# 2001 WNBA draft > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2001_WNBA_draft > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2001_WNBA_draft.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_WNBA_draft > Source revision: 1303313181 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Women's basketball player selection 2001 WNBA draft General information Sport Basketball Date April 20, 2001 Overview League WNBA First selection Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm ← 2000 2002 → **[2001](/source/2001_in_sports) [WNBA draft](/source/WNBA_draft)** - On April 20, 2001, the regular WNBA draft took place. ## Key ! Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame ^ Denotes player who has been inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame * Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-WNBA Team + Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game # Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs Bold Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year ## Draft ### Round 1 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 1 Lauren Jackson * ^ ! F/C Australia Seattle Storm Canberra Capitals (Australia) 2 Kelly Miller G United States Charlotte Sting Georgia 3 Tamika Catchings[a] * ^ ! F United States Indiana Fever Tennessee 4 Jackie Stiles[b] + ^ G United States Portland Fire Southwest Missouri State[c] 5 Ruth Riley + ^ C United States Miami Sol Notre Dame 6 Deanna Nolan * G/F United States Detroit Shock Georgia 7 Svetlana Abrosimova F Russia Minnesota Lynx Connecticut 8 Marie Ferdinand + G United States Utah Starzz LSU 9 Coco Miller G United States Washington Mystics Georgia 10 Katie Douglas * G/F United States Orlando Miracle Purdue 11 Penny Taylor * ^ F Australia Cleveland Rockers Dandenong Rangers (Australia) 12 LaQuanda Barksdale G/F United States Portland Fire (from New York via Minnesota)[d] North Carolina 13 Kristen Veal G Australia Phoenix Mercury Canberra Capitals (Australia) 14 Kelly Schumacher C United States Indiana Fever (from Sacramento)[e] Connecticut 15 Amanda Lassiter F United States Houston Comets Missouri 16 Camille Cooper C United States Los Angeles Sparks Purdue ### Round 2 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 17 Semeka Randall G United States Seattle Storm Tennessee 18 Tammy Sutton-Brown + C Canada Charlotte Sting Rutgers 19 Niele Ivey G United States Indiana Fever Notre Dame 20 Jenny Mowe C United States Portland Fire Oregon 21 Georgia Schweitzer G/F United States Miami Sol Duke 22 Jae Kingi G Australia Detroit Shock Adelaide Lightning (Australia) 23 Erin Buescher G United States Minnesota Lynx Master's 24 Michaela Pavlíčková F/C Czech Republic Utah Starzz Denver 25 Tamara Stocks F/C United States Washington Mystics Florida 26 Brooke Wyckoff F United States Orlando Miracle Florida State 27 Jaynetta Saunders F United States Cleveland Rockers Texas A&M 28 Janell Burse C United States Minnesota Lynx (from New York via Washington)[f] Tulane 29 Ilona Korstin G/F Russia Phoenix Mercury CJM Bourges Basket (France) 30 Jackie Moore C United States Sacramento Monarchs Long Beach State 31 Tynesha Lewis G/F United States Houston Comets North Carolina State 32 Nicole Levandusky G United States Los Angeles Sparks Xavier ### Round 3 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 33 ShaRae Mansfield # F United States Houston Comets (from Seattle)[g] Western Kentucky 34 Jennifer Phillips # F United States Charlotte Sting Xavier 35 Marlena Williams # F United States Indiana Fever Missouri 36 Rasheeda Clark # G United States Portland Fire Pepperdine 37 Levys Torres C Colombia Miami Sol Florida State 38 Svetlana Volnaya # G/F Belarus Detroit Shock Virginia 39 Tombi Bell # G United States Minnesota Lynx Miami 40 Shea Ralph # G/F United States Utah Starzz Connecticut 41 Jamie Lewis # G United States Washington Mystics Ohio State 42 Jaclyn Johnson F United States Orlando Miracle Kansas 43 Angelina Wolvert F United States Cleveland Rockers Oregon 44 Elena Karpova # F Russia Washington Mystics (from New York)[f] MBK Ružomberok (Slovakia) 45 Tere Williams # F United States Phoenix Mercury Virginia Tech 46 Maren Walseth F United States Sacramento Monarchs Penn State 47 Shala Crawford # C United States Houston Comets Life 48 Kelley Siemon # F United States Los Angeles Sparks Notre Dame ### Round 4 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 49 Juana Brown # G United States Seattle Storm North Carolina 50 Reshea Bristol G United States Charlotte Sting Arizona 51 April Brown # F United States Indiana Fever LSU 52 Natasha Pointer # G United States Portland Fire Rutgers 53 Carolyn Moos C United States Phoenix Mercury (from