2010 WNBA draft

{{Short description|2010 meeting of WNBA teams to select players}}

{{Infobox sports draft

| name = 2010 WNBA draft

| image = 2010 WNBA Draft.png

| caption =

| logo =

| logosize =

| sport = Basketball

| date = December 14, 2009 – April 8, 2010

| location = Secaucus, New Jersey

| network = ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU

| league = WNBA

| teams =

| first = Tina Charles
Connecticut Sun

| merging_teams = Sacramento Monarchs
(folded in 2009)

| territorial =

| prev = 2009

| next = 2011

}}

The 2010 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.

A lottery was held on November 5, 2009. The Minnesota Lynx received the first overall selection of the draft. The Sacramento Monarchs received the number two selection. The Connecticut Sun came up with the third overall selection, followed by the Minnesota Lynx again at four, and the Chicago Sky at number five.

Additionally, on December 14, 2009, the WNBA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the Sacramento Monarchs who folded at the end of 2009 WNBA season.{{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}} Since the Monarchs folded after the draft lottery took place, their pick was simply eliminated.

Draft lottery

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top five picks in the 2010 Draft occurred on November 5, 2009, the Minnesota Lynx won the first pick, while the Sacramento Monarchs and Connecticut Sun were awarded the second and third picks respectively.{{cite news |title=Minnesota Lynx Win Top Pick in 2010 WNBA Draft |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/draft_lottery_results_091105.html |publisher=WNBA |date=November 9, 2009 |access-date=April 18, 2025}} The remaining first-round picks and all the second- and third-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss records in the previous season.

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2010 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places{{efn|Notes:

Team selected for the No. 1 pick noted in bold text
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result}}:

class="wikitable" style="width:70%" !rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|2009 record !rowspan="2"\|Lottery chances !colspan="5"\|Pick
1st\|\|2nd\|\|3rd\|\|4th\|\|5th
Sacramento Monarchs{{efn\|Sacramento Monarchs folded in December 2009, so their No. 2 pick was removed and the subsequent draft picks moved one place up.}} \| 12–22 \| 420 \| .420 \| style="background-color:#FFFF99"\|.302 \| .181 \| .097 \| .000
Minnesota Lynx {{small\|(from New York via Los Angeles)}}{{efn\|May 5, 2009: Three-team trade among Los Angeles, Minnesota, and New York{{cite news \|title=Sparks Acquire L.A. Native Noelle Quinn \|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/sparks/news/quinn_50509.html \|publisher=WNBA \|date=May 5, 2009 \|access-date=April 18, 2025}} Los Angeles acquired Noelle Quinn (from Minnesota) and a 2010 first-round pick (from New York) New York acquired Sidney Spencer (from Los Angeles) Minnesota acquired exclusive negotiating rights for Raffaella Masciadri and New York's 2010 first-round pick (from Los Angeles)\|name=MinNewLos}} \| 13–21 \| 261 \| style="background-color:#FFFF99"\|.261 \| .284 \| .246 \| .200 \| .008
Minnesota Lynx \| 14–20 \| 167 \| .167 \| .207 \| .263 \| style="background-color:#FFFF99"\|.315 \| .048
Connecticut Sun \| 16–18 \| 78 \| .076 \| .103 \| style="background-color:#FFFF99"\|.155 \| .388 \| .278
Chicago Sky \| 16–18 \| 78 \| .076 \| .103 \| .155 \| .000 \| style="background-color:#FFFF99"\|.666

class="wikitable" style="width:70%"

!rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|2009
record

!rowspan="2"|Lottery
chances

!colspan="5"|Pick

1st||2nd||3rd||4th||5th

Sacramento Monarchs{{efn|Sacramento Monarchs folded in December 2009, so their No. 2 pick was removed and the subsequent draft picks moved one place up.}}

| 12–22

| 420

| .420

| style="background-color:#FFFF99"|.302

| .181

| .097

| .000

Minnesota Lynx {{small|(from New York via Los Angeles)}}{{efn|May 5, 2009: Three-team trade among Los Angeles, Minnesota, and New York{{cite news |title=Sparks Acquire L.A. Native Noelle Quinn |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/sparks/news/quinn_50509.html |publisher=WNBA |date=May 5, 2009 |access-date=April 18, 2025}}

