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Women's basketball player selection
2001 WNBA draft
General information
Sport
Basketball
Date(
s
)
April 20, 2001
Overview
League
WNBA
First selection
Lauren Jackson
Seattle Storm
←
2000
2002
→
2001
WNBA draft
On April 20, 2001 the regular WNBA draft took place.
Draft
[
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]
*
Denotes
player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
and
All-WNBA Team
+
Denotes
player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
Bold
Denotes
player who won Rookie of the Year
Round 1
[
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]
Pick
Player
Position
Nationality
Team
School / club team
1
Lauren Jackson
^ +
F/C
Australia
Seattle Storm
Canberra Capitals
(
Australia
)
2
Kelly Miller
G
United States
Charlotte Sting
Georgia
3
Tamika Catchings
^ +
[a]
F
United States
Indiana Fever
Tennessee
4
Jackie Stiles
^ +
[b]
G
United States
Portland Fire
Southwest Missouri State
[c]
5
Ruth Riley
+
C
United States
Miami Sol
Notre Dame
6
Deanna Nolan
+
G/F
United States
Detroit Shock
Georgia
7
Svetlana Abrosimova
F
Russia
Minnesota Lynx
Connecticut
8
Marie Ferdinand
+
G
United States
Utah Starzz
LSU
9
Coco Miller
G
United States
Washington Mystics
Georgia
10
Katie Douglas
+
G/F
United States
Orlando Miracle
Purdue
11
Penny Taylor
+
F
Australia
Cleveland Rockers
Dandenong Rangers
(Australia)
12
LaQuanda Barksdale
G/F
United States
Portland Fire
(from New York via Minnesota)
[d]
North Carolina
13
Kristen Veal
G
Australia
Phoenix Mercury
Canberra Capitals
(Australia)
14
Kelly Schumacher
C
United States
Indiana Fever
(from Sacramento)
[e]
Connecticut
15
Amanda Lassiter
F
United States
Houston Comets
Missouri
16
Camille Cooper
C
United States
Los Angeles Sparks
Purdue
Round 2
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Pick
Player
Position
Nationality
Team
School / club team
17
Semeka Randall
G
United States
Seattle Storm
Tennessee
18
Tammy Sutton-Brown
+
C
Canada
Charlotte Sting
Rutgers
19
Niele Ivey
G
United States
Indiana Fever
Notre Dame
20
Jenny Mowe
C
United States
Portland Fire
Oregon
21
Georgia Schweitzer
G/F
United States
Miami Sol
Duke
22
Jae Kingi
G
Australia
Detroit Shock
Adelaide Lightning
(Australia)
23
Erin Buescher
G
United States
Minnesota Lynx
Master's
24
Michaela Pavlíčková
F/C
Czech Republic
Utah Starzz
Denver
25
Tamara Stocks
F/C
United States
Washington Mystics
Florida
26
Brooke Wyckoff
F
United States
Orlando Miracle
Florida State
27
Jaynetta Saunders
F
United States
Cleveland Rockers
Texas A&
M
28
Janell Burse
C
United States
Minnesota Lynx
(from New York via Washington)
[f]
Tulane
29
Ilona Korstin
G/F
Russia
Phoenix Mercury
CJM Bourges Basket
(
France
)
30
Jackie Moore
C
United States
Sacramento Monarchs
Long Beach State
31
Tynesha Lewis
G/F
United States
Houston Comets
North Carolina State
32
Nicole Levandusky
G
United States
Los Angeles Sparks
Xavier
Round 3
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Pick
Player
Position
Nationality
Team
School / club team
33
ShaRae Mansfield
F
United States
Houston Comets
(from Seattle)
[g]
Western Kentucky
34
Jennifer Phillips
F
United States
Charlotte Sting
Xavier
35
Marlena Williams
F
United States
Indiana Fever
Missouri
36
Rasheeda Clark
G
United States
Portland Fire
Pepperdine
37
Levys Torres
C
Colombia
Miami Sol
Florida State
38
Svetlana Volnaya
G/F
Belarus
Detroit Shock
Virginia
39
Tombi Bell
G
United States