Miami)[h] Stanford 54 Kelly Santos F Brazil Detroit Shock Brazil 55 Megan Taylor # G/F United States Minnesota Lynx Iowa State 56 Cara Consuegra G United States Utah Starzz Iowa 57 Taru Tuukkanen # F/C Finland New York Liberty (from Washington)[f] Xavier 58 Anne Thorius # G Denmark Orlando Miracle Michigan 59 Erin Batth # F/C United States Cleveland Rockers Clemson 60 Tara Mitchem # G United States New York Liberty Southwest Missouri State 61 Megan Franza # G United States Phoenix Mercury Washington 62 Katie Smrcka-Duffy # G United States Sacramento Monarchs Georgetown 63 Kristen Clement # G United States Houston Comets Tennessee 64 Beth Record # G/F United States Los Angeles Sparks Syracuse *Notes*: 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** 2002 Rookie of the Year 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 2001 Rookie of the Year 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Became Missouri State in 2005. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** February 20, 2001: Minnesota to Portland[1] - Portland acquired [Kristin Folkl](/source/Kristin_Folkl) and New York's first-round pick - Minnesota acquired [Lynn Pride](/source/Lynn_Pride) and [Michele Van Gorp](/source/Michele_Van_Gorp) September 13, 2000: New York to Minnesota - Minnesota acquired a 2001 first-round pick - New York acquired [Grace Daley](/source/Grace_Daley) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** April 11, 2001: Sacramento to Indiana[1] - Indiana acquired a first-round pick - Sacramento acquired [Kara Wolters](/source/Kara_Wolters) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-note_f_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-note_f_7-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-note_f_7-2) April 17, 2001: Three-team trade[1] - Minnesota acquired New York's second-round pick from Washington - Washington acquired a third-round pick from New York and [Annie Burgess](/source/Annie_Burgess) from Minnesota - New York acquired a fourth-round pick and [Andrea Nagy](/source/Andrea_Nagy) from Washington 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** May 27, 2000: Seattle to Houston[1] - Houston acquired a 2001 third-round pick - Seattle acquired the draft rights to [Andrea Garner](/source/Andrea_Garner) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** April 25, 2000: Miami to Phoenix[1] - Phoenix acquired a 2001 fourth-round pick - Miami acquired the draft rights to Shantia Owens ## See also - [List of first overall WNBA draft picks](/source/List_of_first_overall_WNBA_draft_picks) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hrr_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hrr_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-hrr_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-hrr_4-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-hrr_4-4) ["2001 WNBA Draft Order"](https://thehrr.com/interviews/2001_wnba_draft_order.html). *The Houston Roundball Review*. - ["All-Time WNBA draft history"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080509153954/http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html). WNBA. Archived from [the original](http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html) on May 9, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2008. v t e WNBA drafts Draft lottery Elite draft First overall picks 1990s 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Dispersal drafts 2003 2004 2007 2008 2009 Expansion drafts 1998 1999 2000 2006 2008 2024 2026 v t e 2001 WNBA draft First round Lauren Jackson Kelly Miller Tamika Catchings Jackie Stiles Ruth Riley Deanna Nolan Svetlana Abrosimova Marie Ferdinand-Harris Coco Miller Katie Douglas Penny Taylor LaQuanda Barksdale Kristen Veal Kelly Schumacher Amanda Lassiter Camille Cooper Second round Semeka Randall Tammy Sutton-Brown Niele Ivey Jenny Mowe Georgia Schweitzer Jae Kingi-Cross Erin Buescher Michaela Pavlíčková Tamara Stocks Brooke Wyckoff Jaynetta Saunders Janell Burse Ilona Korstin Jackie Moore Tynesha Lewis Nicole Levandusky v t e 2001 WNBA season by team Draft All-Star Game Championship Playoffs Eastern Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock Indiana Fever Miami Sol New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics Western Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Portland Fire Sacramento Monarchs Seattle Storm Utah Starzz ← 2000 WNBA season 2002 → --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2001 WNBA draft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_WNBA_draft) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_WNBA_draft?action=history)). 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