# 2004 WNBA draft > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2004_WNBA_draft > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2004_WNBA_draft.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_WNBA_draft > Source revision: 1291915710 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) U.S. women's basketball player selection 2004 WNBA draft General information Sport Basketball Date April 17, 2004 Location Secaucus, New Jersey Overview League WNBA Merging teams Cleveland Rockers (folded in 2003) First selection Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury ← 2003 2005 → The **[2004](/source/2004_in_sports) [WNBA draft](/source/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](/source/Secaucus%2C_NJ). Additionally, on January 6, 2004, the WBNA held a [dispersal draft](/source/2004_WNBA_dispersal_draft) to re-assign players from the [Cleveland Rockers](/source/Cleveland_Rockers) who folded at the end of [2003 WNBA season](/source/2003_WNBA_season).[1][2][3] ## 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 [Diana Taurasi](/source/Diana_Taurasi) was selected first overall by the [Phoenix Mercury](/source/Phoenix_Mercury). Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 1 Diana Taurasi * G United States Phoenix Mercury Connecticut 2 Alana Beard * G United States Washington Mystics Duke 3 Nicole Powell + G/F United States Charlotte Sting (from Indiana) Stanford 4 Lindsay Whalen * ^ ! G United States Connecticut Sun (from San Antonio) Minnesota 5 Shameka Christon + G/F United States New York Liberty Arkansas 6 Nicole Ohlde C United States Minnesota Lynx (from Seattle) Kansas State 7 Vanessa Hayden C United States Minnesota Lynx Florida 8 Chandi Jones G/F United States Phoenix Mercury Houston 9 Ebony Hoffman C United States Indiana Fever (from Charlotte) USC 10 Rebekkah Brunson + F United States Sacramento Monarchs Georgetown 11 Iciss Tillis C/F United States Detroit Shock (from Houston) Duke 12 Christi Thomas F United States Los Angeles Sparks Georgia 13 Shereka Wright F United States Detroit Shock Purdue ### Round 2 [Lindsay Taylor](/source/Lindsay_Taylor) the 26th pick of the [Houston Comets](/source/Houston_Comets). Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 14 Ashley Robinson C United States Phoenix Mercury Tennessee 15 Kaayla Chones C United States Washington Mystics NC State 16 Jessica Brungo F United States Connecticut Sun (from San Antonio) Penn State 17 Amisha Carter C United States New York Liberty Louisiana Tech 18 Kelly Mazzante F United States Charlotte Sting (from Indiana) Penn State 19 Trina Frierson F United States Seattle Storm Louisiana Tech 20 Tasha Butts F United States Minnesota Lynx Tennessee 21 Cindy Dallas # F United States San Antonio Silver Stars (from Connecticut) Illinois 22 Jenni Benningfield F United States Charlotte Sting Vanderbilt 23 Erika Valek # G Colombia Detroit Shock (from Sacramento) Purdue 24 Ugo Oha # C Nigeria Connecticut Sun (from Houston) George Washington 25 Doneeka Hodges G United States Los Angeles Sparks LSU 26 Lindsay Taylor (traded to Phoenix) C United States Houston Comets (from Detroit) UC Santa Barbara ### Round 3 [Jia Perkins](/source/Jia_Perkins) the 35th pick of the [Charlotte Sting](/source/Charlotte_Sting). Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 27 Maria Villarroel # (traded to Houston) G Venezuela Phoenix Mercury Oklahoma 28 Evan Unrau # F United States Washington Mystics Missouri 29 Candace Futrell G United States Connecticut Sun (from San Antonio) Duquesne 30 Catherine Joens G United States New York Liberty George Washington 31 Ieva Kubliņa # F/C Latvia Indiana Fever Virginia Tech 32 Jennifer Smith C United States Detroit Shock (from Seattle, via Houston) Michigan 33 Amber Jacobs G United States Minnesota Lynx Boston College 34 Toccara Williams G United States San Antonio Silver Stars (from Connecticut) Texas A&M 35 Jia Perkins + G United States Charlotte Sting Texas Tech 36 Nuria Martínez F Spain Sacramento Monarchs Avenida (Spain) 37 Stacy Stephens C United States Houston Comets Texas 38 Kate Bulger # G United States Minnesota Lynx (from Detroit) West Virginia ## See also - [List of first overall WNBA draft picks](/source/List_of_first_overall_WNBA_draft_picks) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft Recap"](https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/dispersalrecap_040506.html). *WNBA*. Retrieved May 24, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ESPNDisp_2-0)** ["Darling goes to Lynx in dispersal draft"](https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/2004/0106/1701736.html). *[ESPN](/source/ESPN)*. January 6, 2004. Retrieved May 24, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["2004 Dispersal Draft Preview"](https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/04dispersal_preview.html). *WNBA*. January 5, 2004. Retrieved May 24, 2025. - ["All-Time WNBA Draft List"](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 2004 WNBA draft First round Diana Taurasi Alana Beard Nicole Powell Lindsay Whalen Shameka Christon Nicole Ohlde Vanessa Hayden Chandi Jones Ebony Hoffman Rebekkah Brunson Iciss Tillis Christi Thomas Shereka Wright Second round Ashley Robinson Kaayla Chones Jessica Brungo Amisha Carter Kelly Mazzante Trina Frierson Tasha Butts Cindy Dallas Jenni Benningfield Erika Valek Ugo Oha Doneeka Lewis Lindsay Taylor v t e 2004 WNBA season by team Dispersal draft Draft The Game at Radio City Playoffs Finals Eastern Charlotte Sting Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics Western Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm ← 2003 WNBA season 2005 → --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2004 WNBA draft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_WNBA_draft) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_WNBA_draft?action=history)). 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