# 2005 WNBA draft

The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The 2005 edition was the ninth in the WNBA's history.
2005 WNBA draft
* On April 16, 2005, the WNBA draft took place at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.
* The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2.

## 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 | Janel McCarville | C | United States | Charlotte Sting | Minnesota |
| 2 | Tan White | G | United States | Indiana Fever | Mississippi State |
| 3 | Sandora Irvin | F | United States | Phoenix Mercury | TCU |
| 4 | Kendra Wecker | F | United States | San Antonio Silver Stars | Kansas State |
| 5 | Sancho Lyttle $^+$ | C | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Houston Comets | Houston |
| 6 | Temeka Johnson | G | United States | Washington Mystics | LSU |
| 7 | Kara Braxton $^+$ | F | United States | Detroit Shock | Georgia |
| 8 | Katie Feenstra | C | United States | Connecticut Sun (traded to S.A.) | Liberty |
| 9 | Kristin Haynie | G | United States | Sacramento Monarchs | Michigan State |
| 10 | Loree Moore | G | United States | New York Liberty | Tennessee |
| 11 | Kristen Mann | F | United States | Minnesota Lynx | UC Santa Barbara |
| 12 | Tanisha Wright | G | United States | Seattle Storm | Penn State |
| 13 | Dionnah Jackson | F | United States | Detroit Shock (from L.A., via Wash.) | Oklahoma |
Notes:
* ↑ Kristin Haynie became the first person to play in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship game (with Michigan State) and the WNBA Finals (with the Sacramento Monarchs) in the same calendar year. She was on the losing side in the NCAA (to Baylor), but on the winning side in the WNBA.

### Round 2

| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
| 14 | Shyra Ely | F | United States | San Antonio Silver Stars | Tennessee |
| 15 | Roneeka Hodges | G | United States | Houston Comets | Florida State |
| 16 | Yolanda Paige | G | United States | Indiana Fever | West Virginia |
| 17 | Jacqueline Batteast | F | United States | Minnesota Lynx (from Cha.) | Notre Dame |
| 18 | Angelina Williams | F | United States | Phoenix Mercury | Illinois |
| 19 | Erica Taylor | G | United States | Washington Mystics | Louisiana Tech |
| 20 | Nikita Bell | F/G | United States | Detroit Shock | North Carolina |
| 21 | Erin Phillips | G | Australia | Connecticut Sun | Adelaide Lightning (Australia) |
| 22 | Chelsea Newton | G | United States | Sacramento Monarchs | Rutgers |
| 23 | Tabitha Pool | F | United States | New York Liberty | Michigan |
| 24 | Jessica Moore | C | United States | Charlotte Sting | Connecticut |
| 25 | Ashley Battle | F | United States | Seattle Storm | Connecticut |
| 26 | DeeDee Wheeler | G | United States | Los Angeles Sparks | Arizona |

### Round 3

| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
| 27 | Cathrine Kraayeveld | F | United States | San Antonio Silver Stars | Oregon |
| 28 | Jenni Dant | G | United States | Houston Comets | DePaul |
| 29 | Ashley Earley | G/F | United States | Indiana Fever | Vanderbilt |
| 30 | Anne O'Neil | G | United States | Sacramento Monarchs | Iowa State |
| 31 | Jamie Carey | G | United States | Phoenix Mercury | Texas |
| 32 | Tashia Morehead | F | United States | Washington Mystics | Florida |
| 33 | Jenni Lingor | G | United States | Detroit Shock | Southwest Missouri State |
| 34 | Megan Mahoney | F | United States | Connecticut Sun | Kansas State |
| 35 | Cisti Greenwalt | C | United States | Sacramento Monarchs | Texas Tech |
| 36 | Rebecca Richman | C | United States | New York Liberty | Rutgers |
| 37 | Monique Bivins | G | United States | Minnesota Lynx | Alabama |
| 38 | Steffanie Blackmon | F | United States | Seattle Storm | Baylor |
| 39 | Heather Schreiber | F | United States | Los Angeles Sparks | Texas |