2000 WNBA draft
On December 15, 1999, a WNBA expansion draft took place for four new WNBA teams, the Indiana Fever, Miami Sol, Portland Fire, and Seattle Storm. On April 25, 2000, the regular WNBA draft took place.
Draft Round 1 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 1Ann Wauters + C Cleveland Rockers Valenciennes 2 Tausha Mills C Washington Mystics Alabama (from Chicago Condors, ABL) 3 Edwina Brown G Detroit Shock (from Utah) Texas 4 Cíntia dos Santos F/C Orlando Miracle Brazil 5 Grace Daley G Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix) Tulane 6Betty Lennox * G Minnesota Lynx Louisiana Tech 7 Lynn Pride G/F Portland Fire Kansas 8 Tamicha Jackson G Detroit Shock (from Utah via Miami) Louisiana Tech 9 Kamila Vodichkova F/C Seattle Storm Gambrinus Brno 10 Maylana Martin F Minnesota Lynx (from Miami via Indiana) UCLA 11 Summer Erb C Charlotte Sting North Carolina State 12 Naomi Mulitauaopele C Utah Starzz (from Detroit) Stanford 13 Olga Firsova C New York Liberty Kansas State 14 Katy Steding F Sacramento Monarchs Stanford (from Portland Power, ABL) 15 Nicole Kubik G Los Angeles Sparks Nebraska 16 Elena Shakirova F/C Houston Comets Dynamo Moscow
Round 2 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 17 Helen Darling G Cleveland Rockers Penn State 18 Tonya Massaline G/F Washington Mystics Florida 19 Jameka Jones G Miami Sol (from Utah) UNC Charlotte 20 Jannon Roland F Orlando Miracle Purdue (from New England Blizzard, ABL) 21Adrian Williams + F/C Phoenix Mercury USC 22 Marla Brumfield G Minnesota Lynx Rice 23 Stacey Thomas F Portland Fire Michigan 24 Keitha Dickerson F Minnesota Lynx (from Miami) Texas Tech 25 Charisse Sampson G Seattle Storm Kansas (from New England Blizzard, ABL) 26 Jurgita Štreimikytė F Indiana Fever Pool Comense 27 Tiffany Travis G/F Charlotte Sting Florida 28 Madinah Slaise G Detroit Shock Cincinnati 29 Desiree Francis F New York Liberty Iowa State 30 Stacy Clinesmith G Sacramento Monarchs UC Santa Barbara 31 Paige Sauer C Los Angeles Sparks Connecticut 32 Andrea Garner C Houston Comets Penn State
Round 3 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 33 Monique Morehouse # C Cleveland Rockers Auburn (from New England Blizzard, ABL) 34 Jill Morton # G Charlotte Sting (from Washington) Louisville 35 Stacy Frese G Utah Starzz Iowa State 36 Shawnetta Stewart # G Orlando Miracle Rutgers 37 Tauja Catchings # F Phoenix Mercury Illinois 38 Phylesha Whaley # F Minnesota Lynx Oklahoma 39 Maxann Reese # G Portland Fire Michigan State 40 Milena Flores G Miami Sol Stanford 41 Kirra Jordan # F Seattle Storm Rice 42 Usha Gilmore G/F Indiana Fever Rutgers 43 Peppi Browne # G/F Charlotte Sting Duke 44 Chavonne Hammond # G/F Detroit Shock Vanderbilt 45 Jessica Bibby G New York Liberty Dandenong Rangers 46 Rhonda Banchero C Sacramento Monarchs Washington 47 Marte Alexander # C Los Angeles Sparks Arizona 48 Latavia Coleman # F Houston Comets (traded to Indiana) Florida State
Round 4 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 49 Sophie von Saldern # F/C Cleveland Rockers California 50 Latina Davis # G Indiana Fever (from Washington, traded to Houston) Tennessee 51 Kristen Rasmussen F Utah Starzz Michigan State 52 Romana Hamzová G Orlando Miracle Gambrinus Brno 53 Shantia Owens C Phoenix Mercury (traded to Miami) Kentucky 54 Jana Lichnerová # C Minnesota Lynx Saint Joseph's 55 Rhonda L. Smith # C Portland Fire Long Beach State 56 Shanele Stires F Minnesota Lynx (from Miami) Kansas State (from Columbus Quest, ABL) 57 Katrina Hibbert G Seattle Storm LSU 58 Renee Robinson G Indiana Fever (traded to Houston) Virginia 59 Shaka Massey # C Charlotte Sting Louisiana Tech 60 Cal Bouchard # G Detroit Shock Boston College 61 Natalie Porter # F New York Liberty Australia 62 Jessica Zinobile # F Sacramento Monarchs Saint Francis (PA) 63 Nicky McCrimmon G Los Angeles Sparks USC 64 Abbie Willenborg # F Houston Comets Marquette
Trades Pre-draft trades
See also List of first overall WNBA draft picks
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