2017 WNBA draft
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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.[1]
2017 WNBA draft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Basketball |
Date(s) | April 13, 2017 |
Location | Samsung 837, New York City |
Network(s) | ESPN2 (first round) ESPNU (Second and Third Rounds) |
Overview | |
League | WNBA |
First selection | Kelsey Plum San Antonio Stars |
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, the San Antonio Stars, picked first.[2]
All odds out of 1,000 based on percentages (the 11–12–13–14 combination is ignored).
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.
Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
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13 | Shayla Cooper | United States | Connecticut Sun | Ohio State |
14 | Lindsay Allen | United States | New York Liberty | Notre Dame |
15 | Alexis Peterson | United States | Seattle Storm[lower-alpha 8] | Syracuse |
16 | Leticia Romero | Spain | Connecticut Sun | Florida State |
17 | Erica McCall | United States | Indiana Fever[lower-alpha 9] | Stanford |
18 | Jennie Simms | United States | Washington Mystics[lower-alpha 10] | Old Dominion |
19 | Jordan Reynolds | United States | Atlanta Dream | Tennessee |
20 | Feyonda Fitzgerald | United States | Indiana Fever | Temple |
21 | Chantel Osahor | United States | Chicago Sky | Washington |
22 | Ronni Williams | United States | Indiana Fever[lower-alpha 11] | Florida |
23 | Breanna Lewis | United States | Dallas Wings[lower-alpha 12] | Kansas State |
24 | Lisa Berkani | France | Minnesota Lynx | USO Mondeville (France) |
Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
---|---|---|---|---|
25 | Schaquilla Nunn | United States | San Antonio Stars | Tennessee |
26 | Saniya Chong | United States | Dallas Wings | Connecticut |
27 | Mehryn Kraker | United States | Washington Mystics | Green Bay |
28 | Jessica January | United States | Connecticut Sun | DePaul |
29 | Alexis Prince | United States | Phoenix Mercury | Baylor |
30 | Lanay Montgomery | United States | Seattle Storm | West Virginia |
31 | Oderah Chidom | United States | Atlanta Dream | Duke |
32 | Adrienne Motley | United States | Indiana Fever | Miami |
33 | Makayla Epps | United States | Chicago Sky | Kentucky |
34 | Kai James | United States | New York Liberty | Florida State |
35 | Saicha Grant-Allen | Canada | Los Angeles Sparks | Dayton |
36 | Tahlia Tupaea | Australia | Minnesota Lynx | Sydney Uni Flames (Australia) |
On November 29, 2016, WNBA.com posted notable prospects for the draft. The list included:[11]
On April 6, 2017, the WNBA released the names of the players who would be invited to be in attendance at the draft through their @WNBA Twitter account:[12]
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