2009 WNBA Draft
General Information
Date	April 9, 2009
Time	3:00 pm
Location	Secaucus, New Jersey
Network(s) (US)	ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
First selection	Angel McCoughtry
WNBA Draft
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The 2009 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 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (in HD for the first time ever) at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at 4:00pm.

A lottery was held on December 9, 2008. The Atlanta Dream received the first overall selection of upcoming 2009 draft. The Washington Mystics received the number two selection. The Chicago Sky came up with the third overall selection, followed by the Minnesota Lynx at four, the Phoenix Mercury at number five. For the first time in WNBA history, the lottery balls were chosen exactly according to odds. Some of the top draftees were Angel McCoughtry, Marissa Coleman, Kristi Toliver, and Renee Montgomery.

Contents 1 Dispersal Draft 2 Transactions 3 WNBA Draft 3.1 Round 1 3.2 Round 2 3.3 Round 3 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Dispersal Draft

On December 1, 2008, the league announced that the Houston Comets would no longer operate. On December 8, a dispersal draft was held with teams being allowed to pick based on reverse order of 2008 records.

Pick	Player	Nationality	New Team	Former Team
1	Sancho Lyttle	United States	Atlanta Dream	Houston Comets
2	Matee Ajavon	United States	Washington Mystics	Houston Comets
3	Mistie Williams	United States	Chicago Sky	Houston Comets
4	Roneeka Hodges	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Houston Comets
5	Sequoia Holmes	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Houston Comets
6	Erica White	United States	Indiana Fever	Houston Comets
7	Ranae Camino	France	Sacramento Monarchs	Houston Comets
8	Passed		New York Liberty	Houston Comets
9	Passed		Los Angeles Sparks	Houston Comets
10	Passed		Connecticut Sun	Houston Comets
11	Passed		Detroit Shock	Houston Comets
12	Passed		Seattle Storm	Houston Comets
13	Passed		San Antonio Silver Stars	Houston Comets
Note: Two former Comets players, Tamecka Dixon and Shannon Johnson, were not selected in this draft and therefore became free agents.
Note: Five former Comets players, Latasha Byears, Mwadi Mabika, Hamchetou Maiga-Ba, Michelle Snow and Tina Thompson were free agents and therefore not eligible for this draft.

[edit] Transactions

• The Washington Mystics receive the first-round pick from the Los Angeles Sparks.
• The Atlanta Dream receive the first-round pick from the San Antonio Silver Stars.
• The San Antonio Silver Stars receive the second-round pick from the Atlanta Dream.
• The Connecticut Sun and the Minnesota Lynx have rights to swap second-round picks.
• The Washington Mystics receive the second-round pick from the Detroit Shock.
• The Atlanta Dream receive the second-round pick from the Seattle Storm.
• The Phoenix Mercury receive the third-round pick from the New York Liberty.
• The Minnesota Lynx receive the first-round and second-round pick from the Washington Mystics
• The Detroit Shock receive the second-round pick from the Atlanta Dream.

[edit] WNBA Draft

[edit] Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
1	Angel McCoughtry	United States	Atlanta Dream	Louisville
2	Marissa Coleman		Washington Mystics	Maryland
3	Kristi Toliver		Chicago Sky	Maryland
4	Renee Montgomery		Minnesota Lynx	Connecticut
5	DeWanna Bonner		Phoenix Mercury	Auburn
6	Briann January		Indiana Fever	Arizona State
7	Courtney Paris		Sacramento Monarchs	Oklahoma
8	Kia Vaughn		New York Liberty	Rutgers
9	Quanitra Hollingsworth		Minnesota Lynx (from L.A., via Wash.)	Virginia Commonwealth
10	Chante Black		Connecticut Sun	Duke
11	Shavonte Zellous		Detroit Shock	Pittsburgh
12	Ashley Walker		Seattle Storm	California
13	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton		Los Angeles Sparks (from S.A., via Atl.)	Purdue

[edit] Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
14	Megan Frazee	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars (from Atl.)	Liberty
15	Rashanda McCants	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Wash.)	North Carolina
16	Danielle Gant	United States	Chicago Sky	Texas A&M
17	Lyndra Littles	United States	Connecticut Sun (from Minn.)	Virginia
18	Britany Miller	United States	Detroit Shock (from Phx., via Atl.)	Florida State
19	Christina Wirth	United States	Indiana Fever	Vanderbilt
20	Whitney Boddie	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Auburn
21	Abby Waner	United States	New York Liberty	Duke
22	Ashley Paris	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Oklahoma
23	Camille LeNoir	United States	Washington Mystics (from Conn., via Minn.)	Southern California
24	Jelena Milovanovic	Serbia	Washington Mystics (from Det.)	MKB Euroleasing
25	Shalee Lehning	United States	Atlanta Dream (from Sea.)	Kansas State
26	Sonja Petrovic	Serbia	San Antonio Silver Stars	Serbia

[edit] Round 3

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
27	Jessica Morrow	United States	Atlanta Dream	Baylor
28	Josephine Owino	Kenya	Washington Mystics	Union
29	Jenifer Risper	United States	Chicago Sky	Vanderbilt
30	Emily Fox	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Minnesota
31	Sha Brooks	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Florida
32	Danielle Campbell	United States	Indiana Fever	Purdue
33	Morgan Warburton	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Utah
34	Jessica Adair	United States	Phoenix Mercury (from N.Y.)	George Washington
35	Britney Jordan	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Texas A&M-Commerce
36	Alba Torrens	Spain	Connecticut Sun	Real Club Celto Indepo
37	Tanae Davis-Cain	United States	Detroit Shock	Florida State
38	Mara Freshour	United States	Seattle Storm	Florida State
39	Candyce Bingham	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Louisville

[edit] External links

• Lynx trade Harding, the 23rd overall in 2009, and 2010 second round pick to the Mystics for the 9th and 15th overall picks in 2009
• 2009 WNBA Draft Board

[edit] References

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

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