Los Angeles acquired Noelle Quinn (from Minnesota) and a 2010 first-round pick (from New York)
New York acquired Sidney Spencer (from Los Angeles)
Minnesota acquired exclusive negotiating rights for Raffaella Masciadri and New York's 2010 first-round pick (from Los Angeles)|name=MinNewLos}}

| 13–21

| 261

| style="background-color:#FFFF99"|.261

| .284

| .246

| .200

| .008

Minnesota Lynx

| 14–20

| 167

| .167

| .207

| .263

| style="background-color:#FFFF99"|.315

| .048

Connecticut Sun

| 16–18

| 78

| .076

| .103

| style="background-color:#FFFF99"|.155

| .388

| .278

Chicago Sky

| 16–18

| 78

| .076

| .103

| .155

| .000

| style="background-color:#FFFF99"|.666

Transactions

January 30, 2009: The Washington Mystics receive the second-round pick from the Minnesota Lynx as part of the Lindsey Harding transaction.
March 26, 2009: The Los Angeles Sparks receive the first-round pick from the Phoenix Mercury as part of the Temeka Johnson transaction.
May 5, 2009: The Minnesota Lynx receive the first-round pick from the New York Liberty (via L.A.) as part of the Sidney Spencer/Noelle Quinn transaction.
November 20, 2009: The league announces the folding of the Sacramento Monarchs. The Monarchs' picks in the draft were simply eliminated.
January 12, 2010: The Connecticut Sun receive the first overall pick in exchange for the second overall pick from the Minnesota Lynx as part of the Lindsay Whalen/Renee Montgomery transaction.

Source{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2009.html |title=2009 WNBA Transactions |website=wnba.com}}

Key

Draft

=Round 1=

class="wikitable sortable"
width=100\|Pick ! width=300\|Player ! width=200\|Nationality ! width=350\|Team ! width=300\|School / club team
1 \| style="background-color:#FBCEB1"\|Tina Charles * \| rowspan=8\| {{USA}} \| Connecticut Sun {{small\|(from New York via Los Angeles and Minnesota)}} \| Connecticut
2 \| Monica Wright \| Minnesota Lynx {{small\|(from Connedcticut)}} \| Virginia
3 \| Kelsey Griffin {{small\|(traded to Connecticut)}} \| Minnesota Lynx \| Nebraska
4 \| style="background-color:#FBCEB1"\|Epiphanny Prince * \| Chicago Sky \| Rutgers/Turkey
5 \| Jayne Appel \| San Antonio Silver Stars \| Stanford
6 \| Jacinta Monroe \| Washington Mystics \| Florida State
7 \| Danielle McCray \| Connecticut Sun {{small\|from Tulsa)}} \| Kansas
8 \| Andrea Riley \| Los Angeles Sparks \| Oklahoma State
9 \| Chanel Mokango \| {{flag\|DR Congo}} \| Atlanta Dream \| Mississippi State
10 \| Alison Lacey \| {{AUS}} \| Seattle Storm \| Iowa State
11 \| Jené Morris \| rowspan=2\| {{USA}} \| Indiana Fever \| San Diego State
12 \| bgcolor=#C0C0C0 \| Bianca Thomas ^# \| Los Angeles Sparks {{small\|(from Phoenix)}} \| Ole Miss

class="wikitable sortable"

width=100|Pick

! width=300|Player

! width=200|Nationality

! width=350|Team

! width=300|School / club team

| style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|Tina Charles *

| rowspan=8| {{USA}}

| Connecticut Sun {{small|(from New York via Los Angeles and Minnesota)}}

| Connecticut

| Monica Wright

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

| Virginia

| Kelsey Griffin {{small|(traded to Connecticut)}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Nebraska

| style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|Epiphanny Prince *

| Chicago Sky

| Rutgers/Turkey

| Jayne Appel

| San Antonio Silver Stars

| Connecticut Sun {{small|from Tulsa)}}

| Kansas

| {{flag|DR Congo}}

| {{AUS}}

| rowspan=2| {{USA}}

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0 | Bianca Thomas ^#

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

| Ole Miss

=Round 2=

class="wikitable sortable"
width=100\|Pick ! width=300\|Player ! width=200\|Nationality ! width=350\|Team ! width=300\|School / club team
13 \| Kalana Greene \| rowspan=4\| {{USA}} \| New York Liberty \| Connecticut
14 \| bgcolor=#C0C0C0\| Jenna Smith ^# \| Washington Mystics {{small\|(from Minnesota)}} \| Illinois
15 \| bgcolor=#FFCC00\| Allison Hightower ⁺ \| Connecticut Sun \| LSU
16 \| Ashley Houts \| New York Liberty {{small\|(from Chicago)}} \| Georgia
17 \| Alysha Clark \| {{flag\|Israel}} / {{USA}} \| San Antonio Silver Stars \| Middle Tennessee
18 \| bgcolor=#C0C0C0\| Shanavia Dowdell ^# \| rowspan=3\| {{USA}} \| Washington Mystics \| Louisiana Tech
19 \| Amanda Thompson \| Tulsa Shock \| Oklahoma
20 \| Angel Robinson \| Los Angeles Sparks \| Georgia
21 \| bgcolor=#C0C0C0\| Brigitte Ardossi ^# \| {{flag\|Australia}} \| Atlanta Dream \| Georgia Tech
22 \| bgcolor=#C0C0C0\| Tanisha Smith ^# \| {{USA}} \| Seattle Storm \| Texas A&M
23 \| bgcolor=#C0C0C0\| Armelie Lumanu ^# \| {{flag\|DR Congo}} \| Indiana Fever \| Mississippi State
24 \| bgcolor=#C0C0C0\| Tyra Grant ^# \| {{USA}} \| Phoenix Mercury \| Penn State

