2004 WNBA draft

2004 WNBA draft
General Information
Date	April 17, 2004
Time	3:00 pm
Location	Secaucus, New Jersey
Network(s) (US)
First selection	Diana Taurasi
WNBA draft
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2004 WNBA draft – 17 April 2004

On January 6, 2004 a dispersal draft took place. Players were drafted from the roster of the Cleveland Rockers, who folded after the 2003 season.

On April 17, 2004 the WNBA draft took place at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, NJ.

Dispersal draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	New Team	Former Team
1	Penny Taylor (F)	Australia	Phoenix Mercury	Cleveland Rockers
2	Chasity Melvin (C/F)	United States	Washington Mystics	Cleveland Rockers
3	LaToya Thomas (F)	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Cleveland Rockers
4	Ann Wauters (C)	Belgium	New York Liberty	Cleveland Rockers
5	Deanna Jackson (F)	United States	Indiana Fever	Cleveland Rockers
6	Betty Lennox (G)	United States	Seattle Storm	Cleveland Rockers
7	Helen Darling (G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Cleveland Rockers
8	Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (C)	United States	Houston Comets (from Connecticut)	Cleveland Rockers
9	Mery Andrade (F)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Cleveland Rockers
10	Jennifer Butler (C)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Cleveland Rockers
11	Lucienne Berthieu (F/C)	France	Houston Comets	Cleveland Rockers
12	Isabelle Fijalkowski (C)	France	Los Angeles Sparks	Cleveland Rockers
13	Jennifer Rizzotti (G)	United States	Detroit Shock	Cleveland Rockers

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	Diana Taurasi (G)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Connecticut
2	Alana Beard (G)	United States	Washington Mystics	Duke
3	Nicole Powell (G/F)	United States	Charlotte Sting (from Ind.)	Stanford
4	Lindsay Whalen (G)	United States	Connecticut Sun (from S.A.)	Minnesota
5	Shameka Christon (G/F)	United States	New York Liberty	Arkansas
6	Nicole Ohlde (C)	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Sea.)	Kansas State
7	Vanessa Hayden (C)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Florida
8	Chandi Jones (G/F)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Houston
9	Ebony Hoffman (C)	United States	Indiana Fever (from Cha.)	Southern California
10	Rebekkah Brunson (F)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Georgetown
11	Iciss Tillis (C/F)	United States	Detroit Shock (from Hou.)	Duke
12	Christi Thomas (F)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Georgia
13	Shereka Wright (F)	United States	Detroit Shock	Purdue

Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
14	Ashley Robinson (C)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Tennessee
15	Kaayla Chones (C)	United States	Washington Mystics	NC State
16	Jessica Brungo (F)	United States	Connecticut Sun (from S.A.)	Penn State
17	Amisha Carter (C)	United States	New York Liberty	Louisiana Tech
18	Kelly Mazzante (F)	United States	Charlotte Sting (from Ind.)	Penn State
19	Catrina Frierson (F)	United States	Seattle Storm	Louisiana Tech
20	Tasha Butts (F)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Tennessee
21	Cindy Dallas (F)	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars (from Conn.)	Illinois
22	Jenni Benningfield (F)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Vanderbilt
23	Erika Valek (G)	Colombia	Detroit Shock (from Sac.)	Purdue
24	Ugo Oha (C)	Nigeria	Connecticut Sun (from Hou.)	George Washington
25	Doneeka Hodges (G)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	LSU
26	Lindsay Taylor (C)	United States	Houston Comets (from Det.; traded to Phx.)	UC-Santa Barbara

Round 3

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team
27	Maria Villarroel (G)	Venezuela	Phoenix Mercury (traded to Hou.)	Oklahoma
28	Evan Unrau (F)	United States	Washington Mystics	Missouri
29	Candace Futrell (G)	United States	Connecticut Sun (from S.A.)	Duquesne
30	Cathy Joens (G)	United States	New York Liberty	George Washington
31	Ieva Kublina (F/C)	Latvia	Indiana Fever	Virginia Tech
32	Jennifer Smith (C)	United States	Detroit Shock (from Sea., via Hou.)	Michigan
33	Amber Jacobs (G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Boston College
34	Toccara Williams (G)	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars (from Conn.)	Texas A&M
35	Jia Perkins (G)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Texas Tech
36	Nuria Martinez (F)	Spain	Sacramento Monarchs	Spain
37	Stacy Stephens (C)	United States	Houston Comets	Texas
38	Kate Bulger (G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Det.)	West Virginia

References

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

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2004 WNBA draft

First Round	Diana Taurasi Alana Beard Nicole Powell Lindsay Whalen Shameka Christon Nicole Ohlde Vanessa Hayden Chandi Jones Ebony Hoffman Rebekkah Brunson Iciss Tillis Christi Thomas Shereka Wright

Second Round	Ashley Robinson Kaayla Chones Jessica Brungo Amisha Carter Kelly Mazzante Catrina Frierson Tasha Butts Cindy Dallas Jenni Benningfield Erika Valek Ugo Oha Doneeka Lewis Lindsay Taylor

2004 WNBA season by team

Draft The Game at Radio City Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Charlotte Sting Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm

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