2000 WNBA draft

2000 WNBA draft

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

!	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
*	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-WNBA Team
+	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
#	Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs
Bold	Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

2000 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	April 25, 2000
Overview
League	WNBA
First selection	Ann Wauters Cleveland Rockers
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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)[a]	Texas
4	Cíntia dos Santos	F/C	Brazil	Orlando Miracle	Brazil
5	Grace Daley	G	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix)[b]	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)[c][a]	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)[d][e]	UCLA
11	Summer Erb	C	United States	Charlotte Sting	North Carolina State
12	Naomi Mulitauaopele	C	United States	Utah Starzz (from Detroit)[a]	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 Massaline	G/F	United States	Washington Mystics	Florida
19	Jameka Jones	G	United States	Miami Sol (from Utah)[c]	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)[e]	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)[f]	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 Banchero	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
50	Latina Davis #	G	United States	Indiana Fever (from Washington, traded to Houston)[g]	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)[e]	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

Trades

Pre-draft trades

1. April 24, 2000: Utah to Detroit

   • Utah acquired Jennifer Azzi and a first-round pick (12th overall)
   • Detroit acquired a first-round pick (3rd overall) and Miami's first-round pick (8th overall)
2. February 21, 2000: Phoenix to Minnesota

   • Phoenix acquired Brandy Reed
   • Minnesota acquired a first-round pick (5th overall)
3. December 15, 1999: Miami to Utah

   • Miami acquired Elena Baranova and a second-round pick (19th overall)
   • Utah acquired Kate Starbird and a first-round pick (8th overall)
4. December 15, 1999: Indiana to Miami

   • Indiana acquired Stephanie McCarty
   • Miami acquired Sandy Brondello and a first-round pick (10th overall)
5. April 14, 2000: Miami to Minnesota

   • Miami acquired Marlies Askamp
   • Minnesota acquired Indiana's first-round pick (10th overall), second- and third-round picks (24th and 56th overall)
6. January 19, 2000: Washington to Charlotte

   • Washington acquired Vicky Bullett
   • Charlotte acquired Shalonda Enis and a third-round pick (34th overall)
7. December 15, 1999: Indiana acquired Monica Maxwell and Washington's third-round pick (50th overall) for selecting Nyree Roberts in the third round of the 2000 WNBA Expansion Draft.

See also

• List of first overall WNBA draft picks