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2004 WNBA draft

U.S. women's basketball player selection

Field	Value
name	2004 WNBA draft
sport	Basketball
date	April 17, 2004
location	Secaucus, New Jersey
league	WNBA
merging_teams	Cleveland Rockers
(folded in 2003)
first	Diana Taurasi
Phoenix Mercury
prev	[2003](2003-wnba-draft)
next	[2005](2005-wnba-draft)

(folded in 2003) Phoenix Mercury

The 2004 WNBA draft was the eighth draft in the WNBA's history. It took place on April 17, 2004, at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, NJ.

Additionally, on January 6, 2004, the WBNA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the Cleveland Rockers who folded at the end of 2003 WNBA season.

Key

Draft

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position	Team	School / club team
1	Diana Taurasi *	G	Phoenix Mercury	Connecticut
2	Alana Beard *	G	Washington Mystics	Duke
3	Nicole Powell +	G/F	Charlotte Sting (from Indiana)	Stanford
4	Lindsay Whalen * ^ !	G	Connecticut Sun (from San Antonio)	Minnesota
5	Shameka Christon +	G/F	New York Liberty	Arkansas
6	Nicole Ohlde	C	Minnesota Lynx (from Seattle)	Kansas State
7	Vanessa Hayden	C	Minnesota Lynx	Florida
8	Chandi Jones	G/F	Phoenix Mercury	Houston
9	Ebony Hoffman	C	Indiana Fever (from Charlotte)	USC
10	Rebekkah Brunson +	F	Sacramento Monarchs	Georgetown
11	Iciss Tillis	C/F	Detroit Shock (from Houston)	Duke
12	Christi Thomas	F	Los Angeles Sparks	Georgia
13	Shereka Wright	F	Detroit Shock	Purdue

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position	Team	School / club team
14	Ashley Robinson	C	Phoenix Mercury	Tennessee
15	Kaayla Chones	C	Washington Mystics	NC State
16	Jessica Brungo	F	Connecticut Sun (from San Antonio)	Penn State
17	Amisha Carter	C	New York Liberty	Louisiana Tech
18	Kelly Mazzante	F	Charlotte Sting (from Indiana)	Penn State
19	Trina Frierson	F	Seattle Storm	Louisiana Tech
20	Tasha Butts	F	Minnesota Lynx	Tennessee
21	Cindy Dallas #	F	San Antonio Silver Stars (from Connecticut)	Illinois
22	Jenni Benningfield	F	Charlotte Sting	Vanderbilt
23	Erika Valek #	G	Detroit Shock (from Sacramento)	Purdue
24	Ugo Oha #	C	Connecticut Sun (from Houston)	George Washington
25	Doneeka Hodges	G	Los Angeles Sparks	LSU
26	Lindsay Taylor (traded to Phoenix)	C	Houston Comets (from Detroit)	UC Santa Barbara

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
27	Maria Villarroel #
(traded to Houston)	G	VEN	Phoenix Mercury	Oklahoma
28	Evan Unrau #	F		Washington Mystics	Missouri
29	Candace Futrell	G		Connecticut Sun (from San Antonio)	Duquesne
30	Catherine Joens	G		New York Liberty	George Washington
31	Ieva Kubliņa #	F/C		Indiana Fever	Virginia Tech
32	Jennifer Smith	C		Detroit Shock (from Seattle, via Houston)	Michigan
33	Amber Jacobs	G		Minnesota Lynx	Boston College
34	Toccara Williams	G		San Antonio Silver Stars (from Connecticut)	Texas A&M
35	Jia Perkins +	G		Charlotte Sting	Texas Tech
36	Nuria Martínez	F		Sacramento Monarchs	Avenida (Spain)
37	Stacy Stephens	C		Houston Comets	Texas
38	Kate Bulger #	G		Minnesota Lynx (from Detroit)	West Virginia

References

"2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft Recap".
(January 6, 2004). "Darling goes to Lynx in dispersal draft". [[ESPN]].
(January 5, 2004). "2004 Dispersal Draft Preview".

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