2000 WNBA draft

2000 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	April 25, 2000
Overview
League	WNBA
First selection	Ann Wauters Cleveland Rockers

2000 WNBA draft

• On December 15, 1999, a WNBA expansion draft took place.
• On April 25, 2000 the regular WNBA draft took place.

Key

G

Guard

F

Forward

C

Center

^+	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
Bold	Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Expansion draft

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Gordana Grubin	G	FR Yugoslavia	Indiana Fever (from Los Angeles Sparks)	MiZo Pécs (Hungary)
2	Edna Campbell	G	United States	Seattle Storm (from Phoenix Mercury)	Texas
3	Kate Starbird	G	United States	Miami Sol (from Sacramento Monarchs)	Stanford
4	Alisa Burras	F	United States	Portland Fire (from Cleveland Rockers)	Louisiana Tech
5	Sonja Henning	G	United States	Portland Fire (from Houston Comets)	Stanford
6	Sandy Brondello	G	Australia	Miami Sol (from Detroit Shock)	BTV Wuppertal (Germany)
7	Sophia Witherspoon	G	United States	Seattle Storm (from New York Liberty)	Florida
8	Stephanie White	G	United States	Indiana Fever (from Charlotte Sting)	Purdue
9	Nyree Roberts	C	United States	Indiana Fever (from Washington Mystics)	Old Dominion
10	Angela Aycock	F	United States	Seattle Storm (from Minnesota Lynx)	Kansas
11	Debbie Black	G	United States	Miami Sol (from Utah Starzz)	St. Joseph's
12	Tari Phillips	C	United States	Portland Fire (from Orlando Miracle)	Central Florida
13	Coquese Washington	G	United States	Portland Fire (from New York Liberty)	Notre Dame
14	Sharon Manning	F	United States	Miami Sol (from Charlotte Sting)	North Carolina State
15	Nina Bjedov	C	FR Yugoslavia	Seattle Storm (from Los Angeles Sparks)	Basket Bees Pavia (Italy)
16	Rita Williams	G	United States	Indiana Fever (from Washington Mystics)	Connecticut
17	Kara Wolters	C	United States	Indiana Fever (from Houston Comets)	Connecticut
18	Toni Foster	F	United States	Seattle Storm (from Phoenix Mercury)	Iowa
19	Lesley Brown	F	United States	Miami Sol (from Detroit Shock)	Virginia
20	Molly Goodenbour	G	United States	Portland Fire (from Sacramento Monarchs)	Stanford
21	Jamila Wideman	G	United States	Portland Fire (from Cleveland Rockers)	Stanford
22	Yolanda Moore	F	United States	Miami Sol (from Orlando Miracle)	Mississippi
23	Charmin Smith	G	United States	Seattle Storm (from Minnesota Lynx)	Stanford
24	Chantel Tremitiere	G	United States	Indiana Fever (from Utah Starzz)	Auburn

College draft

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Ann Wauters ^+	C	Belgium	Cleveland Rockers	Valenciennes (France)
2	Tausha Mills	C	United States	Washington Mystics	Alabama (from Chicago Condors, ABL)
3	Edwina Brown	G	United States	Detroit Shock (from Utah)	Texas
4	Cíntia dos Santos	F/C	Brazil	Orlando Miracle	Brazil
5	Grace Daley	G	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix)	Tulane
6	Betty Lennox ^+	G	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Louisiana Tech
7	Lynn Pride	G/F	United States	Portland Fire	Kansas
8	Tamicha Jackson	G	United States	Detroit Shock (from Utah via Miami)	Louisiana Tech
9	Kamila Vodichkova	F/C	Czech Republic	Seattle Storm	Gambrinus Brno
10	Maylana Martin	F	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Miami via Indiana)	UCLA
11	Summer Erb	C	United States	Charlotte Sting	North Carolina State
12	Naomi Mulitauaopele	C	United States	Utah Starzz (from Detroit)	Stanford
13	Olga Firsova	C	Ukraine	New York Liberty	Kansas State
14	Katy Steding	F	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Stanford (from Portland Power, ABL)
15	Nicole Kubik	G	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Nebraska
16	Elena Shakirova	F/C	Russia	Houston Comets	Dynamo Moscow

