# 2017 WNBA draft

The 2017 WNBA draft was the league's draft for the 2017 WNBA season. On March 30, the WNBA announced that the draft would take place on April 13 in New York at Samsung 837.

## Draft lottery

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2017 draft occurred on September 28, 2016. The winner of the lottery, the San Antonio Stars, picked first.

### Lottery chances

All odds out of 1,000 based on percentages (the 11–12–13–14 combination is ignored).
* San Antonio Stars (44.2%) – Won
* Washington Mystics (10.4%)
* Dallas Wings (22.7%)
* Los Angeles Sparks (via Connecticut Sun) (22.7%)
This is the fourth time that the lottery was won by the team that had the highest odds. The lottery odds were based on combined records from the 2015 and 2016 WNBA seasons. The San Antonio Stars, with the worst two-year record, were guaranteed no worse than the third pick.

## Key

| * | 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 |

## Draft selections
### Round 1

| Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
| 1 | Kelsey Plum $^*$ | United States | San Antonio Stars | Washington |
| 2 | Alaina Coates | United States | Chicago Sky | South Carolina |
| 3 | Evelyn Akhator | Nigeria | Dallas Wings | Kentucky |
| 4 | Allisha Gray $^+$ | United States | Dallas Wings | South Carolina |
| 5 | Nia Coffey | United States | San Antonio Stars | Northwestern |
| 6 | Shatori Walker-Kimbrough | United States | Washington Mystics | Maryland |
| 7 | Brittney Sykes | United States | Atlanta Dream | Syracuse |
| 8 | Brionna Jones $^+$ | United States | Connecticut Sun | Maryland |
| 9 | Tori Jankoska | United States | Chicago Sky | Michigan State |
| 10 | Kaela Davis | United States | Dallas Wings | South Carolina |
| 11 | Sydney Wiese | United States | Los Angeles Sparks | Oregon State |
| 12 | Alexis Jones | United States | Minnesota Lynx | Baylor |

### Round 2

| Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
| 13 | Shayla Cooper [it] | United States | Connecticut Sun | Ohio State |
| 14 | Lindsay Allen | United States | New York Liberty | Notre Dame |
| 15 | Alexis Peterson | United States | Seattle Storm | Syracuse |
| 16 | Leticia Romero | Spain | Connecticut Sun | Florida State |
| 17 | Erica McCall | United States | Indiana Fever | Stanford |
| 18 | Jennie Simms | United States | Washington Mystics | Old Dominion |
| 19 | Jordan Reynolds | United States | Atlanta Dream | Tennessee |
| 20 | Feyonda Fitzgerald | United States | Indiana Fever | Temple |
| 21 | Chantel Osahor | United States | Chicago Sky | Washington |
| 22 | Ronni Williams [fr] | United States | Indiana Fever | Florida |
| 23 | Breanna Lewis [pl] | United States | Dallas Wings | Kansas State |
| 24 | Lisa Berkani | France | Minnesota Lynx | USO Mondeville (France) |

### Round 3

| Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
| 25 | Schaquilla Nunn | United States | San Antonio Stars | Tennessee |
| 26 | Saniya Chong | United States | Dallas Wings | Connecticut |
| 27 | Mehryn Kraker | United States | Washington Mystics | Green Bay |
| 28 | Jessica January | United States | Connecticut Sun | DePaul |
| 29 | Alexis Prince | United States | Phoenix Mercury | Baylor |
| 30 | Lanay Montgomery | United States | Seattle Storm | West Virginia |
| 31 | Oderah Chidom | United States | Atlanta Dream | Duke |
| 32 | Adrienne Motley | United States | Indiana Fever | Miami |
| 33 | Makayla Epps | United States | Chicago Sky | Kentucky |
| 34 | Kai James [pl] | United States | New York Liberty | Florida State |
| 35 | Saicha Grant-Allen | Canada | Los Angeles Sparks | Dayton |
| 36 | Tahlia Tupaea | Australia | Minnesota Lynx | Sydney Uni Flames (Australia) |

## Notable prospects

On November 29, 2016, WNBA.com posted notable prospects for the draft. The list included:
* Alaina Coates – South Carolina
* Kelsey Plum – Washington
* Shatori Walker-Kimbrough – Maryland
* Alexis Jones – Baylor
* Nina Davis – Baylor
* Nia Coffey – Northwestern
* Brionna Jones – Maryland
On April 6, 2017, the WNBA released the names of the players who would be invited to be in attendance at the draft through their @WNBA Twitter account:
* Brionna Jones, Maryland
* Alexis Jones, Baylor
* Allisha Gray, South Carolina
* Kaela Davis, South Carolina
* Nia Coffey, Northwestern
* Alaina Coates, South Carolina
* Erica McCall, Stanford
* Kelsey Plum, Washington
* Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Maryland
* Sydney Wiese, Oregon State

## Post-draft day trades

* Chicago Sky trade the draft rights of Chantel Osahor to the Minnesota Lynx for Keisha Hampton.

## Footnotes

* ↑ The Mystics traded this pick to Chicago in exchange for Elena Delle Donne. Chicago also received Stefanie Dolson and Kahleah Copper.
* ↑ The Wings received this pick and the 23rd pick from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Odyssey Sims and the 11th pick. The Sparks originally received this pick, Chelsea Gray, and two picks in the 2016 WNBA draft from the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Jonquel Jones and a pick in the 2016 Draft.
* ↑ The Stars received this pick and Isabelle Harrison from the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Danielle Robinson.
* ↑ The Mystics received this pick from the Seattle Storm as part of a three-way trade involving the New York Liberty; Washington received the 6th and 18th picks from Seattle, Seattle received Carolyn Swords from New York and the 15th Pick from Washington, New York received Kia Vaughn and Bria Hartley from Washington.
* ↑ The Sun received this pick and Lynetta Kizer from the Indiana Fever as part of a three-way trade involving the Phoenix Mercury; Connecticut received the 8th pick and Lynetta Kizer from Indiana, Indiana received Candice Dupree and the 17th pick from Phoenix, and Phoenix received Camille Little and Jillian Alleyne from Connecticut.
* ↑ The Wings received this pick from the New York Liberty in exchange for Amanda Zahui B. The Liberty also received the Wings' 2nd Round Pick (#14) in the 2017 Draft.
* ↑ The Sparks received this pick from the Wings. See Note B. The Wings originally received this pick, Erin Phillips, and the 5th pick in the 2016 Draft from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Riquna Williams and the 6th pick in the 2016 Draft.
* ↑ The Storm received this pick from Washington. See Note D.
* ↑ The Fever received this pick from Phoenix. See Note E.
* ↑ The Mystics received this pick from Seattle. See Note D.
* ↑ The Dream traded this pick to Indiana in exchange for Layshia Clarendon. Atlanta originally received this pick via a trade with the New York Liberty in exchange for Shoni Schimmel.
* ↑ The Wings received this pick from Los Angeles. See Note B.