Minnesota Lynx
Miami
40
Shea Ralph
G/F
United States
Utah Starzz
Connecticut
41
Jamie Lewis
G
United States
Washington Mystics
Ohio State
42
Jaclyn Johnson
F
United States
Orlando Miracle
Kansas
43
Angelina Wolvert
F
United States
Cleveland Rockers
Oregon
44
Elena Karpova
F
Russia
Washington Mystics
(from New York)
[f]
MBK Ružomberok
(
Slovakia
)
45
Tere Williams
F
United States
Phoenix Mercury
Virginia Tech
46
Maren Walseth
F
United States
Sacramento Monarchs
Penn State
47
Shala Crawford
C
United States
Houston Comets
Life
48
Kelley Siemon
F
United States
Los Angeles Sparks
Notre Dame
Round 4
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Pick
Player
Position
Nationality
Team
School / club team
49
Juana Brown
G
United States
Seattle Storm
North Carolina
50
Reshea Bristol
G
United States
Charlotte Sting
Arizona
51
April Brown
F
United States
Indiana Fever
LSU
52
Natasha Pointer
G
United States
Portland Fire
Rutgers
53
Carolyn Moos
C
United States
Phoenix Mercury
(from Miami)
[h]
Stanford
54
Kelly Santos
F
Brazil
Detroit Shock
Brazil
55
Megan Taylor
G/F
United States
Minnesota Lynx
Iowa State
56
Cara Consuegra
G
United States
Utah Starzz
Iowa
57
Taru Tuukkanen
F/C
Finland
New York Liberty
(from Washington)
[f]
Xavier
58
Anne Thorius
G
Denmark
Orlando Miracle
Michigan
59
Erin Batth
F/C
United States
Cleveland Rockers
Clemson
60
Tara Mitchem
G
United States
New York Liberty
Southwest Missouri State
61
Megan Franza
G
United States
Phoenix Mercury
Washington
62
Katie Smrcka-Duffy
G
United States
Sacramento Monarchs
Georgetown
63
Kristen Clement
G
United States
Houston Comets
Tennessee
64
Beth Record
G/F
United States
Los Angeles Sparks
Syracuse
Notes
:
^
2002 Rookie of the Year.
^
2001 Rookie of the Year.
^
Became Missouri State in 2005.
^
February 20, 2001: Minnesota to Portland
[1]
Portland acquired
Kristin Folkl
and New York's first-round pick
Minnesota acquired
Lynn Pride
and
Michele Van Gorp
September 13, 2000: New York to Minnesota
Minnesota acquired a 2001 first-round pick
New York acquired
Grace Daley
^
April 11, 2001: Sacramento to Indiana
[1]
Indiana acquired a first-round pick
Sacramento acquired
Kara Wolters
^
a
b
c
April 17, 2001: Three-team trade
[1]
Minnesota acquired New York's second-round pick from Washington
Washington acquired a third-round pick from New York and
Annie Burgess
from Minnesota
New York acquired a fourth-round pick and
Andrea Nagy
from Washington
^
May 27, 2000: Seattle to Houston
[1]
Houston acquired a 2001 third-round pick
Seattle acquired the draft rights to
Andrea Garner
^
April 25, 2000: Miami to Phoenix
[1]
Phoenix acquired a 2001 fourth-round pick
Miami acquired the draft rights to Shantia Owens
See also
[
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]
List of first overall WNBA draft picks
References
[
edit
]
^
a
b
c
d
e
"2001 WNBA Draft Order"
.
The Houston Roundball Review
.
"All-Time WNBA draft history"
. WNBA. Archived from
the original
on May 9, 2008
. Retrieved
June 4,
2008
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Kelly Miller
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Deanna Nolan
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Coco Miller
Katie Douglas
Penny Taylor
LaQuanda Barksdale
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Michaela Pavlíčková
Tamara Stocks
Brooke Wyckoff
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Ilona Korstin
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