{{Short description|Women's basketball player selection}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox sports draft | name = [[2001 WNBA season|2001]] WNBA draft | image = | caption = | logo = | logosize = | sport = Basketball | date = April 20, 2001 | location = | network = | league = WNBA | teams = | first = [[Lauren Jackson]]<br>[[Seattle Storm]] | territorial = | prev = [[2000 WNBA draft|2000]] | next = [[2002 WNBA draft|2002]] }}
'''[[2001 in sports|2001]] [[WNBA draft]]'''
*On April 20, 2001, the regular WNBA draft took place.
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==Draft== ===Round 1=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="width:5%;"| Pick ! style="width:20%;"| Player ! style="width:5%;"| Position ! style="width:20%;"| Nationality ! style="width:25%;"| Team ! style="width:25%;"| School / club team |- | 1 | bgcolor="#98f5ff"|[[Lauren Jackson]] * ^ ! | F/C | {{AUS}} | [[Seattle Storm]] | [[Canberra Capitals]] {{small|([[Women's National Basketball League|Australia]])}} |- | 2 | [[Kelly Miller (basketball)|Kelly Miller]] | G | {{USA}} | [[Charlotte Sting]] | [[Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]] |- | 3 | bgcolor="#98f5ff"|[[Tamika Catchings]]{{efn|group=n|2002 Rookie of the Year}} * ^ ! | F | {{USA}} | [[Indiana Fever]] | [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] |- | 4 | bgcolor="#FFFF99"|'''[[Jackie Stiles]]'''{{efn|group=n|2001 Rookie of the Year}} <sup>+</sup> ^ | G | {{USA}} | [[Portland Fire (2000–2002)|Portland Fire]] | [[Missouri State Lady Bears basketball|Southwest Missouri State]]{{efn|group=n|Became Missouri State in 2005.}} |- | 5 | bgcolor="#FFFF99"|[[Ruth Riley]] <sup>+</sup> ^ | C | {{USA}} | [[Miami Sol]] | [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball|Notre Dame]] |- | 6 | bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|[[Deanna Nolan]] * | G/F | {{USA}} | [[Detroit Shock]] | [[Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]] |- | 7 | [[Svetlana Abrosimova]] | F | {{RUS}} | [[Minnesota Lynx]] | [[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]] |- | 8 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Marie Ferdinand]] <sup>+</sup> | G | {{USA}} | [[Utah Starzz]] | [[LSU Lady Tigers basketball|LSU]] |- | 9 | [[Coco Miller]] | G | {{USA}} | [[Washington Mystics]] | [[Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]] |- | 10 | bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| [[Katie Douglas (basketball)|Katie Douglas]] * | G/F | {{USA}} | [[Orlando Miracle]] | [[Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball|Purdue]] |- | 11 | bgcolor="#FFFF99"| [[Penny Taylor]] * ^ | F | {{AUS}} | [[Cleveland Rockers]] | [[Dandenong Rangers]] {{small|(Australia)}} |- | 12 | [[LaQuanda Barksdale]] | G/F | {{USA}} | [[Portland Fire (2000–2002)|Portland Fire]] {{small|(from New York via Minnesota)}}{{efn|February 20, 2001: Minnesota to Portland<ref name=hrr>{{cite web |title=2001 WNBA Draft Order |url=https://thehrr.com/interviews/2001_wnba_draft_order.html |website=The Houston Roundball Review}}</ref> *Portland acquired [[Kristin Folkl]] and New York's first-round pick *Minnesota acquired [[Lynn Pride]] and [[Michele Van Gorp]] September 13, 2000: New York to Minnesota *Minnesota acquired a 2001 first-round pick *New York acquired [[Grace Daley]]}} | [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball|North Carolina]] |- | 13 | [[Kristen Veal]] | G | {{AUS}} | [[Phoenix Mercury]] | Canberra Capitals {{small|(Australia)}} |- | 14 | [[Kelly Schumacher]] | C | {{USA}} | [[Indiana Fever]] {{small|(from Sacramento)}}{{efn|April 11, 2001: Sacramento to Indiana<ref name=hrr/> *Indiana acquired a first-round pick *Sacramento acquired [[Kara Wolters]]}} | [[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]] |- | 15 | [[Amanda Lassiter]] | F | {{USA}} | [[Houston Comets]] | [[Missouri Tigers women's basketball|Missouri]] |- | 16 | [[Camille Cooper]] | C | {{USA}} | [[Los Angeles Sparks]] | [[Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball|Purdue]] |}
