The 2017 WNBA draft was the league's draft for the 2017 WNBA season. On March 30, the WNBA announced that the draft would take place on April 13 in New York at Samsung 837.
Draft lottery The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2017 draft occurred on September 28, 2016. The winner of the lottery was the San Antonio Stars.
Lottery chances All odds out of 1,000 based on percentages (the 11–12–13–14 combination was ignored).
Note: Team selected for the No. 1 pick noted in bold text. Team Combined 2015–16 record Lottery chances Result San Antonio Stars 15–53 44.2% 1st pick Dallas Wings 29–39 22.7% 3rd pick Los Angeles Sparks 29–39 22.7% 4th pick Washington Mystics 31–37 10.4% 2nd pick
This is the fourth time that the lottery was won by the team that had the highest odds. The lottery odds were based on combined records from the 2015 and 2016 WNBA seasons. The San Antonio Stars, with the worst two-year record, were guaranteed no worse than the third pick.
Notable prospects On November 29, 2016, the WNBA announced the following notable prospects for the 2017 draft.Alaina Coates, Kelsey Plum Still Leading The Pack
Alaina Coates – South Carolina Kelsey Plum – Washington Shatori Walker-Kimbrough – Maryland Alexis Jones – Baylor Nina Davis – Baylor Nia Coffey – Northwestern Brionna Jones – Maryland
Draft invitees On April 6, 2017, the WNBA released the names of the players invited to be in attendance at the draft.Washington’s Kelsey Plum, Three South Carolina Players Headline Prospects Attending WNBA Draft 2017 Presented By State Farm
Brionna Jones, Maryland Alexis Jones, Baylor Allisha Gray, South Carolina Kaela Davis, South Carolina Nia Coffey, Northwestern Alaina Coates, South Carolina Erica McCall, Stanford Kelsey Plum, Washington Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Maryland Sydney Wiese, Oregon State
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Draft
Round 1 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team1Kelsey Plum * San Antonio Stars Washington2 Alaina Coates Chicago Sky South Carolina3 Evelyn Akhator Dallas Wings Kentucky4 Allisha Gray * Dallas Wings South Carolina5 Nia Coffey San Antonio Stars Northwestern6 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough Washington Mystics Maryland7 Brittney Sykes + Atlanta Dream Syracuse8Brionna Jones + Connecticut Sun Maryland9 Tori Jankoska # Chicago Sky Michigan State10 Kaela Davis Dallas Wings South Carolina11 Sydney Wiese Los Angeles Sparks Oregon State12 Alexis Jones Minnesota Lynx Baylor
Round 2 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team13 # Connecticut Sun Ohio State14 Lindsay Allen New York Liberty Notre Dame15 Alexis Peterson Seattle Storm Syracuse16 Leticia Romero Connecticut Sun Florida State17 Erica McCall Indiana Fever Stanford18 Jennie Simms Washington Mystics Old Dominion19 Jordan Reynolds # Atlanta Dream Tennessee20 Feyonda Fitzgerald Indiana Fever Temple21 Chantel Osahor # Chicago Sky Washington22 # Indiana Fever Florida23 Breanna Lewis Dallas Wings Kansas State24 Lisa Berkani # Minnesota Lynx USO Mondeville (France)
Round 3 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 25 Schaquilla Nunn # San Antonio Stars Tennessee 26 Saniya Chong Dallas Wings Connecticut 27 Mehryn Kraker # Washington Mystics Green Bay 28 Jessica January # Connecticut Sun DePaul 29 Alexis Prince Phoenix Mercury Baylor 30 Lanay Montgomery Seattle Storm West Virginia 31 Oderah Chidom # Atlanta Dream Duke 32 Adrienne Motley # Indiana Fever Miami 33 Makayla Epps Chicago Sky Kentucky 34 # New York Liberty Florida State 35 Saicha Grant-Allen # Los Angeles Sparks Dayton 36 Tahlia Tupaea # Minnesota Lynx Sydney Uni Flames (Australia)
Footnotes
See also List of first overall WNBA draft picks
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