2000 WNBA draft

{{Short description|2000 meeting of WNBA teams to select players}}

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

{{Infobox sports draft

| name = 2000 WNBA draft

| image =

| caption =

| logo =

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| sport = Basketball

| date = April 25, 2000

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| league = WNBA

| teams =

| first = Ann Wauters
Cleveland Rockers

| territorial =

| prev = 1999

| next = 2001

}}

2000 WNBA draft

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

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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

| Gordana Grubin

| G

| {{Flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} FR Yugoslavia

| Indiana Fever (from Los Angeles Sparks)

| MiZo Pécs {{smaller|(Hungary)}}

2

| Edna Campbell

| G

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm (from Phoenix Mercury)

| Texas

3

| Kate Starbird

| G

| {{USA}}

| Miami Sol (from Sacramento Monarchs)

| Stanford

4

| Alisa Burras

| F

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire (from Cleveland Rockers)

| Louisiana Tech

5

| Sonja Henning

| G

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire (from Houston Comets)

| Stanford

6

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Sandy Brondello +

| G

| {{AUS}}

| Miami Sol (from Detroit Shock)

| BTV Wuppertal {{smaller|(Germany)}}

7

| Sophia Witherspoon

| G

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm (from New York Liberty)

| Florida

8

| Stephanie White

| G

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever (from Charlotte Sting)

| Purdue

9

| Nyree Roberts

| C

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever (from Washington Mystics)

| Old Dominion

10

| Angela Aycock

| F

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm (from Minnesota Lynx)

| Kansas

11

| Debbie Black

| G

| {{USA}}

| Miami Sol (from Utah Starzz)

| St. Joseph's

12

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Tari Phillips *

| C

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire (from Orlando Miracle)

| Central Florida

13

| Coquese Washington

| G

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire (from New York Liberty)

| Notre Dame

14

| Sharon Manning

| F

| {{USA}}

| Miami Sol (from Charlotte Sting)

| North Carolina State

15

| Nina Bjedov

| C

| {{Flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} FR Yugoslavia

| Seattle Storm (from Los Angeles Sparks)

| Basket Bees Pavia {{smaller|(Italy)}}

16

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Rita Williams +

| G

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever (from Washington Mystics)

| Connecticut

17

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| Kara Wolters ^

| C

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever (from Houston Comets)

| Connecticut

18

| Toni Foster

| F

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm (from Phoenix Mercury)

| Iowa

19

| Lesley Brown

| F

| {{USA}}

| Miami Sol (from Detroit Shock)

| Virginia

20

|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Molly Goodenbour #

| G

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire (from Sacramento Monarchs)

| Stanford

21

| Jamila Wideman

| G

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire (from Cleveland Rockers)

| Stanford

22

| Yolanda Moore

| F

| {{USA}}

| Miami Sol (from Orlando Miracle)

| Mississippi

23

| Charmin Smith

| G

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm (from Minnesota Lynx)

| Stanford

24

| Chantel Tremitiere

| G

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever (from Utah Starzz)

| Auburn

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"|Ann Wauters +

| C

| {{BEL}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| Valenciennes {{smaller|(France)}}

2

| Tausha Mills

| C

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Alabama (from Chicago Condors, ABL)

3

| Edwina Brown

| G

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock (from Utah){{refn|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) |group=lower-alpha|name=StarzzShock}}

| Texas

4

| Cíntia dos Santos

| F/C

| {{BRA}}

| Orlando Miracle

| Brazil

5

| Grace Daley

| G

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix){{refn|February 21, 2000: Phoenix to Minnesota

  • Phoenix acquired Brandy Reed
  • Minnesota acquired a first-round pick (5th overall) |group=lower-alpha|name=MercuryLynx}}

| Tulane

6

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Betty Lennox *

| G

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Louisiana Tech

7

| Lynn Pride

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire

| Kansas

8

| Tamicha Jackson

| G

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock (from Utah via Miami){{refn|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) |group=lower-alpha|name=SolStarzz}}{{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=StarzzShock}}

| Louisiana Tech

9

| Kamila Vodichkova

| F/C

| {{CZE}}

| Seattle Storm

| Gambrinus Brno

10

| Maylana Martin

| F

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx (from Miami via Indiana){{refn|December 15, 1999: Indiana to Miami

