The 2010 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 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.

2010 WNBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)December 14, 2009 – April 8, 2010
LocationSecaucus, New Jersey
Network(s)ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
Overview
LeagueWNBA
Merging teamsSacramento Monarchs
(folded in 2009)
First selectionTina Charles
Connecticut Sun
← 2009
2011 →

A lottery was held on November 5, 2009. The Minnesota Lynx received the first overall selection of the draft. The Sacramento Monarchs received the number two selection. The Connecticut Sun came up with the third overall selection, followed by the Minnesota Lynx again at four, and the Chicago Sky at number five.

Since the Monarchs folded after the draft lottery took place, their pick was simply eliminated.

Draft lottery

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The lottery selection to determine the order of the top five picks in the 2010 Draft occurred on November 5, 2009 The Minnesota Lynx won the first pick, while the Sacramento Monarchs and Connecticut Sun were awarded the second and third picks respectively. The remaining first-round picks and all the second- and third-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss records in the previous season.

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2010 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

Team 2009
record
Lottery
chances
Pick
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Sacramento Monarchs 12–22 420 .420 .302 .181 .097 .000
New York Liberty (to Minn.) 13–21 261 .261 .284 .246 .200 .008
Minnesota Lynx 14–20 167 .167 .207 .263 .315 .048
Connecticut Sun 16–18 78 .076 .103 .155 .388 .278
Chicago Sky 16–18 78 .076 .103 .155 .000 .666
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.

Transactions

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Source[1]

Dispersal draft

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On November 20, 2009, the league announced that the Sacramento Monarchs would no longer operate. A dispersal draft was held December 14, 2009 with teams being allowed to pick in the following order.

Pick Player Nationality New team Former team
1 Nicole Powell   United States New York Liberty Sacramento Monarchs
2 Rebekkah Brunson   United States Minnesota Lynx Sacramento Monarchs
3 DeMya Walker   United States Connecticut Sun Sacramento Monarchs
4 Courtney Paris   United States Chicago Sky Sacramento Monarchs
5 Laura Harper   United States San Antonio Silver Stars Sacramento Monarchs
6 Kristin Haynie   United States Washington Mystics Sacramento Monarchs
7 Scholanda Robinson   United States Tulsa Shock Sacramento Monarchs
8 Passed Los Angeles Sparks Sacramento Monarchs
9 Passed Atlanta Dream Sacramento Monarchs
10 Chelsea Newton   United States Seattle Storm Sacramento Monarchs
11 Passed Indiana Fever Sacramento Monarchs
12 Passed Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs
Note: Three former Monarchs players, Kara Lawson, Hamchetou Maiga-Ba, and Ticha Penicheiro were free agents and therefore not eligible for this draft.
* 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

College draft

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Round 1

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Pick Player Nationality Team School / club team
1 Tina Charles +   United States Connecticut Sun (from N.Y, via L.A., via Minn.) Connecticut
2 Monica Wright   United States Minnesota Lynx (from Conn.) Virginia
3 Kelsey Griffin   United States Minnesota Lynx (traded to Conn.) Nebraska
4 Epiphanny Prince +   United States Chicago Sky Rutgers/Turkey
5 Jayne Appel +   United States San Antonio Silver Stars Stanford
6 Jacinta Monroe   United States Washington Mystics Florida State
7 Danielle McCray   United States Connecticut Sun (from Tul.) Kansas
8 Andrea Riley   United States Los Angeles Sparks Oklahoma State
9 Chanel Mokango   DR Congo Atlanta Dream Mississippi State
10 Alison Lacey   Australia Seattle Storm Iowa State
11 Jené Morris   United States Indiana Fever San Diego State
12 Bianca Thomas   United States Los Angeles Sparks (from Phx.) Ole Miss

Round 2

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Pick Player Nationality Team School / club team
13 Kalana Greene   United States New York Liberty Connecticut
14 Jenna Smith   United States Washington Mystics (from Minn.) Illinois
15 Allison Hightower +   United States Connecticut Sun LSU
16 Ashley Houts   United States New York Liberty (from Chi.) Georgia
17 Alysha Clark   Israel San Antonio Silver Stars Middle Tennessee
18 Shanavia Dowdell   United States Washington Mystics Louisiana Tech
19 Amanda Thompson   United States Tulsa Shock Oklahoma
20 Angel Robinson   United States Los Angeles Sparks Georgia
21 Brigitte Ardossi   Australia Atlanta Dream Georgia Tech
22 Tanisha Smith   United States Seattle Storm Texas A&M
23 Armelie Lumanu   DR Congo Indiana Fever Mississippi State
24 Tyra Grant   United States Phoenix Mercury Penn State

Round 3

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Pick Player Nationality Team School / club team
25 Cory Montgomery   United States New York Liberty Nebraska
26 Gabriela Marginean   Romania Minnesota Lynx Drexel
27 Johannah Leedham   Great Britain Connecticut Sun Franklin Pierce
28 Abi Olajuwon   United States Chicago Sky Oklahoma
29 Alexis Rack   United States San Antonio Silver Stars Mississippi State
30 Alexis Gray-Lawson   United States Washington Mystics California
31 Vivian Frieson   United States Tulsa Shock Gonzaga
32 Rashidat Junaid   United States Los Angeles Sparks Rutgers
33 Brittainey Raven   United States Atlanta Dream Texas
34 Tijana Krivačević   Serbia/  Hungary Seattle Storm MKB Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary)
35 Joy Cheek   United States Indiana Fever Duke
36 Nyeshia Stevenson   United States Phoenix Mercury Oklahoma

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2009 WNBA Transactions". wnba.com.
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