# 2015 WNBA draft > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2015_WNBA_draft > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2015_WNBA_draft.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_WNBA_draft > Source revision: 1354917948 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Player selection process 2015 WNBA draft General information Sport Basketball Date 16 April Location Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut Networks ESPN2, ESPNU Overview League WNBA First selection Jewell Loyd Seattle Storm ← 2014 2016 → The **[2015](/source/2015_WNBA_season) [WNBA](/source/Women's_National_Basketball_Association) [draft](/source/WNBA_draft)** was the league's draft for the [2015 WNBA season](/source/2015_WNBA_season).[1] The [Seattle Storm](/source/Seattle_Storm) [picked first](/source/List_of_first_overall_WNBA_draft_picks). This year's draft was unusual in that two players with remaining college eligibility declared for the draft—[Jewell Loyd](/source/Jewell_Loyd) of [Notre Dame](/source/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_women's_basketball), who had one year of eligibility remaining, and [Amanda Zahui B.](/source/Amanda_Zahui_B.) of [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_women's_basketball), with two years remaining. Both players were draft-eligible by virtue of their births in 1993; under current draft rules, players who turn 22 in the calendar year of the draft can declare themselves eligible even if they have not completed college eligibility.[2] Before this season, only two players with remaining college eligibility had ever entered the WNBA draft, and only one of these did so before her fourth college season ([Kelsey Bone](/source/Kelsey_Bone) in [2012](/source/2012_WNBA_draft)).[3] ## Draft lottery The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2015 draft occurred on August 21, 2014. The team that would get the first pick would be the winner of the lottery.[4] Note: Team selected for the [No. 1 pick](/source/List_of_first_overall_WNBA_draft_picks) noted in **bold text.** Team 2014 record Lottery chances[5] Result Seattle Storm 12–22 35.9% 1st pick Tulsa Shock 12–22 35.9% 2nd pick Connecticut Sun 13–21 17.8% 3rd pick Connecticut Sun (from New York Liberty) 15–19[a] 10.4% 4th pick 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** New York's record ## Draft invitees The WNBA announced on April 13, 2015 the 12 players invited to attend the draft.[6] - [Brittany Boyd](/source/Brittany_Boyd), [California](/source/California_Golden_Bears_women's_basketball) - [Reshanda Gray](/source/Reshanda_Gray), California - [Dearica Hamby](/source/Dearica_Hamby), [Wake Forest](/source/Wake_Forest_Demon_Deacons_women's_basketball) - [Isabelle Harrison](/source/Isabelle_Harrison), [Tennessee](/source/Tennessee_Lady_Volunteers_basketball) - [Brittany Hrynko](/source/Brittany_Hrynko), [DePaul](/source/DePaul_Blue_Demons_women's_basketball) - [Samantha Logic](/source/Samantha_Logic), [Iowa](/source/Iowa_Hawkeyes_women's_basketball) - [Jewell Loyd](/source/Jewell_Loyd), [Notre Dame](/source/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_women's_basketball) - [Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis](/source/Kaleena_Mosqueda-Lewis), [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut_Huskies_women's_basketball) - [Kiah Stokes](/source/Kiah_Stokes), Connecticut - [Aleighsa Welch](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aleighsa_Welch&action=edit&redlink=1), [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_women's_basketball) - [Elizabeth Williams](/source/Elizabeth_Williams_(basketball)), [Duke](/source/Duke_Blue_Devils_women's_basketball) - [Amanda Zahui B.](/source/Amanda_Zahui_B.), [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_women's_basketball) ## 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 [Jewell Loyd](/source/Jewell_Loyd) was selected 1st overall by the [Seattle Storm](/source/Seattle_Storm). [Elizabeth Williams](/source/Elizabeth_Williams_(basketball)) was selected 4th overall by the [Connecticut Sun](/source/Connecticut_Sun). [Cheyenne Parker-Tyus](/source/Cheyenne_Parker-Tyus) was selected 5th overall by the [Chicago Sky](/source/Chicago_Sky). [Dearica Hamby](/source/Dearica_Hamby) was selected 6th overall by the [San Antonio Stars](/source/San_Antonio_Stars). [Natasha Cloud](/source/Natasha_Cloud) was selected 15th overall by the [Washington Mystics](/source/Washington_Mystics). [Betnijah Laney-Hamilton](/source/Betnijah_Laney-Hamilton) was selected 17th overall by the [Chicago Sky](/source/Chicago_Sky). ### Round 1 Pick Player Nationality Team School / club team 1 Jewell Loyd * United States Seattle Storm Notre Dame 2 Amanda Zahui B. Sweden Tulsa Shock Minnesota 3 Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis United States Seattle Storm (from Connecticut)[a] Connecticut 4 Elizabeth Williams + Connecticut Sun (from New York) Duke 5 Cheyenne Parker + Chicago Sky Middle Tennessee 6 Dearica Hamby + San Antonio Stars (from Indiana)[b] Wake Forest 7 Crystal Bradford Los Angeles Sparks Central Michigan 8 Ally Malott Washington Mystics Dayton 9 Brittany Boyd New York Liberty (from San Antonio) California 10 Samantha Logic Atlanta Dream Iowa 11 Kiah Stokes New York Liberty (from Minnesota) Connecticut 12 Isabelle Harrison Phoenix Mercury Tennessee ### Round 2 Pick Player Nationality Team School / club team 13 Brianna Kiesel United States Tulsa Shock Pittsburgh 14 Cierra Burdick Los Angeles Sparks (from Seattle) Tennessee 15 Natasha Cloud Washington Mystics (from Connecticut via Seattle) Saint Joseph's 16 Reshanda Gray Minnesota Lynx (from New