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1999 WNBA draft

Basketball player selection

Field	Value
name	1999 WNBA draft
sport	Basketball
date	May 4, 1999
league	WNBA
expansion_teams	Minnesota Lynx
Orlando Miracle
first	Chamique Holdsclaw
Washington Mystics
prev	[1998](1998-wnba-draft)
next	[2000](2000-wnba-draft)

Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics

1999 WNBA draft

On September 15, 1998, two players were allocated prior to the expansion draft.
On April 6, 1999, a WNBA expansion draft took place for the Minnesota Lynx and the Orlando Miracle.
On May 3, 1999, another round of player allocation took place.
On May 4, 1999, the regular WNBA draft took place.

In December 1998, the American Basketball League (ABL) folded. The 90 players from the ABL's eight teams (except Kristin Folkl and Nykesha Sales who were allocated to the new WNBA expansion teams by the WNBA) were eligible for this draft.

Draft

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position	Team	School / club team
1	Chamique Holdsclaw * ^	G/F	Washington Mystics	Tennessee
2	Yolanda Griffith * ^ !	F/C	Sacramento Monarchs	Florida Atlantic (from Chicago Condors, ABL)
3	Natalie Williams * ^	C	Utah Starzz	UCLA (from Portland Power, ABL)
4	DeLisha Milton + ^	F	Los Angeles Sparks	Florida (from Portland Power, ABL)
5	Jennifer Azzi ^	G	Detroit Shock	Stanford (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
6	Crystal Robinson	F	New York Liberty	Southeastern Oklahoma State (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
7	Tonya Edwards +	G	Minnesota Lynx	Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
8	Tari Phillips *	F	Orlando Miracle	Central Florida (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
9	Dawn Staley + ^ !	G	Charlotte Sting	Virginia (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
10	Edna Campbell	G	Phoenix Mercury	Texas (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
11	Chasity Melvin +	C	Cleveland Rockers	North Carolina State (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
12	Natalia Zasulskaya #	F	Houston Comets	Dynamo Moscow, Russia

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position	Team	School / club team
13	Shalonda Enis	F	Washington Mystics	Alabama (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
14	Kedra Holland-Corn	G	Sacramento Monarchs	Georgia (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
15	Debbie Black	G	Utah Starzz	St. Joseph's (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
16	Clarisse Machanguana	C	Los Angeles Sparks	Old Dominion (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
17	Val Whiting	C	Detroit Shock	Stanford (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
18	Michele Van Gorp	C	New York Liberty	Duke
19	Trisha Fallon	G/F	Minnesota Lynx	Sydney Flames, Australia
20	Sheri Sam +	F/G	Orlando Miracle	Vanderbilt (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
21	Stephanie White	G/F	Charlotte Sting	Purdue
22	Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil ^	F	Phoenix Mercury	Texas (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
23	Mery Andrade	F	Cleveland Rockers	Old Dominion
24	Sonja Henning	G	Houston Comets	Stanford (from Portland Power, ABL)

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position	Team	School / club team
25	Andrea Nagy	G	Washington Mystics	Florida International (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
26	Kate Starbird	G	Sacramento Monarchs	Stanford (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
27	Adrienne Goodson +	F	Utah Starzz	Old Dominion (from Chicago Condors, ABL)
28	Ukari Figgs	G	Los Angeles Sparks	Purdue
29	Dominique Canty	G/F	Detroit Shock	Alabama
30	Tamika Whitmore +	C	New York Liberty	Memphis
31	Andrea Lloyd ^	F	Minnesota Lynx	Texas (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
32	Taj McWilliams-Franklin * ^	C	Orlando Miracle	St. Edward's (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
33	Charlotte Smith	F	Charlotte Sting	North Carolina (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
34	Lisa Harrison	F	Phoenix Mercury	Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
35	Tracy Henderson	C	Cleveland Rockers	Georgia (from Nashville Noise, ABL)
36	Kara Wolters ^	C	Houston Comets	Connecticut (from New England Blizzard, ABL)

Notes:

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position	Team	School / club team
37	Jenny Whittle	C	Washington Mystics	Perth Breakers, Australia
38	Amy Herrig	C	Sacramento Monarchs	Iowa
39	Dalma Ivanyi	G	Utah Starzz	Florida International
40	La'Keshia Frett	F	Los Angeles Sparks	Georgia (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
41	Astou Ndiaye	F/C	Detroit Shock	Southern Nazarene (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
42	Carolyn Jones-Young	G	New York Liberty	Auburn (from New England Blizzard, ABL)
43	Sonja Tate	G	Minnesota Lynx	Arkansas State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
44	Carla McGhee	F	Orlando Miracle	Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
45	Angie Braziel	F	Charlotte Sting	Texas Tech
46	Amanda Wilson	F	Phoenix Mercury	Louisiana Tech
47	Kellie Jolly	G	Cleveland Rockers	Tennessee
48	Jennifer Rizzotti ^	G	Houston Comets	Connecticut (from New England Blizzard, ABL)
49	Angie Potthoff	F	Minnesota Lynx	Penn State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
50	Elaine Powell	G	Orlando Miracle	LSU (from Portland Power, ABL)

References

Williams, Lena. (April 2, 1999). "Former Team Official Recounts the A.B.L.'s Dizzying Descent".
(February 15, 2018). "Aces History: Feeling A Draft (1999)".

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