1998 WNBA Draft - 27 January 1998

• On January 27, 1998 a total of 4 players were assigned to two teams in no particular order.
• On February 18, 1998 a WNBA expansion draft took place
• On April 28, 1998 the regular WNBA draft took place.
• On September 15, 1998, two more players were assigned for the expansion draft of 1999. See 1999 WNBA Draft for more details.

Contents 1 Initial Player Allocation 2 Expansion Draft 3 WNBA Draft 3.1 Round 1 3.2 Round 2 3.3 Round 3 3.4 Round 4 4 References

[edit] Initial Player Allocation

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
1	Cindy Brown (F)	United States	Detroit Shock	Long Beach State (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
2	Razija Mujanović (C)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Detroit Shock	Bosnia and Herzegovina
3	Nikki McCray (G)	United States	Washington Mystics	Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
4	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (C)	Brazil	Washington Mystics	Brazil

[edit] Expansion Draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	New Team	Former Team
1	Rhonda Blades (G)	United States	Detroit Shock	New York Liberty
2	Heidi Burge (F)	United States	Washington Mystics	Los Angeles Sparks
3	Tajama Abraham (C)	United States	Detroit Shock	Sacramento Monarchs
4	Penny Moore (F)	United States	Washington Mystics	Charlotte Sting
5	Tara Williams (G)	United States	Detroit Shock	Phoenix Mercury
6	Deborah Carter (F)	United States	Washington Mystics	Utah Starzz
7	Lynette Woodard (G)	United States	Detroit Shock	Cleveland Rockers
8	Tammy Jackson (F/C)	United States	Washington Mystics	Houston Comets

[edit] WNBA Draft

[edit] Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
1	Malgorzata Dydek (C)	Poland	Utah Starzz	Poland
2	Ticha Penicheiro (G)	Portugal	Sacramento Monarchs	Old Dominion
3	Murriel Page (F/C)	United States	Washington Mystics	Florida
4	Korie Hlede (G)	United States	Detroit Shock	Duquesne
5	Allison Feaster (F)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Harvard
6	Cindy Blodgett (G)	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Maine
7	Tracy Reid (F/G)	United States	Charlotte Sting	North Carolina
8	Maria Stepanova (C)	Russia	Phoenix Mercury	Russia
9	Alicia Thompson (C)	United States	New York Liberty	Texas Tech
10	Polina Tzekova (F/C)	Bulgaria	Houston Comets	Bulgaria

[edit] Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
11	Olympia Scott (F/C)	United States	Utah Starzz	Stanford
12	Tangela Smith (F/C)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Iowa
13	Rita Williams (G)	United States	Washington Mystics	Connecticut
14	Rachael Sporn (F)	Australia	Detroit Shock	Australia
15	Octavia Blue (F)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Miami
16	Suzie McConnell Serio (G)	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Penn State
17	Christy Smith (G)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Arkansas
18	Andrea Kuklova (G/F)	Slovakia	Phoenix Mercury	Slovakia
19	Nadine Domond (G)	United States	New York Liberty	Iowa
20	Nyree Roberts (C)	United States	Houston Comets	Old Dominion

[edit] Round 3

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
21	LaTonya Johnson (F)	United States	Utah Starzz	Memphis
22	Quacy Barnes (C)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Indiana
23	Angela Hamblin (G/F)	United States	Washington Mystics	Iowa
24	Gergana Branzova (F)	Hungary	Detroit Shock	Florida International
25	Rehema Stephens (G)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	UCLA
26	Tanja Kostic (F)	Sweden	Cleveland Rockers	Oregon State
27	Pollyanna Johns (C)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Michigan
28	Brandy Reed (F)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Southern Mississippi
29	Albena Branzova (F)	Hungary	New York Liberty	Florida International
30	Amaya Valdemoro (F)	Spain	Houston Comets	Spain

[edit] Round 4

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
31	Tricia Bader (G)	United States	Utah Starzz	Boise State
32	Adia Barnes (F)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Arizona
33	Angela Jackson (C)	United States	Washington Mystics	Texas
34	Sandy Brondello (G)	Australia	Detroit Shock	Australia
35	Erica Kienast (F)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	UC-Santa Barbara
36	Tammye Jenkins (C)	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Georgia
37	Sonia Chase (G)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Maryland
38	Karen Wilkins (G/F)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Howard
39	Vanessa Nygaard (F)	United States	New York Liberty	Stanford
40	Monica Lamb-Lattin (C)	United States	Houston Comets	Southern California

[edit] References

• "All-Time WNBA draft history". WNBA. http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html. Retrieved 2008-06-04. 

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