2007 WNBA draft

The 2007 WNBA draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league.

2007 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	January 8 – April 4, 2007
Location	Cleveland, Ohio (main draft)
Network(s)	ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
Overview
League	WNBA
Merging teams	Charlotte Sting (folded in 2006)
First selection	Lindsey Harding Minnesota Lynx
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A lottery was held on October 26, 2006, among the teams with the worst records in the previous season to determine the order of the top six picks in the first round of the draft. As in the NBA draft, the teams' chances were weighted so that the team with the worst record, in this case the Chicago Sky, had the best chance of receiving the top pick. The lottery was used to determine only the top two picks, with picks 3 through 6 going to the other lottery teams in inverse order of record. The Phoenix Mercury, despite having the best record of the six teams involved and thus the worst mathematical chance of winning, drew the top pick. It was the first time since the institution of the lottery for the 2002 Draft that the top pick was earned by the team with the worst mathematical chance of winning. Also for the first time, the team with the second-worst odds of earning the top pick, in this case the San Antonio Silver Stars, received the second pick.^[1] The remaining first-round picks, plus all picks in the second and third rounds, are allocated in inverse order of regular-season record, without regard to playoff results (as in the NBA Draft).

The main draft was held on April 4, 2007, inside the Renaissance Hotel on Cleveland's Public Square, the day after the 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament ended.^[2] This draft marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside of New Jersey.

Key

!	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
#	Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs
Bold	Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Dispersal draft

The first phase, held January 8, 2007, via conference call, was a dispersal draft from the roster of the Charlotte Sting, which folded on January 3.^[3] This was the first dispersal draft since before the 2004 season, after the Cleveland Rockers folded.^[4] The teams selected in inverse order of their 2006 won-loss record, without regard to the results of the WNBA draft lottery. All Sting players were available except for unrestricted free agents, Allison Feaster and Tammy Sutton-Brown.^[4] Two players from the Sting, Tasha Butts and Summer Erb, were not selected in the dispersal draft.

Pick	Player	Nationality	New Team	Former Team
1	Monique Currie	United States	Chicago Sky	Charlotte Sting
2	Tangela Smith +		Minnesota Lynx
3	Janel McCarville		New York Liberty
4	Helen Darling		San Antonio Silver Stars
5	Kelly Mazzante		Phoenix Mercury
6	Teana Miller		Washington Mystics
7	Tye'sha Fluker		Seattle Storm
8	Yelena Leuchanka	Belarus	Houston Comets
9	Sheri Sam +	United States	Indiana Fever
10	LaToya Bond		Sacramento Monarchs
11	No selection	—	Detroit Shock
12	Ayana Walker	United States	Los Angeles Sparks
13	No selection	—	Connecticut Sun

College draft

Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Lindsey Harding (traded to Minnesota)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Duke
2	Jessica Davenport (traded to New York)		San Antonio Silver Stars	Ohio State
3	Armintie Price		Chicago Sky	Ole Miss
4	Noelle Quinn		Minnesota Lynx	UCLA
5	Tiffany Jackson		New York Liberty	Texas
6	Bernice Mosby		Washington Mystics	Baylor
7	Katie Gearlds		Seattle Storm	Purdue
8	Ashley Shields		Houston Comets	Southwest Tennessee CC
9	Alison Bales		Indiana Fever	Duke
10	Carla Thomas		Chicago Sky (from Sacramento)	Vanderbilt
11	Ivory Latta +		Detroit Shock	North Carolina
12	Kamesha Hairston		Connecticut Sun (from Los Angeles)	Temple
13	Sandrine Gruda	France	Connecticut Sun	Valenciennes (France)

Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
14	Dee Davis	United States	Houston Comets (from Chicago)	Vanderbilt
15	Shay Murphy		Minnesota Lynx	USC
16	Shay Doron	Israel	New York Liberty	Maryland
17	Camille Little	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	North Carolina
18	Tyresa Smith		Phoenix Mercury	Delaware
19	Megan Vogel #		Washington Mystics	South Dakota State
20	Stephanie Raymond		Chicago Sky (from Seattle)	Northern Illinois
21	Jessica Dickson #		Chicago Sky (from Houston)	South Florida
22	Lyndsey Medders #		Indiana Fever	Iowa State
23	Brooke Smith		Sacramento Monarchs	Stanford
24	Kathrin Ress	Italy	Minnesota Lynx (from Detroit)	Boston College
25	Sidney Spencer	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Tennessee
26	Cori Chambers		Connecticut Sun	Georgia

Round 3

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
27	Jenna Rubino #	United States	Chicago Sky	DePaul
28	Leah Rush		Phoenix Mercury (from Minnesota)	Oklahoma
29	Martina Weber	Germany	New York Liberty	Iona
30	Nare Diawara #	Mali	San Antonio Silver Stars	Virginia Tech
31	Chrissy Givens	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Middle Tennessee
32	Gillian Goring	Trinidad and Tobago	Washington Mystics	North Carolina State
33	Brandie Hoskins #	United States	Seattle Storm	Ohio State
34	Kristen Newlin #		Houston Comets	Stanford
35	Ashley Key #		Indiana Fever	North Carolina State
36	Meg Bulger #		Sacramento Monarchs	West Virginia
37	Emily Westerberg #		Phoenix Mercury (from Detroit)	Arizona State
38	Amanda Brown #	Canada	Los Angeles Sparks	Penn State
39	Kiera Hardy #	United States	Connecticut Sun	Nebraska

See also

• List of first overall WNBA draft picks