2005 WNBA draft
2005 WNBA draft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Basketball |
Date(s) | April 16, 2005 |
Location | Secaucus, New Jersey |
Network(s) | ESPN2 |
Overview | |
League | WNBA |
First selection | Janel McCarville Charlotte Sting |
The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The 2005 edition was the ninth in the WNBA's history.
2005 WNBA Draft
- On April 16, 2005 the WNBA draft took place at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.
- The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2.
Key[]
G | Guard | F | Forward | C | Center |
+ | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
Bold | Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year |
Draft selections[]
Round 1[]
Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Janel McCarville | C | ![]() |
Charlotte Sting | Minnesota |
2 | Tan White | G | ![]() |
Indiana Fever | Mississippi State |
3 | Sandora Irvin | F | ![]() |
Phoenix Mercury | TCU |
4 | Kendra Wecker | F | ![]() |
San Antonio Silver Stars | Kansas State |
5 | Sancho Lyttle + | C | ![]() |
Houston Comets | Houston |
6 | Temeka Johnson | G | ![]() |
Washington Mystics | LSU |
7 | Kara Braxton + | F | ![]() |
Detroit Shock | Georgia |
8 | Katie Feenstra | C | ![]() |
Connecticut Sun (traded to S.A.) | Liberty |
9 | Kristin Haynie [a] | G | ![]() |
Sacramento Monarchs | Michigan State |
10 | Loree Moore | G | ![]() |
New York Liberty | Tennessee |
11 | Kristen Mann | F | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx | UC Santa Barbara |
12 | Tanisha Wright | G | ![]() |
Seattle Storm | Penn State |
13 | F | ![]() |
Detroit Shock (from L.A., via Wash.) | Oklahoma |
Notes:
- ^ Kristin Haynie became the first person to play in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship game (with Michigan State) and the WNBA Finals (with the Sacramento Monarchs) in the same calendar year. She was on the losing side in the NCAA (to Baylor), but on the winning side in the WNBA.
Round 2[]
Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 | Shyra Ely | F | ![]() |
San Antonio Silver Stars | Tennessee |
15 | Roneeka Hodges | G | ![]() |
Houston Comets | Florida State |
16 | G | ![]() |
Indiana Fever | West Virginia | |
17 | Jacqueline Batteast | F | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx (from Cha.) | Notre Dame |
18 | Angelina Williams | F | ![]() |
Phoenix Mercury | Illinois |
19 | G | ![]() |
Washington Mystics | Louisiana Tech | |
20 | F/G | ![]() |
Detroit Shock | North Carolina | |
21 | Erin Phillips | G | ![]() |
Connecticut Sun | Adelaide Lightning (Australia) |
22 | Chelsea Newton | G | ![]() |
Sacramento Monarchs | Rutgers |
23 | F | ![]() |
New York Liberty | Michigan | |
24 | Jessica Moore | C | ![]() |
Charlotte Sting | Connecticut |
25 | Ashley Battle | F | ![]() |
Seattle Storm | Connecticut |
26 | G | ![]() |
Los Angeles Sparks | Arizona |
Round 3[]
Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 | Cathrine Kraayeveld | F | ![]() |
San Antonio Silver Stars | Oregon |
28 | Jenni Dant | G | ![]() |
Houston Comets | DePaul |
29 | Ashley Earley | G/F | ![]() |
Indiana Fever | Vanderbilt |
30 | G | ![]() |
Sacramento Monarchs | Iowa State | |
31 | Jamie Carey | G | ![]() |
Phoenix Mercury | Texas |
32 | F | ![]() |
Washington Mystics | Florida | |
33 | G | ![]() |
Detroit Shock | Southwest Missouri State | |
34 | Megan Mahoney | F | ![]() |
Connecticut Sun | Kansas State |
35 | C | ![]() |
Sacramento Monarchs | Texas Tech | |
36 | C | ![]() |
New York Liberty | Rutgers | |
37 | G | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx | Alabama | |
38 | F | ![]() |
Seattle Storm | Baylor | |
39 | F | ![]() |
Los Angeles Sparks | Texas |
References[]
- "All-Time WNBA draft history". WNBA. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2008.
Categories:
- Women's National Basketball Association Draft
- 2005 WNBA season
- 2005 in sports in New Jersey
- Basketball in New Jersey