2009 WNBA draft

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::summary 2009 meeting of WNBA teams to select players ::

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Field	Value
name	2009 WNBA draft
image	2009WNBADraft.jpg
sport	Basketball
date	December 8, 2008 – April 9, 2009
location	Secaucus, New Jersey
network	ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
league	WNBA
first	Angel McCoughtry
Atlanta Dream
merging_teams	Houston Comets
(folded in 2008)
prev	2008
next	2010
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| name = 2009 WNBA draft | image = 2009WNBADraft.jpg | caption = | logo = | logosize = | sport = Basketball | date = December 8, 2008 – April 9, 2009 | location = Secaucus, New Jersey | network = ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU | league = WNBA | teams = | first = Angel McCoughtry Atlanta Dream | merging_teams = Houston Comets (folded in 2008) | territorial = | prev = 2008 | next = 2010

The 2009 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (in HD for the first time ever) at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at 4:00pm.

Additionally, on December 8, 2008, the WNBA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the Houston Comets who folded at the end of 2008 WNBA season.

Draft lottery

A lottery was held on December 9, 2008. The Atlanta Dream received the first overall selection of upcoming 2009 draft. The Washington Mystics received the number two selection. The Chicago Sky came up with the third overall selection, followed by the Minnesota Lynx at four, the Phoenix Mercury at number five. For the first time in WNBA history, the lottery balls were chosen exactly according to odds. Some of the top draftees were Angel McCoughtry, Marissa Coleman, Kristi Toliver, and Renee Montgomery.

Transactions

• The Washington Mystics received the first-round pick from the Los Angeles Sparks.
• The Atlanta Dream received the first-round pick from the San Antonio Silver Stars.
• The San Antonio Silver Stars received the second-round pick from the Atlanta Dream.
• The Connecticut Sun and the Minnesota Lynx had rights to swap second-round picks.
• The Washington Mystics received the second-round pick from the Detroit Shock.
• The Atlanta Dream received the second-round pick from the Seattle Storm.
• The Phoenix Mercury received the third-round pick from the New York Liberty.
• The Minnesota Lynx received the first-round and second-round pick from the Washington Mystics
• The Detroit Shock received the second-round pick from the Atlanta Dream.

Key

Draft

Round 1

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Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Angel McCoughtry *		Atlanta Dream	Louisville
2	Marissa Coleman +	Washington Mystics	Maryland
3	Kristi Toliver *	Chicago Sky
4	Renee Montgomery +	Minnesota Lynx	Connecticut
5	DeWanna Bonner *	Phoenix Mercury	Auburn
6	Briann January +	Indiana Fever	Arizona State
7	Courtney Paris	Sacramento Monarchs	Oklahoma
8	Kia Vaughn	New York Liberty	Rutgers
9	Quanitra Hollingsworth	Minnesota Lynx (from Los Angeles, via Washington)	VCU
10	Chante Black	Connecticut Sun	Duke
11	Shavonte Zellous +	Detroit Shock	Pittsburgh
12	Ashley Walker	Seattle Storm	California
13	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton	Los Angeles Sparks (from San Antonio, via Atlanta){{refn	April 9, 2008: San Antonio to Atlanta	Purdue
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Round 2

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Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
14	Megan Frazee		San Antonio Silver Stars (from Atlanta)	Liberty
15	Rashanda McCants	Minnesota Lynx (from Washington)	North Carolina
16	Danielle Gant #	Chicago Sky	Texas A&M
17	Lyndra Littles #	Connecticut Sun (from Minnesota)	Virginia
18	Britany Miller	Detroit Shock (from Phoenix, via Atlanta)	Florida State
19	Christina Wirth	Indiana Fever	Vanderbilt
20	Whitney Boddie	Sacramento Monarchs	Auburn
21	Abby Waner #	New York Liberty	Duke
22	Ashley Paris #	Los Angeles Sparks	Oklahoma
23	Camille LeNoir #	Washington Mystics (from Connecticut, via Minnesota)	USC
24	Jelena Milovanović		Washington Mystics (from Detroit)	MKB Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary)
25	Shalee Lehning		Atlanta Dream (from Seattle)	Kansas State
26	Sonja Petrović		San Antonio Silver Stars	Spartak Moscow Region (Russia)
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Round 3

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Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
27	Jessica Morrow #		Atlanta Dream	Baylor
28	Josephine Owino #		Washington Mystics	Union
29	Jenifer Risper #		Chicago Sky	Vanderbilt
30	Emily Fox #	Minnesota Lynx	Minnesota
31	Sha Brooks #	Phoenix Mercury	Florida
32	Danielle Campbell #	Indiana Fever	Purdue
33	Morgan Warburton #	Sacramento Monarchs	Utah
34	Jessica Adair	Phoenix Mercury (from New York)	George Washington
35	Britney Jordan #	Los Angeles Sparks	Texas A&M–Commerce
36	Alba Torrens #		Connecticut Sun	Real Club Celta Indepo (Spain)
37	Tanae Davis-Cain		Detroit Shock	Florida State
38	Mara Freshour #	Seattle Storm
39	Candyce Bingham #	San Antonio Silver Stars	Louisville
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Footnotes

References

References

1. (December 8, 2008). "2008 Houston Comets Dispersal Draft Analysis".
2. (December 9, 2008). "Defunct Houston Comets Hold Dispersal Draft". [[NPR]].
3. "San Antonio Acquires Ann Wauters, Morenike Atunrase In Draft Day Trade With Atlanta".

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