2004 WNBA draft
{{Short description|U.S. women's basketball player selection}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports draft
| name = 2004 WNBA draft
| image =
| caption =
| logo =
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| sport = Basketball
| date = April 17, 2004
| location = Secaucus, New Jersey
| network =
| league = WNBA
| teams =
| merging_teams = Cleveland Rockers
(folded in 2003)
| first = Diana Taurasi
Phoenix Mercury
| territorial =
| prev = 2003
| next = 2005
}}
The 2004 WNBA draft was the eighth draft in the WNBA's history. It took place on April 17, 2004, at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, NJ.
Additionally, on January 6, 2004, the WBNA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the Cleveland Rockers who folded at the end of 2003 WNBA season.{{cite web |title=2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft Recap |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/dispersalrecap_040506.html |website=WNBA |date=|access-date=May 24, 2025}}{{cite web |title=Darling goes to Lynx in dispersal draft |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/2004/0106/1701736.html |work=ESPN |date=January 6, 2004 |access-date=May 24, 2025}}{{cite web |title=2004 Dispersal Draft Preview |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/04dispersal_preview.html |website=WNBA |date=January 5, 2004 |access-date=May 24, 2025}}
Key
{{WNBA Draft legend|1=y|2=y|3=y|4=y|6=y|7=y}}
Draft
=Round 1=
File:Diana Taurasi 2 cropped.jpg was selected first overall by the Phoenix Mercury.]]
class="wikitable sortable" |
style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:15%;"| Player ! style="width:5%;"| Position ! style="width:15%;"| Nationality ! style="width:20%;"| Team ! style="width:20%;"| School / club team |
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1
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Diana Taurasi * | G | {{USA}} |
2
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Alana Beard * | G | {{USA}} | Duke |
3
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Nicole Powell + | G/F | {{USA}} | Charlotte Sting {{small|(from Indiana)}} | Stanford |
4
| bgcolor="98f5ff"|Lindsay Whalen * ^ ! | G | {{USA}} | Connecticut Sun {{small|(from San Antonio)}} |
5
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Shameka Christon + | G/F | {{USA}} | Arkansas |
6
| C | {{USA}} | Minnesota Lynx {{small|(from Seattle)}} |
7
| C | {{USA}} | Florida |
8
| G/F | {{USA}} | Houston |
9
| C | {{USA}} | Indiana Fever {{small|(from Charlotte)}} | USC |
10
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Rebekkah Brunson + | F | {{USA}} |
11
| C/F | {{USA}} | Detroit Shock {{small|(from Houston)}} | Duke |
12
| F | {{USA}} | Georgia |
13
| F | {{USA}} | Purdue |
=Round 2=
File:Lindsaytaylor.JPG the 26th pick of the Houston Comets.]]
class="wikitable sortable" |
style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:15%;"| Player ! style="width:5%;"| Position ! style="width:15%;"| Nationality ! style="width:20%;"| Team ! style="width:20%;"| School / club team |
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14
| C | {{USA}} |
15
| C | {{USA}} | NC State |
16
| F | {{USA}} | Connecticut Sun {{small|(from San Antonio)}} |
17
| C | {{USA}} |
18
| F | {{USA}} | Charlotte Sting {{small|(from Indiana)}} |
19
| F | {{USA}} |
20
| F | {{USA}} |
21
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Cindy Dallas # | F | {{USA}} | San Antonio Silver Stars {{small|(from Connecticut)}} | Illinois |
22
| F | {{USA}} |
23
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Erika Valek # | G | {{COL}} | Detroit Shock {{small|(from Sacramento)}} | Purdue |
24
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Ugo Oha # | C | {{NGA}} | Connecticut Sun {{small|(from Houston)}} |
25
| G | {{USA}} | LSU |
26
| Lindsay Taylor {{small|(traded to Phoenix)}} | C | {{USA}} | Houston Comets {{small|(from Detroit)}} |
=Round 3=
File:Perkins-20161011.jpg the 35th pick of the Charlotte Sting.]]
class="wikitable sortable" |
style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:15%;"| Player ! style="width:5%;"| Position ! style="width:15%;"| Nationality ! style="width:20%;"| Team ! style="width:20%;"| School / club team |
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27
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Maria Villarroel # | G | {{flag|VEN|1930|name=Venezuela}} | Oklahoma |
28
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Evan Unrau # | F | {{USA}} | Missouri |
29
| G | {{USA}} | Connecticut Sun {{small|(from San Antonio)}} | Duquesne |
30
| G | {{USA}} |
31
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Ieva Kubliņa # | F/C | {{LAT}} |
32
| C | {{USA}} | Detroit Shock {{small|(from Seattle, via Houston)}} | Michigan |
33
| G | {{USA}} |
34
| G | {{USA}} | San Antonio Silver Stars {{small|(from Connecticut)}} |
35
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Jia Perkins + | G | {{USA}} |
36
| F | {{ESP}} |
37
| C | {{USA}} | Texas |
38
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Kate Bulger # | G | {{USA}} | Minnesota Lynx {{small|(from Detroit)}} |
See also
References
- {{cite web | url=http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | title=All-Time WNBA Draft List | 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 }}
{{WNBA Drafts}}
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{{2004 WNBA season by team}}