2001 WNBA draft

2001 WNBA draft
2001 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	April 20, 2001
Overview
League	WNBA
First selection	Lauren Jackson; Seattle Storm
	← 2000 2002 →

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

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

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

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

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

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