2015 WNBA draft

The 2015 WNBA draft was the league's draft for the 2015 WNBA season.^[1] The Seattle Storm picked first.

2015 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	16 April
Location	Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
Network(s)	ESPN2, ESPNU
Overview
League	WNBA
First selection	Jewell Loyd Seattle Storm
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This year's draft was unusual in that two players with remaining college eligibility declared for the draft—Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame, who had one year of eligibility remaining, and Amanda Zahui B. of Minnesota, with two years remaining. Both players were draft-eligible by virtue of their births in 1993; under current draft rules, players who turn 22 in the calendar year of the draft can declare themselves eligible even if they have not completed college eligibility.^[2] Before this season, only two players with remaining college eligibility had ever entered the WNBA draft, and only one of these did so before her fourth college season (Kelsey Bone in 2012).^[3]

Draft lottery

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2015 draft occurred on August 21, 2014. The team that would get the first pick would be the winner of the lottery.^[4]

Note: Team selected for the No. 1 pick noted in bold text.

Team	2014 record	Lottery chances[5]	Result
Seattle Storm	12–22	35.9%	1st pick
Tulsa Shock	12–22	35.9%	2nd pick
Connecticut Sun	13–21	17.8%	3rd pick
Connecticut Sun (from New York Liberty)	15–19[a]	10.4%	4th pick

1. New York's record

Draft invitees

The WNBA announced on April 13, 2015 the 12 players invited to attend the draft.^[6]

• Brittany Boyd, California
• Reshanda Gray, California
• Dearica Hamby, Wake Forest
• Isabelle Harrison, Tennessee
• Brittany Hrynko, DePaul
• Samantha Logic, Iowa
• Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame
• Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Connecticut
• Kiah Stokes, Connecticut
• Aleighsa Welch, South Carolina
• Elizabeth Williams, Duke
• Amanda Zahui B., Minnesota

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 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

Draft

Jewell Loyd was selected 1st overall by the Seattle Storm.

Elizabeth Williams was selected 4th overall by the Connecticut Sun.

Cheyenne Parker-Tyus was selected 5th overall by the Chicago Sky.

Dearica Hamby was selected 6th overall by the San Antonio Stars.

Natasha Cloud was selected 15th overall by the Washington Mystics.

Betnijah Laney-Hamilton was selected 17th overall by the Chicago Sky.

Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Jewell Loyd *	United States	Seattle Storm	Notre Dame
2	Amanda Zahui B.	Sweden	Tulsa Shock	Minnesota
3	Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis	United States	Seattle Storm (from Connecticut)[a]	Connecticut
4	Elizabeth Williams +		Connecticut Sun (from New York)	Duke
5	Cheyenne Parker +		Chicago Sky	Middle Tennessee
6	Dearica Hamby +		San Antonio Stars (from Indiana)[b]	Wake Forest
7	Crystal Bradford		Los Angeles Sparks	Central Michigan
8	Ally Malott		Washington Mystics	Dayton
9	Brittany Boyd		New York Liberty (from San Antonio)	California
10	Samantha Logic		Atlanta Dream	Iowa
11	Kiah Stokes		New York Liberty (from Minnesota)	Connecticut
12	Isabelle Harrison		Phoenix Mercury	Tennessee

Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
13	Brianna Kiesel	United States	Tulsa Shock	Pittsburgh
14	Cierra Burdick		Los Angeles Sparks (from Seattle)	Tennessee
15	Natasha Cloud		Washington Mystics (from Connecticut via Seattle)	Saint Joseph's
16	Reshanda Gray		Minnesota Lynx (from New York)	California
17	Betnijah Laney +		Chicago Sky	Rutgers
18	Alex Harden		Phoenix Mercury (from Indiana)[c]	Wichita State
19	Brittany Hrynko (traded to Atlanta)		Connecticut Sun (from Los Angeles)	DePaul
20	Vicky McIntyre #		Seattle Storm (from Washington)	Oral Roberts
21	Chelsea Gardner #		Indiana Fever (from San Antonio)	Kansas
22	Aleighsa Welch #		Chicago Sky (from Atlanta)	South Carolina
23	Amber Orrange #		New York Liberty (from Minnesota)	Stanford
24	Žofia Hruščáková #	Slovakia	Phoenix Mercury	Good Angels Košice (Slovakia)

Round 3

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
25	Mimi Mungedi #	Gabon	Tulsa Shock	Nevada
26	Nneka Enemkpali #	United States	Seattle Storm	Texas
27	Laurin Mincy #		New York Liberty (from Connecticut)	Maryland
28	Michala Johnson #		New York Liberty (from Minnesota)	Wisconsin
29	Ariel Massengale #		Atlanta Dream	Tennessee
30	Dragana Stanković #	Serbia	San Antonio Stars (from Indiana)	UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary)
31	Andrea Hoover	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Dayton
32	Marica Gajić #	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Washington Mystics	ŽKK Celje (Slovenia)
33	Nikki Moody #	United States	San Antonio Stars	Iowa State
34	Lauren Okafor #		Atlanta Dream	James Madison
35	Shae Kelley		Minnesota Lynx (from New York)	Minnesota
36	Promise Amukamara #	Nigeria	Phoenix Mercury	Arizona State

Footnotes

1. The Storm traded Camille Little and Shekinna Stricklen to Connecticut for the 3rd and 15th picks in this draft.^[7]
2. The Stars traded Shenise Johnson and their second-round pick to Indiana for the first- and third-round picks in this draft.^[8]
3. May 12, 2014: Indiana to Phoenix^[9]

   • Indiana acquired Maggie Lucas
   • Phoenix acquired 2015 second-round pick