York) California 17 Betnijah Laney + Chicago Sky Rutgers 18 Alex Harden Phoenix Mercury (from Indiana)[c] Wichita State 19 Brittany Hrynko (traded to Atlanta) Connecticut Sun (from Los Angeles) DePaul 20 Vicky McIntyre # Seattle Storm (from Washington) Oral Roberts 21 Chelsea Gardner # Indiana Fever (from San Antonio) Kansas 22 Aleighsa Welch # Chicago Sky (from Atlanta) South Carolina 23 Amber Orrange # New York Liberty (from Minnesota) Stanford 24 Žofia Hruščáková # Slovakia Phoenix Mercury Good Angels Košice (Slovakia) ### Round 3 Pick Player Nationality Team School / club team 25 Mimi Mungedi # Gabon Tulsa Shock Nevada 26 Nneka Enemkpali # United States Seattle Storm Texas 27 Laurin Mincy # New York Liberty (from Connecticut) Maryland 28 Michala Johnson # New York Liberty (from Minnesota) Wisconsin 29 Ariel Massengale # Atlanta Dream Tennessee 30 Dragana Stanković # Serbia San Antonio Stars (from Indiana) UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary) 31 Andrea Hoover United States Los Angeles Sparks Dayton 32 Marica Gajić # Bosnia and Herzegovina Washington Mystics ŽKK Celje (Slovenia) 33 Nikki Moody # United States San Antonio Stars Iowa State 34 Lauren Okafor # Atlanta Dream James Madison 35 Shae Kelley Minnesota Lynx (from New York) Minnesota 36 Promise Amukamara # Nigeria Phoenix Mercury Arizona State ## Footnotes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-note_a_9-0)** The Storm traded [Camille Little](/source/Camille_Little) and [Shekinna Stricklen](/source/Shekinna_Stricklen) to Connecticut for the 3rd and 15th picks in this draft.[7] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-note_b_11-0)** The Stars traded [Shenise Johnson](/source/Shenise_Johnson) and their second-round pick to Indiana for the first- and third-round picks in this draft.[8] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FevMerc_13-0)** May 12, 2014: Indiana to Phoenix[9] - Indiana acquired [Maggie Lucas](/source/Maggie_Lucas) - Phoenix acquired *2015 second-round pick* ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Seattle Storm Win Top Pick in 2015 WNBA Draft Presented by State Farm"](http://www.wnba.com/news/seattle_wins_draft_lottery_2014_08_21.html). *WNBA*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Feinberg, Doug (April 15, 2015). ["Jewell Loyd, Amanda Zahui B. shake up WNBA draft"](https://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_27918496/jewell-loyd-amanda-zahui-b-shake-up-wnba). *[The Denver Post](/source/The_Denver_Post)*. [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press). Retrieved January 14, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Morris, Benjamin (April 27, 2015). ["Women's College Basketball Is Better Than Men's"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150429001203/http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/womens-college-basketball-is-better-than-mens/). [FiveThirtyEight](/source/FiveThirtyEight). Archived from [the original](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/womens-college-basketball-is-better-than-mens/) on April 29, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Seattle Storm win WNBA draft lottery, secure No. 1 pick - ESPN](https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/11391119/seattle-storm-win-wnba-draft-lottery-secure-no-1-pck) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Seattle Storm Win Draft Lottery!"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKLW0lYBaiA). *YouTube*. WNBA. August 21, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Loyd, Mosqueda-Lewis Headline List of Top College Prospects to Attend WNBA Draft 2015 Presented by State Farm"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150414034101/http://www.wnba.com/news/loyd_mosquedalewis_headline__2015_04_13.html) (Press release). WNBA. April 13, 2015. Archived from [the original](http://www.wnba.com/news/loyd_mosquedalewis_headline__2015_04_13.html) on April 14, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Seattle Storm 2015 Team Transactions"](https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/transactions/_/name/sea/seattle-storm). *[ESPN](/source/ESPN)*. ESPN. Retrieved March 21, 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Fever Acquire Shenise Johnson From Stars](http://www.wnba.com/news/fever_acquire_shenise_johnson_2015_03_12.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Indiana Acquires Two-Time Big Ten Player of the Year Maggie Lucas"](https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/indiana-acquires-two-time-big-ten-player-of-the-year-maggie-lucas/n-4787310). *Our Sports Central*. May 12, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2025. 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 2015 WNBA season by team Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals Eastern Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics Western Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock ← 2014 WNBA season 2016 → v t e 2015 WNBA draft First round Jewell Loyd Amanda Zahui B. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Elizabeth Williams Cheyenne Parker Dearica Hamby Crystal Bradford Ally Malott Brittany Boyd Samantha Logic Kiah Stokes Isabelle Harrison Second round Brianna Kiesel Cierra Burdick Natasha Cloud Reshanda Gray Betnijah Laney Alex Harden Brittany Hrynko Vicky McIntyre Chelsea Gardner Aleighsa Welch Amber Orrange Žofia Hruščáková --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2015 WNBA draft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_WNBA_draft) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_WNBA_draft?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.