  • Indiana acquired Stephanie McCarty
  • Miami acquired Sandy Brondello and a first-round pick (10th overall) |group=lower-alpha|name=FeverSol}}{{refn|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) |group=lower-alpha|name=SolLynx}}

| UCLA

11

| Summer Erb

| C

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| North Carolina State

12

| Naomi Mulitauaopele

| C

| {{USA}}

| Utah Starzz (from Detroit){{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=StarzzShock}}

| Stanford

13

| Olga Firsova

| C

| {{UKR}}

| New York Liberty

| Kansas State

14

| Katy Steding

| F

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Stanford (from Portland Power, ABL)

15

| Nicole Kubik

| G

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Nebraska

16

| Elena Shakirova

| F/C

| {{RUS}}

| Houston Comets

| Dynamo Moscow

=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

17

| Helen Darling

| G

| {{USA}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| Penn State

18

| Tonya Massaline

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Florida

19

| Jameka Jones

| G

| {{USA}}

| Miami Sol (from Utah){{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=SolStarzz}}

| UNC Charlotte

20

| Jannon Roland

| F

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle

| Purdue (from New England Blizzard, ABL)

21

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Adrian Williams +

| F/C

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| USC

22

| Marla Brumfield

| G

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Rice

23

| Stacey Thomas

| F

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire

| Michigan

24

| Keitha Dickerson

| F

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx (from Miami){{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=SolLynx}}

| Texas Tech

25

| Charisse Sampson

| G

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm

| Kansas (from New England Blizzard, ABL)

26

| Jurgita Štreimikytė

| F

| {{flag|LTU|1988|name=Lithuania}}

| Indiana Fever

| Pool Comense {{smaller|(Italy)}}

27

| Tiffany Travis

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Florida

28

| Madinah Slaise

| G

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| Cincinnati

29

| Desiree Francis

| F

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Iowa State

30

| Stacy Clinesmith

| G

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| UC Santa Barbara

31

| Paige Sauer

| C

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Connecticut

32

| Andrea Garner

| C

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| Penn State

=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

33

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Monique Morehouse #

| C

| {{USA}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| Auburn (from New England Blizzard, ABL)

34

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jill Morton #

| G

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting (from Washington){{refn|January 19, 2000: Washington to Charlotte

  • Washington acquired Vicky Bullett
  • Charlotte acquired Shalonda Enis and a third-round pick (34th overall) |group=lower-alpha|name=MysticsSting}}

| Louisville

35

| Stacy Frese

| G

| {{USA}}

| Utah Starzz

| Iowa State

36

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Shawnetta Stewart #

| G

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle

| Rutgers

37

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Tauja Catchings #

| F

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Illinois

38

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Phylesha Whaley #

| F

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Oklahoma

39

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Maxann Reese #

| G

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire

| Michigan State

40

| Milena Flores

| G

| {{USA}}

| Miami Sol

| Stanford

41

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Kirra Jordan #

| F

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm

| Rice

42

| Usha Gilmore

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever

| Rutgers

43

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Peppi Browne #

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Duke

44

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Chavonne Hammond #

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| Vanderbilt

45

| Jessica Bibby

| G

| {{AUS}}

| New York Liberty

| Dandenong Rangers {{smaller|(Australia)}}

46

| Rhonda Banchero

| C

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Washington

47

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Marte Alexander #

| C

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Arizona

48

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Latavia Coleman #

| F

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets (traded to Indiana)

| Florida State

=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

49

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Sophie von Saldern #

| F/C

| {{GER}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| California

50

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Latina Davis #

| G

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever (from Washington, traded to Houston){{refn|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. |group=lower-alpha|name=MysticsFever}}

| Tennessee

51

| Kristen Rasmussen

| F

| {{USA}}

| Utah Starzz

| Michigan State

52

| Romana Hamzová

| G

| {{CZE}}

| Orlando Miracle

| Gambrinus Brno

53

| Shantia Owens

| C

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury (traded to Miami)

| Kentucky

54

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jana Lichnerová #

| C

| {{SVK}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Saint Joseph's

55

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Rhonda L. Smith #

| C

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire

| Long Beach State

56

| Shanele Stires

| F

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx (from Miami){{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=SolLynx}}

| Kansas State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

57

| Katrina Hibbert

| G

| {{AUS}}

| Seattle Storm

| LSU

58

| Renee Robinson

| G

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever (traded to Houston)

| Virginia

59

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Shaka Massey #

| C

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Louisiana Tech

60

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Cal Bouchard #

| G

| {{CAN}}

| Detroit Shock

| Boston College

61

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Natalie Porter #

| F

| {{AUS}}

| New York Liberty

| Australia

62

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jessica Zinobile #

| F

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Saint Francis (PA)

63

| Nicky McCrimmon

| G

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| USC

64

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Abbie Willenborg #

| F

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| Marquette

Trades

= Pre-draft trades =

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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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