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2013 WNBA draft

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{{Infobox sports draft

| name = 2013 WNBA draft

| image = 2013_wnba_draft.png

| caption =

| logo =

| logosize =

| sport = Basketball

| date = April 15, 2013

| location = Bristol, Connecticut

| network = ESPN2, ESPNU

| league = WNBA

| teams =

| first = Brittney Griner
Phoenix Mercury

| territorial =

| prev = 2012

| next = 2014

}}

The 2013 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 15, 2013, at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut at 8:00 pm EDT. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), with the second and third rounds shown on ESPNU.

Draft lottery

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2013 draft occurred on September 26, 2012. For the first time in league history, the lottery was televised (during SportsCenter at 6:30 pm ET).

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2013 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

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

!rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|2012
record

!rowspan="2"|Lottery
chances

!colspan="5"|Pick

1st||2nd||3rd||4th
Washington Mystics

| 5–29

| 442

| .442

| .316

| .181

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|.062

Phoenix Mercury

| 7–27

| 276

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|.276

| .310

| .270

| .144

Tulsa Shock

| 9–25

| 178

| .178

| .230

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|.317

| .275

Chicago Sky

| 14–20

| 104

| .104

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|.145

| .232

| .520

colspan="8" align="left"|Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.

Transactions

Draft invitees

The WNBA announced on April 11, 2013, the 12 players were invited to attend the draft.{{cite press release|url=http://www.wnba.com/draft/2013/three_to_see_041113.html |title=2013 Draft Invitees |publisher=Women's National Basketball Association |date=April 11, 2013 |access-date=April 11, 2013}}

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Key

{{WNBA Draft legend|1=y|2=y|3=y|4=y|6=y|7=y}}

Draft

=Round 1=

class="wikitable sortable"
width=30|Pick

! width=333|Player

! width=200|Nationality{{efn|name=nat|group=n|Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality at time of draft. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.}}

! width=383|Team

! width=333|School / club team

1

| style="background-color:#FBCEB1"| {{sortname|Brittney|Griner}} *

| rowspan=7| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Baylor (Sr.)

2

| style="background-color:#FBCEB1"| {{sortname|Elena|Delle Donne}} *

| Chicago Sky

| Delaware (Sr.)

3

| style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|{{sortname|Skylar|Diggins}} *

| Tulsa Shock

| Notre Dame (Sr.)

4

| {{sortname|Tayler|Hill}}

| Washington Mystics

| Ohio State (Sr.)

5

| style="background-color:#FFCC00"|{{sortname|Kelsey|Bone}} +

| New York Liberty

| Texas A&M (Jr.)

6

| {{sortname|Tianna|Hawkins}}

| Seattle Storm

| Maryland (Sr.)

7

| {{sortname|Toni|Young}}

| New York Liberty {{small|(from Atlanta via Washington)}}

| Oklahoma State (Sr.)

8

| {{sortname|Kayla|Alexander}}

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada

| San Antonio Silver Stars

| Syracuse (Sr.)

9

| style="background-color:#FFCC00"| {{sortname|Layshia|Clarendon}} +

| rowspan=4| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever

| California (Sr.)

10

| {{sortname|A'dia|Mathies}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Kentucky (Sr.)

11

| {{sortname|Kelly|Faris}}

| Connecticut Sun

| Connecticut (Sr.)

12

| {{sortname|Lindsey|Moore}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Nebraska (Sr.)

=Round 2=

class="wikitable sortable"
width=30|Pick

! width=333|Player

! width=200|Nationality{{efn|name=nat|group=n}}

! width=383|Team

! width=333|School / club team

13

| bgcolor=#FFCC00| {{sortname|Alex|Bentley}} +

| rowspan=6| {{USA}}

| Atlanta Dream {{small|(from Washington)}}

| Penn State (Sr.)

14

| bgcolor=#FFCC00| {{sortname|Sugar|Rodgers}} +

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

| Georgetown (Sr.)

15

| {{sortname|Kamiko|Williams}}

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

| Tennessee (Sr.)

16

| {{sortname|Davellyn|Whyte}}

| San Antonio Silver Stars {{small|(from Chicago)}}

| Arizona (Sr.)

17

| {{sortname|Nadirah|McKenith}}

| Washington Mystics {{small|(from New York)}}

| St. John's (Sr.)