===Round 2=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="width:5%;"| Pick ! style="width:20%;"| Player ! style="width:5%;"| Position ! style="width:20%;"| Nationality ! style="width:25%;"| Team ! style="width:25%;"| School / club team |- | 17 | [[Semeka Randall]] | G | {{USA}} | [[Seattle Storm]] | [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] |- | 18 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Tammy Sutton-Brown]] <sup>+</sup> | C | {{CAN}} | [[Charlotte Sting]] | [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball|Rutgers]] |- | 19 | [[Niele Ivey]] | G | {{USA}} | [[Indiana Fever]] | [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball|Notre Dame]] |- | 20 | [[Jenny Mowe]] | C | {{USA}} | [[Portland Fire (2000–2002)|Portland Fire]] | [[Oregon Ducks women's basketball|Oregon]] |- | 21 | [[Georgia Schweitzer]] | G/F | {{USA}} | [[Miami Sol]] | [[Duke Blue Devils women's basketball|Duke]] |- | 22 | [[Jae Kingi-Cross|Jae Kingi]] | G | {{AUS}} | [[Detroit Shock]] | [[Adelaide Lightning]] {{small|(Australia)}} |- | 23 | [[Erin Perperoglou|Erin Buescher]] | G | {{USA}} | [[Minnesota Lynx]] | [[The Master's University|Master's]] |- | 24 | [[Michaela Pavlíčková]] | F/C | {{CZE}} | [[Utah Starzz]] | [[Denver Pioneers women's basketball|Denver]] |- | 25 | [[Tamara Stocks]] | F/C | {{USA}} | [[Washington Mystics]] | [[Florida Gators women's basketball|Florida]] |- | 26 | [[Brooke Wyckoff]] | F | {{USA}} | [[Orlando Miracle]] | [[Florida State Seminoles women's basketball|Florida State]] |- | 27 | [[Jaynetta Saunders]] | F | {{USA}} | [[Cleveland Rockers]] | [[Texas A&M Aggies|Texas A&M]] |- | 28 | [[Janell Burse]] | C | {{USA}} | [[Minnesota Lynx]] {{small|(from New York via Washington)}}{{efn|name=note_f|April 17, 2001: Three-team trade<ref name=hrr/> *Minnesota acquired New York's second-round pick from Washington *Washington acquired a third-round pick from New York and [[Annie Burgess]] from Minnesota *New York acquired a fourth-round pick and [[Andrea Nagy]] from Washington}} | [[Tulane Green Wave women's basketball|Tulane]] |- | 29 | [[Ilona Korstin]] | G/F | {{RUS}} | [[Phoenix Mercury]] | [[Tango Bourges Basket|CJM Bourges Basket]] {{small|([[Ligue Féminine de Basketball|France]])}} |- | 30 | [[Jackie Moore (basketball, born 1979)|Jackie Moore]] | C | {{USA}} | [[Sacramento Monarchs]] | [[Long Beach State 49ers women's basketball|Long Beach State]] |- | 31 | [[Tynesha Lewis]] | G/F | {{USA}} | [[Houston Comets]] | [[NC State Wolfpack women's basketball|North Carolina State]] |- | 32 | [[Nicole Levandusky]] | G | {{USA}} | [[Los Angeles Sparks]] | [[Xavier Musketeers women's basketball|Xavier]] |}
===Round 3=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="width:5%;"| Pick ! style="width:20%;"| Player ! style="width:5%;"| Position ! style="width:20%;"| Nationality ! style="width:25%;"| Team ! style="width:25%;"| School / club team |- | 33 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[ShaRae Mansfield]] <sup>#</sup> | F | {{USA}} | [[Houston Comets]] {{small|(from Seattle)}}{{efn|May 27, 2000: Seattle to Houston<ref name=hrr/> *Houston acquired a 2001 third-round pick *Seattle acquired the draft rights to [[Andrea Garner]]}} | [[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]] |- | 34 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Jennifer Phillips]] <sup>#</sup> | F | {{USA}} | [[Charlotte Sting]] | [[Xavier Musketeers women's basketball|Xavier]] |- | 35 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Marlena Williams]] <sup>#</sup> | F | {{USA}} | [[Indiana Fever]] | [[Missouri Tigers women's basketball|Missouri]] |- | 36 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Rasheeda Clark]] <sup>#</sup> | G | {{USA}} | [[Portland Fire (2000–2002)|Portland Fire]] | [[Pepperdine Waves women's basketball|Pepperdine]] |- | 37 | [[Levys Torres]] | C | {{COL}} | [[Miami Sol]] | [[Florida State Seminoles women's basketball|Florida State]] |- | 38 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Svetlana Volnaya]] <sup>#</sup> | G/F | {{flag|BLR|1995|name=Belarus}} | [[Detroit Shock]] | [[Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball|Virginia]] |- | 39 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Tombi Bell]] <sup>#</sup> | G | {{USA}} | [[Minnesota Lynx]] | [[Miami Hurricanes women's basketball|Miami]] |- | 40 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Shea Ralph]] <sup>#</sup> | G/F | {{USA}} | [[Utah Starzz]] | [[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]] |- | 41 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Jamie Lewis (basketball)|Jamie Lewis]] <sup>#</sup> | G | {{USA}} | [[Washington Mystics]] | [[Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball|Ohio State]] |- | 42 | [[Jaclyn Johnson]] | F | {{USA}} | [[Orlando Miracle]] | [[Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball|Kansas]] |- | 43 | [[Angelina Wolvert]] | F | {{USA}} | [[Cleveland Rockers]] | [[Oregon Ducks women's basketball|Oregon]] |- | 44 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Elena