2010 WNBA dispersal draft

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| name = 2010 WNBA dispersal draft

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| sport = Basketball

| date = December 14, 2009

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| league = WNBA

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| merging_teams = Sacramento Monarchs
(folded in 2009)

| first = Nicole Powell
New York Liberty

| prev = 2009

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The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held their fifth dispersal draft on December 14, 2009.

This dispersal draft re-assigned players from the Sacramento Monarchs who folded in November 2009, prior to the start of the 2010 WNBA season.{{cite web |title=WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs fold |url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/sports/ci_13836669 |date=November 20, 2009|publisher=Bay Area News Group}}{{cite news|title=Sun pick up F DeMya Walker in dispersal draft |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire/_/section/wnba/id/4742112 |work=ESPN |date=December 14, 2009 |access-date=May 26, 2025}} The remaining twelve active teams in the WNBA each selected one player from the 2009 Monarchs roster in the one-round draft.{{cite web |title=2010 WNBA Draft Overview |url=https://www.thebestsportsblog.com/2010-wnba-draft-overview.html |website=The Best Sports Blog |date= |access-date=May 26, 2025}} Teams drafted in inverse order of their 2009 regular season finish.{{cite web |title=Sacramento Monarchs Dispersal Draft Analysis |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/monarchs_dispersal_analysis_091214.html |website=WNBA |date=December 14, 2009 |access-date=May 26, 2025}} All Monarchs players were available except for unrestricted free agents, Kara Lawson, Ticha Penicheiro, and Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.{{cite news|title=Liberty draft Powell first overall |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=4743780 |work=ESPN |date=December 14, 2009 |access-date=May 26, 2025}}