2005 WNBA draft

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::summary 2005 meeting of WNBA teams to select players ::

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Field	Value
name	2005 WNBA draft
sport	Basketball
date	April 16, 2005
location	Secaucus, New Jersey
network	ESPN2
league	WNBA
first	Janel McCarville
Charlotte Sting
prev	2004
next	2006
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| name = 2005 WNBA draft | image = | caption = | logo = | logosize = | sport = Basketball | date = April 16, 2005 | location = Secaucus, New Jersey | network = ESPN2 | league = WNBA | teams = | first = Janel McCarville Charlotte Sting | territorial = | prev = 2004 | next = 2006

The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The 2005 edition was the ninth in the WNBA's history.

2005 WNBA draft

• On April 16, 2005, the WNBA draft took place at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.
• The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2.

Key

Draft

Round 1

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Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Janel McCarville	C		Charlotte Sting	Minnesota
2	Tan White	G		Indiana Fever	Mississippi State
3	Sandora Irvin	F		Phoenix Mercury	TCU
4	Kendra Wecker	F		San Antonio Silver Stars	Kansas State
5	Sancho Lyttle +	C		Houston Comets	Houston
6	Temeka Johnson	G		Washington Mystics	LSU
7	Kara Braxton +	F		Detroit Shock	Georgia
8	Katie Feenstra (traded to San Antonio)	C		Connecticut Sun	Liberty
9	Kristin Haynie	G		Sacramento Monarchs	Michigan State
10	Loree Moore	G		New York Liberty	Tennessee
11	Kristen Mann	F		Minnesota Lynx	UC Santa Barbara
12	Tanisha Wright	G		Seattle Storm	Penn State
13	Dionnah Jackson #	F		Detroit Shock (from Los Angeles via Washington)	Oklahoma
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Round 2

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Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
14	Shyra Ely	F		San Antonio Silver Stars	Tennessee
15	Roneeka Hodges	G		Houston Comets	Florida State
16	Yolanda Paige	G		Indiana Fever	West Virginia
17	Jacqueline Batteast	F		Minnesota Lynx (from Charlotte)	Notre Dame
18	Angelina Williams	F		Phoenix Mercury	Illinois
19	Erica Taylor #	G		Washington Mystics	Louisiana Tech
20	Nikita Bell #	F/G		Detroit Shock	North Carolina
21	Erin Phillips	G		Connecticut Sun	Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
22	Chelsea Newton	G		Sacramento Monarchs	Rutgers
23	Tabitha Pool #	F		New York Liberty	Michigan
24	Jessica Moore	C		Charlotte Sting	Connecticut
25	Ashley Battle	F		Seattle Storm	Connecticut
26	DeeDee Wheeler #	G		Los Angeles Sparks	Arizona
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Round 3

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Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
27	Cathrine Kraayeveld	F		San Antonio Silver Stars	Oregon
28	Jenni Dant #	G		Houston Comets	DePaul
29	Ashley Earley #	G/F		Indiana Fever	Vanderbilt
30	Anne O'Neil #	G		Sacramento Monarchs	Iowa State
31	Jamie Carey	G		Phoenix Mercury	Texas
32	Tashia Morehead #	F		Washington Mystics	Florida
33	Jenni Lingor #	G		Detroit Shock	Southwest Missouri State
34	Megan Mahoney	F		Connecticut Sun	Kansas State
35	Cisti Greenwalt	C		Sacramento Monarchs	Texas Tech
36	Rebecca Richman #	C		New York Liberty	Rutgers
37	Monique Bivins #	G		Minnesota Lynx	Alabama
38	Steffanie Blackmon #	F		Seattle Storm	Baylor
39	Heather Schreiber #	F		Los Angeles Sparks	Texas
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References

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