class="wikitable sortable"

width=100|Pick

! width=300|Player

! width=200|Nationality

! width=350|Team

! width=300|School / club team

| Kalana Greene

| rowspan=4| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Connecticut

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jenna Smith ^#

| Washington Mystics {{small|(from Minnesota)}}

| Illinois

| bgcolor=#FFCC00| Allison Hightower ⁺

| Connecticut Sun

| LSU

| Ashley Houts

| New York Liberty {{small|(from Chicago)}}

| Georgia

| Alysha Clark

| {{flag|Israel}} / {{USA}}

| San Antonio Silver Stars

| Middle Tennessee

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Shanavia Dowdell ^#

| rowspan=3| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Georgia

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Brigitte Ardossi ^#

| {{flag|Australia}}

| Atlanta Dream

| Georgia Tech

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Tanisha Smith ^#

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm

| Texas A&M

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Armelie Lumanu ^#

| {{flag|DR Congo}}

| Indiana Fever

| Mississippi State

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Tyra Grant ^#

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Penn State

=Round 3=

class="wikitable sortable"
width=100\|Pick ! width=300\|Player ! width=200\|Nationality ! width=350\|Team ! width=300\|School / club team
25 \| bgcolor=#C0C0C0\| Cory Montgomery ^# \| {{USA}} \| New York Liberty \| Nebraska
26 \| Gabriela Marginean \| {{flag\|Romania}} \| Minnesota Lynx \| Drexel
27 \| bgcolor=#C0C0C0\| Johannah Leedham ^# \| {{flag\|Great Britain}} \| Connecticut Sun \| Franklin Pierce
28 \| Abi Olajuwon \| rowspan=6\| {{USA}} \| Chicago Sky \| Oklahoma
29 \| bgcolor=#C0C0C0\| Alexis Rack ^# \| San Antonio Silver Stars \| Mississippi State
30 \| Alexis Gray-Lawson \| Washington Mystics \| California
31 \| bgcolor=#C0C0C0\| Vivian Frieson ^# \| Tulsa Shock \| Gonzaga
32 \| bgcolor=#C0C0C0\| Rashidat Junaid ^# \| Los Angeles Sparks \| Rutgers
33 \| Brittainey Raven \| Atlanta Dream \| Texas
34 \| bgcolor=#C0C0C0\| Tijana Krivačević ^# \| {{SRB}} / {{HUN}} \| Seattle Storm \| MKB Euroleasing Sopron {{small\|(Hungary)}}
35 \| Joy Cheek \| rowspan=2\| {{USA}} \| Indiana Fever \| Duke
36 \| bgcolor=#C0C0C0\| Nyeshia Stevenson ^# \| Phoenix Mercury \| Oklahoma

class="wikitable sortable"

width=100|Pick

! width=300|Player

! width=200|Nationality

! width=350|Team

! width=300|School / club team

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Cory Montgomery ^#

| {{USA}}

| {{flag|Romania}}

| Drexel

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Johannah Leedham ^#

| {{flag|Great Britain}}

| rowspan=6| {{USA}}

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Alexis Rack ^#

| San Antonio Silver Stars

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Vivian Frieson ^#

| Tulsa Shock

| Gonzaga

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Rashidat Junaid ^#

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Rutgers

| Brittainey Raven

| Atlanta Dream

| Texas

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Tijana Krivačević ^#

| {{SRB}} / {{HUN}}

| Seattle Storm

| MKB Euroleasing Sopron {{small|(Hungary)}}

| Joy Cheek

| rowspan=2| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever

| Duke

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Nyeshia Stevenson ^#

| Phoenix Mercury

| Oklahoma

References

{{cite web | url=http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | title=All-Time WNBA draft history | publisher=WNBA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012083033/http://wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | archive-date=2008-10-12 | url-status=dead }}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120623012641/http://www.wnba.com/draft2010/draft_board.html 2010 WNBA Draft Board]

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=Round 1=

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=Round 3=

See also

References

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