2001 WNBA draft
Women's basketball player selection
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::summary Women's basketball player selection ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2001 WNBA draft |
| sport | Basketball |
| date | April 20, 2001 |
| league | WNBA |
| first | Lauren Jackson |
| Seattle Storm | |
| prev | 2000 |
| next | 2002 |
| :: |
| name = 2001 WNBA draft | image = | caption = | logo = | logosize = | sport = Basketball | date = April 20, 2001 | location = | network = | league = WNBA | teams = | first = Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm | territorial = | prev = 2000 | next = 2002
- On April 20, 2001, the regular WNBA draft took place.
Key
Draft
Round 1
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| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauren Jackson * ^ ! | F/C | Seattle Storm | Canberra Capitals (Australia) | |
| 2 | Kelly Miller | G | Charlotte Sting | Georgia | |
| 3 | Tamika Catchings * ^ ! | F | Indiana Fever | Tennessee | |
| 4 | Jackie Stiles + ^ | G | Portland Fire | Southwest Missouri State | |
| 5 | Ruth Riley + ^ | C | Miami Sol | Notre Dame | |
| 6 | Deanna Nolan * | G/F | Detroit Shock | Georgia | |
| 7 | Svetlana Abrosimova | F | Minnesota Lynx | Connecticut | |
| 8 | Marie Ferdinand + | G | Utah Starzz | LSU | |
| 9 | Coco Miller | G | Washington Mystics | Georgia | |
| 10 | Katie Douglas * | G/F | Orlando Miracle | Purdue | |
| 11 | Penny Taylor * ^ | F | Cleveland Rockers | Dandenong Rangers (Australia) | |
| 12 | LaQuanda Barksdale | G/F | Portland Fire (from New York via Minnesota){{efn | February 20, 2001: Minnesota to Portland | |
| 13 | Kristen Veal | G | Phoenix Mercury | Canberra Capitals (Australia) | |
| 14 | Kelly Schumacher | C | Indiana Fever (from Sacramento){{efn | April 11, 2001: Sacramento to Indiana | |
| 15 | Amanda Lassiter | F | Houston Comets | Missouri | |
| 16 | Camille Cooper | C | Los Angeles Sparks | Purdue | |
| :: |
Round 2
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| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Semeka Randall | G | Seattle Storm | Tennessee | |
| 18 | Tammy Sutton-Brown + | C | Charlotte Sting | Rutgers | |
| 19 | Niele Ivey | G | Indiana Fever | Notre Dame | |
| 20 | Jenny Mowe | C | Portland Fire | Oregon | |
| 21 | Georgia Schweitzer | G/F | Miami Sol | Duke | |
| 22 | Jae Kingi | G | Detroit Shock | Adelaide Lightning (Australia) | |
| 23 | Erin Buescher | G | Minnesota Lynx | Master's | |
| 24 | Michaela Pavlíčková | F/C | Utah Starzz | Denver | |
| 25 | Tamara Stocks | F/C | Washington Mystics | Florida | |
| 26 | Brooke Wyckoff | F | Orlando Miracle | Florida State | |
| 27 | Jaynetta Saunders | F | Cleveland Rockers | Texas A&M | |
| 28 | Janell Burse | C | Minnesota Lynx (from New York via Washington){{efn | name=note_f | |
| 29 | Ilona Korstin | G/F | Phoenix Mercury | CJM Bourges Basket (France) | |
| 30 | Jackie Moore | C | Sacramento Monarchs | Long Beach State | |
| 31 | Tynesha Lewis | G/F | Houston Comets | North Carolina State | |
| 32 | Nicole Levandusky | G | Los Angeles Sparks | Xavier | |
| :: |
Round 3
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| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | ShaRae Mansfield # | F | Houston Comets (from Seattle){{efn | May 27, 2000: Seattle to Houston | |
| 34 | Jennifer Phillips # | F | Charlotte Sting | Xavier | |
| 35 | Marlena Williams # | F | Indiana Fever | Missouri | |
| 36 | Rasheeda Clark # | G | Portland Fire | Pepperdine | |
| 37 | Levys Torres | C | Miami Sol | Florida State | |
| 38 | Svetlana Volnaya # | G/F | BLR | Detroit Shock | Virginia |
| 39 | Tombi Bell # | G | Minnesota Lynx | Miami | |
| 40 | Shea Ralph # | G/F | Utah Starzz | Connecticut | |
| 41 | Jamie Lewis # | G | Washington Mystics | Ohio State | |
| 42 | Jaclyn Johnson | F | Orlando Miracle | Kansas | |
| 43 | Angelina Wolvert | F | Cleveland Rockers | Oregon | |
| 44 | Elena Karpova # | F | Washington Mystics (from New York) | MBK Ružomberok (Slovakia) | |
| 45 | Tere Williams # | F | Phoenix Mercury | Virginia Tech | |
| 46 | Maren Walseth | F | Sacramento Monarchs | Penn State | |
| 47 | Shala Crawford # | C | Houston Comets | Life | |
| 48 | Kelley Siemon # | F | Los Angeles Sparks | Notre Dame | |
| :: |
Round 4
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| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Juana Brown # | G | Seattle Storm | North Carolina | |
| 50 | Reshea Bristol | G | Charlotte Sting | Arizona | |
| 51 | April Brown # | F | Indiana Fever | LSU | |
| 52 | Natasha Pointer # | G | Portland Fire | Rutgers | |
| 53 | Carolyn Moos | C | Phoenix Mercury (from Miami){{efn | April 25, 2000: Miami to Phoenix | |
| 54 | Kelly Santos | F | Detroit Shock | Brazil | |
| 55 | Megan Taylor # | G/F | Minnesota Lynx | Iowa State | |
| 56 | Cara Consuegra | G | Utah Starzz | Iowa | |
| 57 | Taru Tuukkanen # | F/C | New York Liberty (from Washington) | Xavier | |
| 58 | Anne Thorius # | G | Orlando Miracle | Michigan | |
| 59 | Erin Batth # | F/C | Cleveland Rockers | Clemson | |
| 60 | Tara Mitchem # | G | New York Liberty | Southwest Missouri State | |
| 61 | Megan Franza # | G | Phoenix Mercury | Washington | |
| 62 | Katie Smrcka-Duffy # | G | Sacramento Monarchs | Georgetown | |
| 63 | Kristen Clement # | G | Houston Comets | Tennessee | |
| 64 | Beth Record # | G/F | Los Angeles Sparks | Syracuse | |
| :: |
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