2005 WNBA draft

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2005 WNBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)April 16, 2005
LocationSecaucus, New Jersey
Network(s)ESPN2
Overview
LeagueWNBA
First selectionJanel McCarville
Charlotte Sting
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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  United States Charlotte Sting Minnesota
2 Tan White G  United States Indiana Fever Mississippi State
3 Sandora Irvin F  United States Phoenix Mercury TCU
4 Kendra Wecker F  United States San Antonio Silver Stars Kansas State
5 Sancho Lyttle + C  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Houston Comets Houston
6 Temeka Johnson G  United States Washington Mystics LSU
7 Kara Braxton + F  United States Detroit Shock Georgia
8 Katie Feenstra C  United States Connecticut Sun (traded to S.A.) Liberty
9 Kristin Haynie [a] G  United States Sacramento Monarchs Michigan State
10 Loree Moore G  United States New York Liberty Tennessee
11 Kristen Mann F  United States Minnesota Lynx UC Santa Barbara
12 Tanisha Wright G  United States Seattle Storm Penn State
13 F  United States Detroit Shock (from L.A., via Wash.) Oklahoma

Notes:

  1. ^ 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  United States San Antonio Silver Stars Tennessee
15 Roneeka Hodges G  United States Houston Comets Florida State
16 G  United States Indiana Fever West Virginia
17 Jacqueline Batteast F  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Cha.) Notre Dame
18 Angelina Williams F  United States Phoenix Mercury Illinois
19 G  United States Washington Mystics Louisiana Tech
20 F/G  United States Detroit Shock North Carolina
21 Erin Phillips G  Australia Connecticut Sun Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
22 Chelsea Newton G  United States Sacramento Monarchs Rutgers
23 F  United States New York Liberty Michigan
24 Jessica Moore C  United States Charlotte Sting Connecticut
25 Ashley Battle F  United States Seattle Storm Connecticut
26 G  United States Los Angeles Sparks Arizona

Round 3[]

Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team
27 Cathrine Kraayeveld F  United States San Antonio Silver Stars Oregon
28 Jenni Dant G  United States Houston Comets DePaul
29 Ashley Earley G/F  United States Indiana Fever Vanderbilt
30 G  United States Sacramento Monarchs Iowa State
31 Jamie Carey G  United States Phoenix Mercury Texas
32 F  United States Washington Mystics Florida
33 G  United States Detroit Shock Southwest Missouri State
34 Megan Mahoney F  United States Connecticut Sun Kansas State
35 C  United States Sacramento Monarchs Texas Tech
36 C  United States New York Liberty Rutgers
37 G  United States Minnesota Lynx Alabama
38 F  United States Seattle Storm Baylor
39 F  United States Los Angeles Sparks Texas

References[]

  • "All-Time WNBA draft history". WNBA. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2008.
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