2006 WNBA draft
2006 WNBA draft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Basketball |
Date(s) | November 16, 2005 – April 5, 2006 |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts (main draft) |
Network(s) | ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU |
Overview | |
League | WNBA |
Expansion teams | Chicago Sky |
First selection | Seimone Augustus Minnesota Lynx |
On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm into the league.
On April 5, 2006, the WNBA Draft took place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The draft was held in conjunction with the 2006 NCAA women's basketball tournament, which had its championship game the night before at the TD Banknorth Garden, now known as TD Garden, in Boston. This marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside New Jersey.
The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV. Linda Cohn hosted the draft coverage. Four of the top six draft picks would be named to the All-Star Game in their rookie season: Seimone Augustus, Cappie Pondexter, Sophia Young, and Candice Dupree.
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 |
Expansion draft[]
College draft[]
Round 1[]
Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
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1 | Seimone Augustus + | G | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx | LSU |
2 | Cappie Pondexter + | G | ![]() |
Phoenix Mercury | Rutgers |
3 | Monique Currie | G | ![]() |
Charlotte Sting | Duke |
4 | Sophia Young + | F | ![]() |
San Antonio Silver Stars | Baylor |
5 | Lisa Willis | G | ![]() |
Los Angeles Sparks (from Was.) | UCLA |
6 | Candice Dupree + | F/C | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Temple |
7 | Shona Thorburn | G | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx (from Det.) | Utah |
8 | Tamara James | G/F | ![]() |
Washington Mystics (from L.A.) | Miami (FL) |
9 | La'Tangela Atkinson | G/F | ![]() |
Indiana Fever | North Carolina |
10 | Tye'sha Fluker | C | ![]() |
Charlotte Sting (from Hou.) | Tennessee |
11 | Barbara Turner | G | ![]() |
Seattle Storm | Connecticut |
12 | Sherill Baker | G | ![]() |
New York Liberty | Georgia |
13 | Kim Smith | F | ![]() |
Sacramento Monarchs | Utah |
14 | Scholanda Dorrell | G | ![]() |
Sacramento Monarchs (from Conn., via S.A.) | LSU |
Round 2[]
Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
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15 | Ann Strother | G | ![]() |
Houston Comets (from Cha.; traded to Phx.) | Connecticut |
16 | Shanna Zolman | G | ![]() |
San Antonio Silver Stars | Tennessee |
17 | Ambrosia Anderson | F | ![]() |
Detroit Shock (from Minn.; traded to Minn.) | BYU |
18 | Liz Shimek | F | ![]() |
Phoenix Mercury (traded to Hou.) | Michigan State |
19 | Nikki Blue | G | ![]() |
Washington Mystics | UCLA |
20 | G | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Washburn | |
21 | Mistie Williams | F | ![]() |
Phoenix Mercury (from Det.; traded to Hou.) | Duke |
22 | F | ![]() |
Los Angeles Sparks | Connecticut | |
23 | Brooke Queenan | F | ![]() |
New York Liberty | Boston College |
24 | Renae Camino | G | ![]() |
Houston Comets | AIS (Australia) |
25 | F | ![]() |
Seattle Storm | Florida | |
26 | Kasha Terry | F | ![]() |
Indiana Fever | Georgia Tech |
27 | LaToya Bond | G | ![]() |
Charlotte Sting (from Sac.) | Missouri |
28 | F | ![]() |
Connecticut Sun | Ohio State |
Round 3[]
Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
29 | Tiffany Stansbury | F/C | ![]() |
Houston Comets | North Carolina State |
30 | F | ![]() |
San Antonio Silver Stars | DePaul | |
31 | Megan Duffy | G | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx | Notre Dame |
32 | G | ![]() |
Phoenix Mercury | Iowa | |
33 | C | ![]() |
Washington Mystics | Oklahoma City | |
34 | Kerri Gardin | F | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Virginia Tech |
35 | Zane Teilane | C | ![]() |
Detroit Shock | Western Illinois |
36 | G | ![]() |
Los Angeles Sparks | Western Kentucky | |
37 | Christelle N'Garsanet | C | ![]() |
New York Liberty | Missouri |
38 | Jessica Foley | G | ![]() |
Indiana Fever (from Hou.) | Duke |
39 | G | ![]() |
Seattle Storm | Texas Tech | |
40 | Marina Kuzina | C | ![]() |
Indiana Fever | Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia) |
41 | F | ![]() |
Sacramento Monarchs | San Jose State | |
42 | C | ![]() |
Connecticut Sun | Auburn |
References[]
- "All-Time WNBA draft history". WNBA. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- Women's National Basketball Association Draft
- 2006 WNBA season