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
17	Helen Darling	G	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Penn State
18	Tonya Washington	G/F	United States	Washington Mystics	Florida
19	Jameka Jones	G	United States	Miami Sol (from Utah)	UNC Charlotte
20	Jannon Roland	F	United States	Orlando Miracle	Purdue (from New England Blizzard, ABL)
21	Adrian Williams ^+	F/C	United States	Phoenix Mercury	USC
22	Marla Brumfield	G	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Rice
23	Stacey Thomas	F	United States	Portland Fire	Michigan
24	Keitha Dickerson	F	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Miami)	Texas Tech
25	Charisse Sampson	G	United States	Seattle Storm	Kansas (from New England Blizzard, ABL)
26	Jurgita Štreimikytė	F	Lithuania	Indiana Fever	Pool Comense (Italy)
27	Tiffany Travis	G/F	United States	Charlotte Sting	Florida
28	Madinah Slaise	G	United States	Detroit Shock	Cincinnati
29	Desiree Francis	F	United States	New York Liberty	Iowa State
30	Stacy Clinesmith	G	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	UC Santa Barbara
31	Paige Sauer	C	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Connecticut
32	Andrea Garner	C	United States	Houston Comets	Penn State

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
33	Monique Morehouse	C	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Auburn (from New England Blizzard, ABL)
34	Jill Morton	G	United States	Charlotte Sting (from Washington)	Louisville
35	Stacy Frese	G	United States	Utah Starzz	Iowa State
36	Shawnetta Stewart	G	United States	Orlando Miracle	Rutgers
37	Tauja Catchings	F	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Illinois
38	Phylesha Whaley	F	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Oklahoma
39	Maxann Reese	G	United States	Portland Fire	Michigan State
40	Milena Flores	G	United States	Miami Sol	Stanford
41	Kirra Jordan	F	United States	Seattle Storm	Rice
42	Usha Gilmore	G/F	United States	Indiana Fever	Rutgers
43	Peppi Browne	G/F	United States	Charlotte Sting	Duke
44	Chavonne Hammond	G/F	United States	Detroit Shock	Vanderbilt
45	Jessica Bibby	G	Australia	New York Liberty	Dandenong Rangers (Australia)
46	Rhonda Y. Smith	C	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Washington
47	Marte Alexander	C	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Arizona
48	Latavia Coleman	F	United States	Houston Comets (traded to Indiana)	Florida State

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
49	Sophie von Saldern	F/C	Germany	Cleveland Rockers	California/BTV Wuppertal (Germany)
50	Latina Davis	G	United States	Indiana Fever (from Washington, traded to Houston)	Tennessee
51	Kristen Rasmussen	F	United States	Utah Starzz	Michigan State
52	Romana Hamzová	G	Czech Republic	Orlando Miracle	Gambrinus Brno
53	Shantia Owens	C	United States	Phoenix Mercury (traded to Miami)	Kentucky
54	Jana Lichnerová	C	Slovakia	Minnesota Lynx	Saint Joseph's
55	Rhonda L. Smith	C	United States	Portland Fire	Long Beach State
56	Shanele Stires	F	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Miami)	Kansas State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
57	Katrina Hibbert	G	Australia	Seattle Storm	LSU
58	Renee Robinson	G	United States	Indiana Fever (traded to Houston)	Virginia
59	Shaka Massey	C	United States	Charlotte Sting	Louisiana Tech
60	Cal Bouchard	G	Canada	Detroit Shock	Boston College
61	Natalie Porter	F	Australia	New York Liberty	Australia
62	Jessica Zinobile	F	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Saint Francis (PA)
63	Nicky McCrimmon	G	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	USC
64	Abbie Willenborg	F	United States	Houston Comets	Marquette

References

• "All-Time WNBA draft history". WNBA. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2008.