# 2001 WNBA draft

2001 WNBA draft

## 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 |

### Round 1

| 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 $^{^+}$ | F | United States | Indiana Fever | Tennessee |
| 4 | Jackie Stiles $^{^+}$ | G | United States | Portland Fire | Southwest Missouri State |
| 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) | North Carolina |
| 13 | Kristen Veal | G | Australia | Phoenix Mercury | Canberra Capitals (Australia) |
| 14 | Kelly Schumacher | C | United States | Indiana Fever (from Sacramento) | Connecticut |
| 15 | Amanda Lassiter | F | United States | Houston Comets | Missouri |
| 16 | Camille Cooper | C | United States | Los Angeles Sparks | Purdue |

### Round 2

| 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) | 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 |

### Round 3

| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
| 33 | ShaRae Mansfield | F | United States | Houston Comets (from Seattle) | 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) | 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 |

### Round 4

| 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) | 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) | 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 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 Indiana acquired a first-round pick Sacramento acquired Kara Wolters
* 1 2 3 April 17, 2001: Three-team trade 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 Houston acquired a 2001 third-round pick Seattle acquired the draft rights to Andrea Garner
* ↑ April 25, 2000: Miami to Phoenix Phoenix acquired a 2001 fourth-round pick Miami acquired the draft rights to Shantia Owens