2001 WNBA draft
On April 20, 2001, the regular WNBA draft took place.
Key
Draft Round 1 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 1Lauren Jackson * ^ ! F/C Seattle Storm Canberra Capitals 2 Kelly Miller G Charlotte Sting Georgia 3Tamika Catchings * ^ ! F Indiana Fever Tennessee 4Jackie Stiles + ^ G Portland Fire Southwest Missouri State 5Ruth Riley + ^ C Miami Sol Notre Dame 6Deanna Nolan * G/F Detroit Shock Georgia 7 Svetlana Abrosimova F Minnesota Lynx Connecticut 8Marie Ferdinand + G Utah Starzz LSU 9 Coco Miller G Washington Mystics Georgia 10 Katie Douglas * G/F Orlando Miracle Purdue 11 Penny Taylor * ^ F Cleveland Rockers Dandenong Rangers 12 LaQuanda Barksdale G/F Portland Fire North Carolina 13 Kristen Veal G Phoenix Mercury Canberra Capitals 14 Kelly Schumacher C Indiana Fever Connecticut 15 Amanda Lassiter F Houston Comets Missouri 16 Camille Cooper C Los Angeles Sparks Purdue
Round 2 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 17 Semeka Randall G Seattle Storm Tennessee 18Tammy Sutton-Brown + C Charlotte Sting Rutgers 19 Niele Ivey G Indiana Fever Notre Dame 20 Jenny Mowe C Portland Fire Oregon 21 Georgia Schweitzer G/F Miami Sol Duke 22 Jae Kingi G Detroit Shock Adelaide Lightning 23 Erin Buescher G Minnesota Lynx Master's 24 Michaela Pavlíčková F/C Utah Starzz Denver 25 Tamara Stocks F/C Washington Mystics Florida 26 Brooke Wyckoff F Orlando Miracle Florida State 27 Jaynetta Saunders F Cleveland Rockers Texas A&M 28 Janell Burse C Minnesota Lynx Tulane 29 Ilona Korstin G/F Phoenix Mercury CJM Bourges Basket 30 Jackie Moore C Sacramento Monarchs Long Beach State 31 Tynesha Lewis G/F Houston Comets North Carolina State 32 Nicole Levandusky G Los Angeles Sparks Xavier
Round 3 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 33 ShaRae Mansfield # F Houston Comets Western Kentucky 34 Jennifer Phillips # F Charlotte Sting Xavier 35 Marlena Williams # F Indiana Fever Missouri 36 Rasheeda Clark # G Portland Fire Pepperdine 37 Levys Torres C Miami Sol Florida State 38 Svetlana Volnaya # G/F Detroit Shock Virginia 39 Tombi Bell # G Minnesota Lynx Miami 40 Shea Ralph # G/F Utah Starzz Connecticut 41 Jamie Lewis # G Washington Mystics Ohio State 42 Jaclyn Johnson F Orlando Miracle Kansas 43 Angelina Wolvert F Cleveland Rockers Oregon 44 Elena Karpova # F Washington Mystics MBK Ružomberok 45 Tere Williams # F Phoenix Mercury Virginia Tech 46 Maren Walseth F Sacramento Monarchs Penn State 47 Shala Crawford # C Houston Comets Life 48 Kelley Siemon # F Los Angeles Sparks Notre Dame
Round 4 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 49 Juana Brown # G Seattle Storm North Carolina 50 Reshea Bristol G Charlotte Sting Arizona 51 April Brown # F Indiana Fever LSU 52 Natasha Pointer # G Portland Fire Rutgers 53 Carolyn Moos C Phoenix Mercury Stanford 54 Kelly Santos F Detroit Shock Brazil 55 Megan Taylor # G/F Minnesota Lynx Iowa State 56 Cara Consuegra G Utah Starzz Iowa 57 Taru Tuukkanen # F/C New York Liberty Xavier 58 Anne Thorius # G Orlando Miracle Michigan 59 Erin Batth # F/C Cleveland Rockers Clemson 60 Tara Mitchem # G New York Liberty Southwest Missouri State 61 Megan Franza # G Phoenix Mercury Washington 62 Katie Smrcka-Duffy # G Sacramento Monarchs Georgetown 63 Kristen Clement # G Houston Comets Tennessee 64 Beth Record # G/F Los Angeles Sparks Syracuse Notes:
See also List of first overall WNBA draft picks
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