Karpova]] <sup>#</sup> | F | {{RUS}} | [[Washington Mystics]] {{small|(from New York)}}{{efn|name=note_f|group=n}} | [[MBK Ružomberok]] {{small|([[Slovak Women's Basketball Extraliga|Slovakia]])}} |- | 45 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Tere Williams]] <sup>#</sup> | F | {{USA}} | [[Phoenix Mercury]] | [[Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball|Virginia Tech]] |- | 46 | [[Maren Walseth]] | F | {{USA}} | [[Sacramento Monarchs]] | [[Penn State Lady Lions basketball|Penn State]] |- | 47 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Shala Crawford]] <sup>#</sup> | C | {{USA}} | [[Houston Comets]] | [[Life University|Life]] |- | 48 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Kelley Siemon]] <sup>#</sup> | F | {{USA}} | [[Los Angeles Sparks]] | [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball|Notre Dame]] |}
===Round 4=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="width:5%;"| Pick ! style="width:20%;"| Player ! style="width:5%;"| Position ! style="width:20%;"| Nationality ! style="width:25%;"| Team ! style="width:25%;"| School / club team |- | 49 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Juana Brown]] <sup>#</sup> | G | {{USA}} | [[Seattle Storm]] | [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball|North Carolina]] |- | 50 | [[Reshea Bristol]] | G | {{USA}} | [[Charlotte Sting]] | [[Arizona Wildcats women's basketball|Arizona]] |- | 51 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[April Brown (basketball)|April Brown]] <sup>#</sup> | F | {{USA}} | [[Indiana Fever]] | [[LSU Lady Tigers basketball|LSU]] |- | 52 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Natasha Pointer]] <sup>#</sup> | G | {{USA}} | [[Portland Fire (2000–2002)|Portland Fire]] | [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball|Rutgers]] |- | 53 | [[Carolyn Moos]] | C | {{USA}} | [[Phoenix Mercury]] {{small|(from Miami)}}{{efn|April 25, 2000: Miami to Phoenix<ref name=hrr/> *Phoenix acquired a 2001 fourth-round pick *Miami acquired the draft rights to Shantia Owens}} | [[Stanford Cardinal women's basketball|Stanford]] |- | 54 | [[Kelly Santos]] | F | {{BRA}} | [[Detroit Shock]] | [[Brazil]] |- | 55 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Megan Taylor (basketball)|Megan Taylor]] <sup>#</sup> | G/F | {{USA}} | [[Minnesota Lynx]] | [[Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball|Iowa State]] |- | 56 | [[Cara Consuegra]] | G | {{USA}} | [[Utah Starzz]] | [[Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball|Iowa]] |- | 57 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Taru Tuukkanen]] <sup>#</sup> | F/C | {{FIN}} | [[New York Liberty]] {{small|(from Washington)}}{{efn|name=note_f}} | [[Xavier Musketeers women's basketball|Xavier]] |- | 58 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Anne Thorius]] <sup>#</sup> | G | {{DEN}} | [[Orlando Miracle]] | [[Michigan Wolverines women's basketball|Michigan]] |- | 59 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Erin Batth]] <sup>#</sup> | F/C | {{USA}} | [[Cleveland Rockers]] | [[Clemson Tigers women's basketball|Clemson]] |- | 60 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Tara Mitchem]] <sup>#</sup> | G | {{USA}} | [[New York Liberty]] | [[Missouri State Lady Bears basketball|Southwest Missouri State]] |- | 61 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Megan Franza]] <sup>#</sup> | G | {{USA}} | [[Phoenix Mercury]] | [[Washington Huskies women's basketball|Washington]] |- | 62 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Katie Smrcka-Duffy]] <sup>#</sup> | G | {{USA}} | [[Sacramento Monarchs]] | [[Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball|Georgetown]] |- | 63 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Kristen Clement]] <sup>#</sup> | G | {{USA}} | [[Houston Comets]] | [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] |- | 64 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Beth Record]] <sup>#</sup> | G/F | {{USA}} | [[Los Angeles Sparks]] | [[Syracuse Orange women's basketball|Syracuse]] |} ''Notes'': {{notelist|group=n}}
== See also == *[[List of first overall WNBA draft picks]]
==References== <references /> *{{cite web | url=http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | title=All-Time WNBA draft history | access-date=June 4, 2008 | publisher=WNBA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509153954/http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | archive-date=May 9, 2008 | url-status=dead }}
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