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1998 WNBA draft

{{Short description|1998 meeting of WNBA teams to select players}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox sports draft

| name = 1998 WNBA draft

| image =

| caption =

| logo =

| logosize =

| sport = Basketball

| date = April 28, 1998

| location =

| network =

| league = WNBA

| teams =

| first = Małgorzata Dydek
Utah Starzz

| territorial =

| prev = 1997

| next = 1999

}}

1998 WNBA draft

  • On January 27, 1998, a total of 4 players were assigned to two teams in no particular order.
  • On February 18, 1998, a WNBA expansion draft took place.
  • On April 28, 1998, the regular WNBA draft took place.
  • On September 15, 1998, two more players were assigned for the expansion draft of 1999. See 1999 WNBA draft for more details.

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Initial player allocation

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:1%;"| Pick

! style="width:20%;"| Player

! style="width:1%;"| Position

! style="width:20%;"| Nationality

! style="width:25%;"| Team

! style="width:25%;"| School / club team

1

| bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| Cindy Brown x

| F

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| Long Beach State (from Seattle Reign, ABL)

2

| Razija Mujanović

| C

| {{BIH}}

| Detroit Shock

| Microcamp Campinas (Brazil)

3

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Nikki McCray + ^

| G

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

4

| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira

| C

| {{BRA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Comense (Italy)

Expansion draft

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:1%;"| Pick

! style="width:20%;"| Player

! style="width:1%;"| Position

! style="width:20%;"| Nationality

! style="width:25%;"| New team

! style="width:25%;"| Former team

1

| Rhonda Blades

| G

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| New York Liberty

2

| Heidi Burge

| F

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Los Angeles Sparks

3

| Tajama Abraham

| C

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| Sacramento Monarchs

4

| Penny Moore

| F

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Charlotte Sting

5

| Tara Williams

| G

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| Phoenix Mercury

6

| Deborah Carter

| F

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Utah Starzz

7

| bgcolor=#98f5ff| Lynette Woodard ^ !

| G

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| Cleveland Rockers

8

| Tammy Jackson

| F/C

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Houston Comets

College draft

=Round 1=

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:5%;"| Pick

! style="width:20%;"| Player

! style="width:5%;"| Position

! style="width:20%;"| Nationality

! style="width:25%;"| Team

! style="width:25%;"| School / club team

1

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Małgorzata Dydek +

| C

| {{POL}}

| Utah Starzz

| Pool Getafe (Spain)

2

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Ticha Penicheiro * ^

| G

| {{POR}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Old Dominion

3

| Murriel Page

| F/C

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Florida

4

| Korie Hlede

| G

| {{CRO}}

| Detroit Shock

| Duquesne

5

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Allison Feaster +

| F

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Harvard

6

| Cindy Blodgett

| G

| {{USA}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| Maine

7

| Tracy Reid

| F/G

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| North Carolina

8

| Maria Stepanova

| C

| {{RUS}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| CSKA Moscow (Russia)

9

| Alicia Thompson

| C

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Texas Tech

10

| Polina Tzekova

| F/C

| {{BUL}}

| Houston Comets

| Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (France)

=Round 2=

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:5%;"| Pick

! style="width:20%;"| Player

! style="width:5%;"| Position

! style="width:20%;"| Nationality

! style="width:25%;"| Team

! style="width:25%;"| School / club team

11

| Olympia Scott

| F/C

| {{USA}}

| Utah Starzz

| Stanford

12

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Tangela Smith +

| F/C

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Iowa

13

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Rita Williams +

| G

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Connecticut

14

| Rachael Sporn

| F

| {{AUS}}

| Detroit Shock

| Adelaide Lightning (Australia)

15

| Octavia Blue

| F

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Miami

16

|bgcolor=FFFF99| Suzie McConnell Serio x ^

| G

| {{USA}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| Penn State

17

| Christy Smith

| G

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Arkansas

18

| Andrea Kuklová

| G/F

| {{SVK}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Pays d'Aix Basket 13 (France)

19

| Nadine Domond

| G

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Iowa

20

| Nyree Roberts

| C

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| Old Dominion

=Round 3=

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:5%;"| Pick

! style="width:20%;"| Player

! style="width:5%;"| Position

! style="width:20%;"| Nationality

! style="width:25%;"| Team

! style="width:25%;"| School / club team

21

| LaTonya Johnson

| F

| {{USA}}

| Utah Starzz

| Memphis

22

| Quacy Barnes

| C

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Indiana

23

| Angela Hamblin

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Iowa

24

| Gergana Branzova

| F

| {{BUL}}

| Detroit Shock

| Florida International

25

| Rehema Stephens

| G

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| UCLA

26

| Tanja Kostić

| F

| {{SWE}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| Oregon State

27

| Pollyanna Johns

| C

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Michigan

28

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Brandy Reed +

| F

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Southern Mississippi

29

| Albena Branzova

| F

| {{BUL}}

| New York Liberty

| Florida International

30

| Amaya Valdemoro

| F

| {{ESP}}

| Houston Comets

| Pool Getafe (Spain)

=Round 4=

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:5%;"| Pick

! style="width:20%;"| Player

! style="width:5%;"| Position

! style="width:20%;"| Nationality

! style="width:25%;"| Team

! style="width:25%;"| School / club team

31

| Tricia Bader

| G

| {{USA}}

| Utah Starzz

| Boise State

32

| Adia Barnes

| F

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Arizona

33

| Angela Jackson

| C

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Texas

34

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Sandy Brondello +

| G

| {{AUS}}

| Detroit Shock

| BTV Wuppertal (Germany)

35

|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Erica Kienast #

| F

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| UC-Santa Barbara

36

|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Tammye Jenkins #

| C

| {{USA}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| Georgia

37

| Sonia Chase

| G

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Maryland

38

|bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Karen Wilkins #

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Howard

39

| Vanessa Nygaard

| F

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Stanford

40

| Monica Lamb-Powell

| C

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| USC

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{cite web | url=http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | title=All-Time WNBA Draft List | accessdate=June 4, 2008 | publisher=WNBA | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509153954/http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | archivedate=May 9, 2008 | url-status=dead }}

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