18

| {{sortname|Chelsea|Poppens}}

| Seattle Storm

| Iowa State (Sr.)

19

| bgcolor=#FFCC00|{{sortname|Emma|Meesseman}} +

| {{BEL}}

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

| Villeneuve-d'Ascq (France)

20

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| {{sortname|Diandra|Tchatchouang}} #

| {{FRA}}

| San Antonio Silver Stars

| Perpignan (France)

21

| {{sortname|Jasmine|Hassell}}

| rowspan=4| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever

| Georgia (Sr.)

22

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| {{sortname|Brittany|Chambers}} #

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Kansas State (Sr.)

23

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| {{sortname|Anna|Prins}} #

| Connecticut Sun

| Iowa State (Sr.)

24

| {{sortname|Chucky|Jeffery}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Colorado (Sr.)

=Round 3=

class="wikitable sortable"
width=30|Pick

! width=333|Player

! width=200|Nationality{{efn|name=nat|group=n}}

! width=383|Team

! width=333|School / club team

25

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| {{sortname|Shenneika|Smith|nolink=1}} #

| {{JAM}}

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

| St. John's (Sr.)

26

| {{sortname|Nikki|Greene}}

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Penn State (Sr.)

27

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| {{sortname|Olcay|Çakır}} #

| {{TUR}}

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

| Fenerbahçe (Turkey)

28

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| {{sortname|Brooklyn|Pope|nolink=1}} #

| rowspan=6| {{USA}}

| Chicago Sky

| Baylor (Sr.)

29

| {{sortname|Angel|Goodrich}}

| Tulsa Shock {{small|(from New York)}}

| Kansas (Sr.)

30

| {{sortname|Jasmine|James|nolink=1}}

| Seattle Storm

| Georgia (Sr.)

31

| {{ill|Anne Marie Armstrong|pl}}

| Atlanta Dream

| Georgia (Sr.)

32

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| {{sortname|Whitney|Hand|nolink=1}} #

| San Antonio Silver Stars

| Oklahoma (Sr.)

33

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| {{sortname|Jennifer|George|nolink=1}} #

| Indiana Fever

| Florida (Sr.)

bgcolor="lightgray"

| 34

| {{sortname|Alina|Iagupova}}{{efn|group=n|Los Angeles's selection of Alina Iagupova was subsequently voided by the league due to her age, under Article XIII, section 1(d) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.{{cite web|last=Kacēns|first=Jānis|title=Alina Iagupova's WNBA draft selection has been voided|url=http://lovewomensbasketball.com/2013/04/17/alina-iagupovas-wnba-draft-selection-has-been-voided/|publisher=LoveWomensBasketball.com|access-date=19 September 2013|date=17 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130619110553/http://lovewomensbasketball.com/2013/04/17/alina-iagupovas-wnba-draft-selection-has-been-voided/|archive-date=2013-06-19|url-status=dead}}}}

| {{UKR}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Elizabeth-Basket Kivorograd (Ukraine)

35

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| {{sortname|Andrea|Smith|nolink=1}} #

| {{USA}}

| Connecticut Sun

| South Florida (Sr.)

36

| {{sortname|Waltiea|Rolle}}

| {{BHS}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| North Carolina (Sr.)

Notes:

{{notelist|group=n}}

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 2013 draft but have played at least one game in the WNBA.

class="wikitable sortable sortable"
style="width:19%;"| Player

! style="width:1%;"| Position

! style="width:16%;"| Nationality

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

{{sortname|Victoria|Macaulay}}

| C

| {{AUS}}

| Temple (Sr.)

{{sortname|Tierra|Ruffin-Pratt}}

| G

| {{USA}}

| North Carolina (Sr.)

See also

References

  • {{cite web | url=http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | title=All-Time WNBA Draft List | 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 }}
  • {{cite web | url=http://wnbadraft.net/draft-history/2013-wnba-draft/ | title=2013 WNBA Draft Results | publisher=WNBA | access-date=2014-03-24 | archive-date=2014-03-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324155949/http://wnbadraft.net/draft-history/2013-wnba-draft/ | url-status=dead }}

External links

  • [http://www.wnba.com/draft/2013/ 2013 WNBA draft board]

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