2004 WNBA Draft - 17 April 2004

On January 6, 2004 a dispersal draft took place. Players were drafted from the roster of the Cleveland Rockers, who folded after the 2003 season.

On April 17, 2004 the WNBA draft took place at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, NJ.

Contents 1 Dispersal Draft 2 WNBA Draft 2.1 Round 1 2.2 Round 2 2.3 Round 3 3 References

[edit] Dispersal Draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	New Team	Former Team
1	Penny Taylor (F)	Australia	Phoenix Mercury	Cleveland Rockers
2	Chasity Melvin (C/F)	United States	Washington Mystics	Cleveland Rockers
3	LaToya Thomas (F)	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Cleveland Rockers
4	Ann Wauters (C)	Belgium	New York Liberty	Cleveland Rockers
5	Deanna Jackson (F)	United States	Indiana Fever	Cleveland Rockers
6	Betty Lennox (G)	United States	Seattle Storm	Cleveland Rockers
7	Helen Darling (G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Cleveland Rockers
8	Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (C)	United States	Houston Comets (from Connecticut)	Cleveland Rockers
9	Mery Andrade (F)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Cleveland Rockers
10	Jennifer Butler (C)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Cleveland Rockers
11	Lucienne Berthieu (F/C)	United States	Houston Comets	Cleveland Rockers
12	Isabelle Fijalkowski (C)	France	Los Angeles Sparks	Cleveland Rockers
13	Jennifer Rizzotti (G)	United States	Detroit Shock	Cleveland Rockers

[edit] WNBA Draft

[edit] Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
1	Diana Taurasi (G)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Connecticut
2	Alana Beard (G)	United States	Washington Mystics	Duke
3	Nicole Powell (G/F)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Stanford
4	Lindsay Whalen (G)	United States	Connecticut Sun	Minnesota
5	Shameka Christon (G/F)	United States	New York Liberty	Arkansas
6	Nicole Ohlde (C)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Kansas State
7	Vanessa Hayden (C)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Florida
8	Chandi Jones (G/F)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Houston
9	Ebony Hoffman (C)	United States	Indiana Fever	Southern California
10	Rebekkah Brunson (F)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Georgetown
11	Iciss Tillis (C/F)	United States	Detroit Shock	Duke
12	Christi Thomas (F)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Georgia
13	Shereka Wright (F)	United States	Detroit Shock	Purdue

[edit] Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
14	Ashley Robinson (C)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Tennessee
15	Kaayla Chones (C)	United States	Washington Mystics	North Carolina State
16	Jessica Brungo (F)	United States	Connecticut Sun	Penn State
17	Amisha Carter (C)	United States	New York Liberty	Louisiana Tech
18	Kelly Mazzante (F)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Penn State
19	Catrina Frierson (F)	United States	Seattle Storm	Louisiana Tech
20	Tasha Butts (F)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Tennessee
21	Cindy Dallas (F)	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Illinois
22	Jenni Benningfield (F)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Vanderbilt
23	Erika Valek (G)	United States	Detroit Shock	Purdue
24	Ugo Oha (C)	Nigeria	Connecticut Sun	George Washington
25	Doneeka Hodges (G)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	LSU
26	Lindsay Taylor (C)	United States	Houston Comets	UC-Santa Barbara

[edit] Round 3

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
27	Maria Villarroel (G)	Venezuela	Phoenix Mercury	Oklahoma
28	Evan Unrau (F)	United States	Washington Mystics	Missouri
29	Candace Futrell (G)	United States	Connecticut Sun	Duquesne
30	Cathy Joens (G)	United States	New York Liberty	George Washington
31	Ieva Kublina (F/C)	Latvia	Indiana Fever	Virginia Tech
32	Jennifer Smith (C)	United States	Detroit Shock	Michigan
33	Amber Jacobs (G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Boston College
34	Toccara Williams (G)	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Texas A&M
35	Jia Perkins (G)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Texas Tech
36	Nuria Martinez (F)	Spain	Sacramento Monarchs	Spain
37	Stacy Stephens (C)	United States	Houston Comets	Texas
38	Kate Bulger (G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	West Virginia

[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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