# 2006 WNBA draft

On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm into the league.
On April 5, 2006, the WNBA Draft took place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The draft was held in conjunction with the 2006 NCAA women's basketball tournament, which had its championship game the night before at the TD Banknorth Garden, now known as TD Garden, in Boston. This marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside New Jersey.
The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV. Linda Cohn hosted the draft coverage. Four of the top six draft picks would be named to the All-Star Game in their rookie season: Seimone Augustus, Cappie Pondexter, Sophia Young, and Candice Dupree.

## Expansion draft

| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | New team | Former team |
| 1 | Jia Perkins | G | United States | Chicago Sky | Charlotte Sting |
| 2 | Brooke Wyckoff | F | United States | Chicago Sky | Connecticut Sun |
| 3 | Elaine Powell | G | United States | Chicago Sky | Detroit Shock |
| 4 | Kiesha Brown | G | United States | Chicago Sky | Houston Comets |
| 5 | Deanna Jackson | F | United States | Chicago Sky | Indiana Fever |
| 6 | Laura Macchi | F | Italy | Chicago Sky | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 7 | Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert | F | United States | Chicago Sky | Minnesota Lynx |
| 8 | DeTrina White | F | United States | Chicago Sky | New York Liberty |
| 9 | Ashley Robinson | C | United States | Chicago Sky | Phoenix Mercury |
| 10 | Chelsea Newton | G | United States | Chicago Sky | Sacramento Monarchs |
| 11 | Bernadette Ngoyisa | C | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Chicago Sky | San Antonio Silver Stars |
| 12 | Francesca Zara | G | Italy | Chicago Sky | Seattle Storm |
| 13 | Stacey Dales-Schuman | G | Canada | Chicago Sky | Washington Mystics |

## College 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 | Seimone Augustus $^+$ | G | United States | Minnesota Lynx | LSU |
| 2 | Cappie Pondexter $^+$ | G | United States | Phoenix Mercury | Rutgers |
| 3 | Monique Currie | G | United States | Charlotte Sting | Duke |
| 4 | Sophia Young $^+$ | F | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | San Antonio Silver Stars | Baylor |
| 5 | Lisa Willis | G | United States | Los Angeles Sparks (from Was.) | UCLA |
| 6 | Candice Dupree $^+$ | F/C | United States | Chicago Sky | Temple |
| 7 | Shona Thorburn | G | Canada | Minnesota Lynx (from Det.) | Utah |
| 8 | Tamara James | G/F | United States | Washington Mystics (from L.A.) | Miami (FL) |
| 9 | La'Tangela Atkinson | G/F | United States | Indiana Fever | North Carolina |
| 10 | Tye'sha Fluker | C | United States | Charlotte Sting (from Hou.) | Tennessee |
| 11 | Barbara Turner | G | United States | Seattle Storm | Connecticut |
| 12 | Sherill Baker | G | United States | New York Liberty | Georgia |
| 13 | Kim Smith | F | Canada | Sacramento Monarchs | Utah |
| 14 | Scholanda Dorrell | G | United States | Sacramento Monarchs (from Conn., via S.A.) | LSU |

### Round 2

| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
| 15 | Ann Strother | G | United States | Houston Comets (from Cha.; traded to Phx.) | Connecticut |
| 16 | Shanna Zolman | G | United States | San Antonio Silver Stars | Tennessee |
| 17 | Ambrosia Anderson | F | United States | Detroit Shock (from Minn.; traded to Minn.) | BYU |
| 18 | Liz Shimek | F | United States | Phoenix Mercury (traded to Hou.) | Michigan State |
| 19 | Nikki Blue | G | United States | Washington Mystics | UCLA |
| 20 | Jennifer Harris | G | United States | Chicago Sky | Washburn |
| 21 | Mistie Williams | F | United States | Phoenix Mercury (from Det.; traded to Hou.) | Duke |
| 22 | Willnett Crockett | F | United States | Los Angeles Sparks | Connecticut |
| 23 | Brooke Queenan | F | United States | New York Liberty | Boston College |
| 24 | Renae Camino | G | Australia | Houston Comets | AIS (Australia) |
| 25 | Dalila Esche | F | United States | Seattle Storm | Florida |
| 26 | Kasha Terry | F | United States | Indiana Fever | Georgia Tech |
| 27 | LaToya Bond | G | United States | Charlotte Sting (from Sac.) | Missouri |
| 28 | Debbie Merrill | F | United States | Connecticut Sun | Ohio State |

### Round 3

| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
| 29 | Tiffany Stansbury | F/C | United States | Houston Comets | North Carolina State |
| 30 | Khara Smith | F | United States | San Antonio Silver Stars | DePaul |
| 31 | Megan Duffy | G | United States | Minnesota Lynx | Notre Dame |
| 32 | Crystal Smith | G | United States | Phoenix Mercury | Iowa |
| 33 | Miriam Sy | C | United States | Washington Mystics | Oklahoma City |
| 34 | Kerri Gardin | F | United States | Chicago Sky | Virginia Tech |
| 35 | Zane Teilane | C | Latvia | Detroit Shock | Western Illinois |
| 36 | Tiffany Porter-Talbert | G | United States | Los Angeles Sparks | Western Kentucky |
| 37 | Christelle N'Garsanet | C | Ivory Coast | New York Liberty | Missouri |
| 38 | Jessica Foley | G | Australia | Indiana Fever (from Hou.) | Duke |
| 39 | Erin Grant | G | United States | Seattle Storm | Texas Tech |
| 40 | Marina Kuzina | C | Russia | Indiana Fever | Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia) |
| 41 | Lamisha Augustine | F | United States | Sacramento Monarchs | San Jose State |
| 42 | Marita Payne | C | Australia | Connecticut Sun | Auburn |