2000 WNBA draft

2000 WNBA draft
General Information
Date	April 25, 2000
Time
Location
Network(s) (US)
First selection	Ann Wauters
WNBA draft
< 1999	2001 >

2000 WNBA draft – 25 April 2000

On December 15, 1999, a WNBA expansion draft took place.
On April 25, 2000 the regular WNBA draft took place.

Expansion draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
1	Gordana Grubin (G)	FR Yugoslavia	Indiana Fever (from Los Angeles Sparks)	FR Yugoslavia
2	Edna Campbell (G)	United States	Seattle Storm (from Phoenix Mercury)	Texas
3	Kate Starbird (G)	United States	Miami Sol (from Sacramento Monarchs)	Stanford
4	Alisa Burras (F)	United States	Portland Fire (from Cleveland Rockers)	Louisiana Tech
5	Sonja Henning (G)	United States	Portland Fire (from Houston Comets)	Stanford
6	Sandy Brondello (G)	Australia	Miami Sol (from Detroit Shock)	Australia
7	Sophia Witherspoon (G)	United States	Seattle Storm (from New York Liberty)	Florida
8	Stephanie McCarthy (G)	United States	Indiana Fever (from Charlotte Sting)	Purdue
9	Nyree Roberts (C)	United States	Indiana Fever (from Washington Mystics)	Old Dominion
10	Angela Aycock (F)	United States	Seattle Storm (from Minnesota Lynx)	Kansas
11	Debbie Black (G)	United States	Miami Sol (from Utah Starzz)	St. Joseph's
12	Tari Phillips (C)	United States	Portland Fire (from Orlando Miracle)	Central Florida
13	Ciquese Washington (G)	United States	Portland Fire (from New York Liberty)	Notre Dame
14	Sharon Manning (F)	United States	Miami Sol (from Charlotte Sting)	North Carolina State
15	Nina Bjedov (C)	FR Yugoslavia	Seattle Storm (from Los Angeles Sparks)	FR Yugoslavia
16	Rita Williams (G)	United States	Indiana Fever (from Washington Mystics)	Connecticut
17	Kara Wolters (C)	United States	Indiana Fever (from Houston Comets)	Connecticut
18	Toni Foster (F)	United States	Seattle Storm (from Phoenix Mercury)	Iowa
19	Lesley Brown (F)	United States	Miami Sol (from Detroit Shock)	Virginia
20	Molly Goodenbour (G)	United States	Portland Fire (from Sacramento Monarchs)	Stanford
21	Jamila Wideman (G)	United States	Portland Fire (from Cleveland Rockers)	Stanford
22	Yolando Moore (F)	United States	Miami Sol (from Orlando Miracle)	Mississippi
23	Charmin Smith (G)	United States	Seattle Storm (from Minnesota Lynx)	Stanford
24	Chantel Tremitiere (G)	United States	Indiana Fever (from Utah Starzz)	Auburn

College draft

	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game

Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
1	Ann Wauters (C)	Belgium	Cleveland Rockers	BC Volgaburmash
2	Tausha Mills (C)	United States	Washington Mystics	Alabama (from Chicago Condors, ABL)
3	Edwina Brown (G)	United States	Detroit Shock	Texas
4	Cintia Dos Santos (F/C)	Brazil	Orlando Miracle	Brazil
5	Grace Daley (G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Tulane
6	Betty Lennox (G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Louisiana Tech
7	Lynn Pride (G/F)	United States	Portland Fire	Kansas
8	Tamicha Jackson (G)	United States	Detroit Shock	Louisiana Tech
9	Kamila Vodichkova (F/C)	Czech Republic	Seattle Storm	BK Gambrinus
10	Maylana Martin (F)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	UCLA
11	Summer Erb (C)	United States	Charlotte Sting	North Carolina State
12	Naomi Mulitauaopele (C)	United States	Utah Starzz	Stanford
13	Olga Firsova (C)	Ukraine	New York Liberty	Kansas State
14	Katy Steding (F)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Stanford (from Portland Power, ABL)
15	Nicole Kubik (G)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Nebraska
16	Elena Shakirova (F/C)	Russia	Houston Comets	Russia

Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
17	Helen Darling (G)	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Penn State
18	Tonya Washington (G/F)	United States	Washington Mystics	Florida
19	Jameka Jones (G)	United States	Miami Sol	UNC-Charlotte
20	Jannon Roland (F)	United States	Orlando Miracle	Purdue (from New England Blizzard, ABL)
21	Adrian Williams (F/C)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Southern California
22	Marla Brumfield (G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Rice
23	Stacey Thomas (F)	United States	Portland Fire	Michigan
24	Keitha Dickerson (F)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Texas Tech
25	Charisse Sampson (G)	United States	Seattle Storm	Kansas (from New England Blizzard, ABL)
26	Jurgita Streimikyte (F)	Lithuania	Indiana Fever	Pool Comense
27	Tiffany Travis (G/F)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Florida
28	Madinah Slaise (G)	United States	Detroit Shock	Cincinnati
29	Desiree Francis (F)	United States	New York Liberty	Iowa State
30	Stacy Clinesmith (G)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	UC-Santa Barbara
31	Paige Sauer (C)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Connecticut
32	Andrea Garner (C)	United States	Houston Comets	Penn State

Round 3

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
33	Monique Morehouse (C)	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Auburn (from New England Blizzard, ABL)
34	Jill Morton (G)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Louisville
35	Stacy Frese (G)	United States	Utah Starzz	Iowa State
36	Shawnetta Stewart (G)	United States	Orlando Miracle	Rutgers
37	Tauja Catchings (F)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Illinois
38	Phylesha Whaley (F)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Oklahoma
39	Maxann Reese (G)	United States	Portland Fire	Michigan State
40	Milena Flores (G)	United States	Miami Sol	Stanford
41	Kirra Jordan (F)	United States	Seattle Storm	Rice
42	Usha Gilmore (G/F)	United States	Indiana Fever	Rutgers
43	Peppi Browne (G/F)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Duke
44	Chavonne Hammond (G/F)	United States	Detroit Shock	Vanderbilt
45	Jessica Bibby (G)	Australia	New York Liberty	Dandenong Rangers (WNBL)
46	Rhonda Y Smith (C)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Washington
47	Marte Alexander (C)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Arizona
48	Latavia Coleman (F)	United States	Houston Comets	Florida State

Round 4

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
49	Sophie Von Saldern (F/C)	Germany	Cleveland Rockers	California
50	Latina Davis (G)	United States	Indiana Fever	Tennessee
51	Kristen Rasmussen (F)	United States	Utah Starzz	Michigan State
52	Romana Hamzová (G)	Czech Republic	Orlando Miracle	Czech Republic
53	Shantia Owens (C)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Kentucky
54	Jana Lichnerová (C)	Slovakia	Minnesota Lynx	St. Joseph's
55	Rhonda L Smith (C)	United States	Portland Fire	Long Beach State
56	Shanele Stires (F)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Kansas State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
57	Katrina Hibbert (G)	Australia	Seattle Storm	LSU
58	Renee Robinson (G)	United States	Indiana Fever	Virginia
59	Shaka Massey (C)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Louisiana Tech
60	Cal Bouchard (G)	Canada	Detroit Shock	Boston College
61	Natalie Porter (F)	Australia	New York Liberty	Australia
62	Jessica Zinobile (F)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Saint Francis University
63	Nicky McCrimmon (G)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Southern California
64	Abbie Willenborg (F)	United States	Houston Comets	Marquette

References

"All-Time WNBA draft history". WNBA. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-04.

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2000 WNBA Draft

First Round	Ann Wauters Tausha Mills Edwina Brown Cintia Dos Santos Grace Daley Betty Lennox Lynn Pride Tamicha Jackson Kamila Vodičková Maylana Martin Summer Erb Naomi Mulitauaopele Olga Firsova Katy Steding Nicole Kubik Elen Shakirova

Second Round	Helen Darling Tonya Washington Jameka Jones Jannon Roland Adrian Williams-Strong Marla Brumfield Stacey Thomas Keitha Dickerson Charisse Sampson Jurgita Štreimikytė Tiffany Travis Madinah Slaise Desiree Francis Stacy Clinesmith Paige Sauer Andrea Garner

2000 WNBA season by team

Draft All-Star Game Championship Playoffs

Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock Indiana Fever Miami Sol New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics

Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Portland Fire Sacramento Monarchs Seattle Storm Utah Starzz

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