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2001 WNBA draft

Women's basketball player selection

Field	Value
name	[2001](2001-wnba-season) WNBA draft
sport	Basketball
date	April 20, 2001
league	WNBA
first	Lauren Jackson
Seattle Storm
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next	[2002](2002-wnba-draft)

Seattle Storm

2001 WNBA draft

On April 20, 2001, the regular WNBA draft took place.

Key

Draft

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position	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	North Carolina
13	Kristen Veal	G	Phoenix Mercury	Canberra Capitals (Australia)
14	Kelly Schumacher	C	Indiana Fever (from Sacramento){{efn	April 11, 2001: Sacramento to Indiana	Connecticut
15	Amanda Lassiter	F	Houston Comets	Missouri
16	Camille Cooper	C	Los Angeles Sparks	Purdue

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position	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	April 17, 2001: Three-team trade	Tulane
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

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
33	ShaRae Mansfield #	F		Houston Comets (from Seattle){{efn	May 27, 2000: Seattle to Houston	Western Kentucky
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

Pick	Player	Position	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	Stanford
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

Notes:

References

"2001 WNBA Draft Order".

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