 36 Minnesota Lynx North Carolina (Sr.) Notes:
Notable undrafted players These players were not selected in the 2013 draft but have played at least one game in the WNBA. Player Position Nationality School/club team C Temple (Sr.) G North Carolina (Sr.)
See also List of first overall WNBA draft picks
References
External links 2013 WNBA draft board