1999 WNBA draft

{{Short description|Basketball player selection}}

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{{Infobox sports draft

| name= 1999 WNBA draft

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| sport = Basketball

| date= May 4, 1999

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| league = WNBA

| teams =

| first = Chamique Holdsclaw
Washington Mystics

| territorial =

| prev= 1998

| next= 2000

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1999 WNBA draft

  • On September 15, 1998, two more players were assigned prior to the expansion draft.
  • On April 6, 1999, a WNBA expansion draft took place.
  • On May 3, 1999, another round of player allocation took place.
  • On May 4, 1999, the regular WNBA draft took place.
  • On December 15, 1999, an additional expansion draft took place for the 2000 WNBA season. See 2000 WNBA draft for more details.

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Initial expansion player allocation

class="wikitable"
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

| Kristin Folkl

| F

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Stanford

2

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Nykesha Sales *

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle

| Connecticut

Expansion draft

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"|Brandy Reed +

| F

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix Mercury)

| Southern Mississippi

2

| Andrea Congreaves

| F

| {{UK}}

| Orlando Miracle (from Charlotte Sting)

| Mercer

3

| Kim Williams

| G

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx (from Utah Starzz)

| DePaul

4

| Kisha Ford

| G

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle (from New York Liberty)

| Georgia Tech

5

| Octavia Blue

| G

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx (from Los Angeles Sparks)

| Miami (FL)

6

| Yolanda Moore

| F

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle (from Houston Comets)

| Mississippi

7

| Adia Barnes

| F

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx (from Sacramento Monarchs)

| Arizona

8

| Adrienne Johnson

| G

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle (from Cleveland Rockers)

| Ohio State

Post-expansion draft player allocation

class="wikitable"
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="#98f5ff"|Katie Smith * ^ !

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Ohio State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

2

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Shannon Johnson *

| G

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle

| South Carolina (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

College draft

=Round 1=

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

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

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

! style="width:15%;"| Nationality

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

! style="width:35%;"| School / club team

1

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Chamique Holdsclaw * ^

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Tennessee

2

| bgcolor="98f5ff"|Yolanda Griffith * ^ !

| F/C

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Florida Atlantic (from Chicago Condors, ABL)

3

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Natalie Williams * ^

| C

| {{USA}}

| Utah Starzz

| UCLA (from Portland Power, ABL)

4

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|DeLisha Milton + ^

| F

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Florida (from Portland Power, ABL)

5

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| Jennifer Azzi ^

| G

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| Stanford (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)

6

| Crystal Robinson

| F

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Southeastern Oklahoma State (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)

7

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Tonya Edwards +

| G

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

8

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Tari Phillips *

| F

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle

| Central Florida (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)

9

| bgcolor="98f5ff"|Dawn Staley + ^ !

| G

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Virginia (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)

10

| Edna Campbell

| G

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Texas (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)

11

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Chasity Melvin +

| C

| {{USA}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| North Carolina State (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)

12

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| Natalia Zasulskaya #

| F

| {{RUS}}

| Houston Comets

| Dynamo Moscow, Russia

=Round 2=

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

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

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

! style="width:15%;"| Nationality

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

! style="width:35%;"| School / club team

13

| Shalonda Enis

| F

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Alabama (from Seattle Reign, ABL)

14

| Kedra Holland-Corn

| G

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Georgia (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)

15

| Debbie Black

| G

| {{USA}}

| Utah Starzz

| St. Joseph's (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)

16

| Clarisse Machanguana

| C

| {{MOZ}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Old Dominion (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)

17

| Val Whiting

| C

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| Stanford (from Seattle Reign, ABL)

18

| Michele Van Gorp

| C

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Duke

19

| Trisha Fallon

| G/F

| {{AUS}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Sydney Flames, Australia

20

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Sheri Sam +

| F/G

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle

| Vanderbilt (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)

21

| Stephanie White

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Purdue

22

|bgcolor=#FFFF99| Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil ^

| F

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Texas (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)

23

| Mery Andrade

| F

| {{POR}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| Old Dominion

24

| Sonja Henning

| G

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| Stanford (from Portland Power, ABL)

=Round 3=

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

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

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

! style="width:15%;"| Nationality

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

! style="width:35%;"| School / club team

25

| Andrea Nagy

| G

| {{HUN}}

| Washington Mystics

| Florida International (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)

26

| Kate Starbird

| G

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Stanford (from Seattle Reign, ABL)

27

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Adrienne Goodson +

| F

| {{USA}}

| Utah Starzz

| Old Dominion (from Chicago Condors, ABL)

28

| Ukari Figgs

| G

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Purdue

29

| Dominique Canty

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| Alabama

30

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Tamika Whitmore +

| C

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Memphis

31

|bgcolor=#FFFF99| Andrea Lloyd ^

| F

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Texas (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

32

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Taj McWilliams-Franklin{{efn|group=n|Taj McWilliams-Franklin is the lowest draft pick to be named a WNBA All-Star.}} * ^

| C

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle

| St. Edward's (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)

33

| Charlotte Smith

| F

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| North Carolina (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)

34

| Lisa Harrison

| F

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

35

| Tracy Henderson

| C

| {{USA}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| Georgia (from Nashville Noise, ABL)

36

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| Kara Wolters ^

| C

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| Connecticut (from New England Blizzard, ABL)

Notes:

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=Round 4=

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style="width:5%;"| Pick

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

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

! style="width:15%;"| Nationality

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

! style="width:35%;"| School / club team

37

| Jenny Whittle

| C

| {{AUS}}

| Washington Mystics

| Perth Breakers, Australia

38

| Amy Herrig

| C

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Iowa

39

| Dalma Ivanyi

| G

| {{HUN}}

| Utah Starzz

| Florida International

40

| La'Keshia Frett

| F

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Georgia (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)

41

| Astou Ndiaye

| F/C

| {{SEN}}

| Detroit Shock

| Southern Nazarene (from Seattle Reign, ABL)

42

| Carolyn Jones-Young

| G

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Auburn (from New England Blizzard, ABL)

43

| Sonja Tate

| G

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Arkansas State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

44

| Carla McGhee

| F

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle

| Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

45

| Angie Braziel

| F

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Texas Tech

46

| Amanda Wilson

| F

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Louisiana Tech

47

| Kellie Jolly

| G

| {{USA}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| Tennessee

48

|bgcolor=#FFFF99| Jennifer Rizzotti ^

| G

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| Connecticut (from New England Blizzard, ABL)

49

| Angie Potthoff

| F

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Penn State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

50

| Elaine Powell

| G

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle

| LSU (from Portland Power, ABL)

See also

References

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

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{{1999 WNBA season by team}}

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