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2006 WNBA draft

{{Short description|2006 meeting of WNBA teams to select players}}

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

{{Infobox sports draft

| name = 2006 WNBA draft

| image =

| caption =

| logo =

| logosize =

| sport = Basketball

| date = November 16, 2005 – April 5, 2006

| expansion_teams = Chicago Sky

| location = Boston, Massachusetts (main draft)

| network = ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU

| league = WNBA

| teams =

| first = Seimone Augustus
Minnesota Lynx

| territorial =

| prev = 2005

| next = 2007

}}

On April 5, 2006, the WNBA Draft took place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The draft was held in conjunction with the 2006 NCAA women's basketball tournament, which had its championship game the night before at the TD Banknorth Garden, now known as TD Garden, in Boston. This marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside New Jersey.

The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV. Linda Cohn hosted the draft coverage. Four of the top six draft picks would be named to the All-Star Game in their rookie season: Seimone Augustus, Cappie Pondexter, Sophia Young, and Candice Dupree.

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Expansion draft

On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm into the league.

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

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

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

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

! style="width:20%;"| Former team

1

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Jia Perkins +

| G

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

2

| Brooke Wyckoff

| F

| {{USA}}

| Connecticut Sun

3

| Elaine Powell

| G

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

4

| Kiesha Brown

| G

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

5

| Deanna Jackson

| F

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever

6

| Laura Macchi

| F

| {{ITA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

7

| Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert

| F

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

8

| DeTrina White

| F

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

9

| Ashley Robinson

| C

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

10

| Chelsea Newton

| G

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

11

| Bernadette Ngoyisa

| C

| {{COD}}

| San Antonio Silver Stars

12

| Francesca Zara

| G

| {{ITA}}

| Seattle Storm

13

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Stacey Dales-Schuman +

| G

| {{CAN}}

| Washington Mystics

College draft

=Round 1=

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

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

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

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

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

! style="width:20%;"| School / club team

1

| bgcolor=#98f5ff|Seimone Augustus * ^ !

| G

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| LSU

2

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Cappie Pondexter *

| G

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Rutgers

3

| Monique Currie

| G

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Duke

4

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Sophia Young *

| F

| {{VIN}}

| San Antonio Silver Stars

| Baylor

5

| Lisa Willis

| G

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks {{small|(from Washington)}}

| UCLA

6

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Candice Dupree +

| F/C

| {{USA}}

| Chicago Sky

| Temple

7

| Shona Thorburn

| G

| {{CAN}}

| Minnesota Lynx {{small|(from Detroit)}}

| Utah

8

| Tamara James

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics {{small|(from Los Angeles)}}

| Miami (FL)

9

| La'Tangela Atkinson

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever

| North Carolina

10

| Tye'sha Fluker

| C

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting {{small|(from Houston)}}

| Tennessee

11

| Barbara Turner

| G

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm

| Connecticut

12

| Sherill Baker

| G

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Georgia

13

| Kim Smith

| F

| {{CAN}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Utah

14

| Scholanda Dorrell

| G

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs {{small|(from Connecticut via San Antonio)}}

| LSU

=Round 2=

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

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

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

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

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

! style="width:20%;"| School / club team

15

| Ann Strother {{small|(traded to Phoenix)}}

| G

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets {{small|(from Charlotte)}}

| Connecticut

16

| Shanna Zolman

| G

| {{USA}}

| San Antonio Silver Stars

| Tennessee

17

| Ambrosia Anderson {{small|(traded to Minnesota)}}

| F

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock {{small|(from Minnesota)}}

| BYU

18

| Liz Shimek {{small|(traded to Houston)}}

| F

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Michigan State

19

| Nikki Blue

| G

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| UCLA

20

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jennifer Harris #

| G

| {{USA}}

| Chicago Sky

| Washburn

21

| Mistie Williams {{small|(traded to Houston)}}

| F

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury {{small|(from Detroit)}}

| Duke

22

| Willnett Crockett

| F

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Connecticut

23

| Brooke Queenan

| F

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Boston College

24

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Renae Camino #

| G

| {{AUS}}

| Houston Comets

| AIS (Australia)

25

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Dalila Eshe #

| F

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm

| Florida

26

| Kasha Terry

| F

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever

| Georgia Tech

27

| LaToya Bond

| G

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting {{small|(from Sacramento)}}

| Missouri

28

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Debbie Merrill #

| F

| {{USA}}

| Connecticut Sun

| Ohio State

=Round 3=

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

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

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

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

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

! style="width:20%;"| School / club team

29

| Tiffany Stansbury

| F/C

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| North Carolina State

30

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Khara Smith #

| F

| {{USA}}

| San Antonio Silver Stars

| DePaul

31

| Megan Duffy

| G

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Notre Dame

32

| Crystal Smith

| G

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Iowa

33

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Mariam Sy #

| C

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Oklahoma City

34

| Kerri Gardin

| F

| {{USA}}

| Chicago Sky

| Virginia Tech

35

| Zane Teilane

| C

| {{LAT}}

| Detroit Shock

| Western Illinois

36

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Tiffany Porter-Talbert #

| G

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Western Kentucky

37

| Christelle N'Garsanet

| C

| {{CIV}}

| New York Liberty

| Missouri

38

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jessica Foley #

| G

| {{AUS}}

| Indiana Fever {{Small|(from Houston)}}

| Duke

39

| Erin Grant

| G

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm

| Texas Tech

40

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Marina Kuzina #

| C

| {{RUS}}

| Indiana Fever

| Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia)

41

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Lamisha Augustine #

| F

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| San Jose State

42

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Marita Payne #

| C

| {{AUS}}

| Connecticut Sun

| Auburn

See also

References

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  • {{cite web | url=http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | title=All-Time WNBA draft history | access-date=2008-06-04 | publisher=WNBA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509153954/http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | archive-date=9 May 2008 | url-status=dead }}

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