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2015 WNBA draft
2015 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	16 April
Location	Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
Network(s)	ESPN2, ESPNU
Overview
League	WNBA
First selection	Jewell Loyd; Seattle Storm
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The 2015 WNBA draft was the league's draft for the 2015 WNBA season. The Seattle Storm picked first.

This year's draft was unusual in that two players with remaining college eligibility declared for the draft—Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame, who had one year of eligibility remaining, and Amanda Zahui B. of Minnesota, 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.^[1] 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 in 2012).^[2]

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.^[3]

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2015 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

Team	2014 record	Lottery win chances	Pick
Team	2014 record	Lottery win chances	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Seattle Storm	12-22	359
Tulsa Shock	12-22	359
Connecticut Sun	13-21	178
Connecticut Sun (from New York Liberty)	15-19	104
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.

Invited players

The WNBA announced on April 13, 2015 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.^[4]

Key

*	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
Bold	Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Draft selections

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 Conn.) ^[a]	Connecticut
4	Elizabeth Williams ⁺	United States	Connecticut Sun (from N.Y.)	Duke
5	Cheyenne Parker ⁺	United States	Chicago Sky	Middle Tennessee
6	Dearica Hamby ⁺	United States	San Antonio Stars (from Ind.) ^[b]	Wake Forest
7	Crystal Bradford	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Central Michigan
8	Ally Malott	United States	Washington Mystics	Dayton
9	Brittany Boyd	United States	New York Liberty (from S.A.)	California
10	Samantha Logic	United States	Atlanta Dream	Iowa
11	Kiah Stokes	United States	New York Liberty (from Min.)	Connecticut
12	Isabelle Harrison	United States	Phoenix Mercury^[7]	Tennessee

Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
13	Brianna Kiesel	United States	Tulsa Shock	Pittsburgh
14	Cierra Burdick	United States	Los Angeles Sparks (through Sea.)	Tennessee
15	Natasha Cloud	United States	Washington Mystics (through Conn./Sea.)	Saint Joseph's
16	Reshanda Gray	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from N.Y.)	California
17	Betnijah Laney ⁺	United States	Chicago Sky	Rutgers
18	Alex Harden	United States	Phoenix Mercury (through Ind.)	Wichita State
19	Brittany Hrynko	United States	Connecticut Sun (through L.A.; traded to Atl.)	DePaul
20	Vicky McIntyre	United States	Seattle Storm (through Was.)	Oral Roberts
21	Chelsea Gardner	United States	Indiana Fever (from S.A.)	Kansas
22	Aleighsa Welch	United States	Chicago Sky (through Atl.)	South Carolina
23	Amber Orrange	United States	New York Liberty (from Min.)	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	United States	New York Liberty (through Conn.)	Maryland
28	Michala Johnson	United States	New York Liberty (from Minn.)	Wisconsin
29	Ariel Massengale	United States	Atlanta Dream	Tennessee
30	Dragana Stanković	Serbia	San Antonio Stars (from Ind.)	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	United States	Atlanta Dream	James Madison
35	Shae Kelley	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from N.Y.)	Minnesota
36	Promise Amukamara	Nigeria	Phoenix Mercury	Arizona State

References

^ Feinberg, Doug (April 15, 2015). "Jewell Loyd, Amanda Zahui B. shake up WNBA draft". The Denver Post. Associated Press. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
^ Morris, Benjamin (April 27, 2015). "Women's College Basketball Is Better Than Men's". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
^ Seattle Storm win WNBA draft lottery, secure No. 1 pick - ESPN
^ "Loyd, Mosqueda-Lewis Headline List of Top College Prospects to Attend WNBA Draft 2015 Presented by State Farm" (Press release). WNBA. April 13, 2015. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
^ "Seattle Storm 2015 Team Transactions". ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
^ Fever Acquire Shenise Johnson From Stars
^ WNBA.com: Seattle Storm Win Top Pick in 2015 WNBA Draft Presented by State Farm

^ The Storm traded Camille Little and Shekinna Stricklen to Connecticut for the 3rd and 15th picks in this draft.^[5]
^ The Stars traded Shenise Johnson and their second-round pick to Indiana for the first- and third-round picks in this draft.^[6]

[1] Feinberg, Doug (April 15, 2015). "Jewell Loyd, Amanda Zahui B. shake up WNBA draft". The Denver Post. Associated Press. Retrieved January 14, 2016.

[2] Morris, Benjamin (April 27, 2015). "Women's College Basketball Is Better Than Men's". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved June 7, 2016.

[3] Seattle Storm win WNBA draft lottery, secure No. 1 pick - ESPN

[4] "Loyd, Mosqueda-Lewis Headline List of Top College Prospects to Attend WNBA Draft 2015 Presented by State Farm" (Press release). WNBA. April 13, 2015. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.

[5] "Seattle Storm 2015 Team Transactions". ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

[7] Fever Acquire Shenise Johnson From Stars

[9] WNBA.com: Seattle Storm Win Top Pick in 2015 WNBA Draft Presented by State Farm

[note_a-6] The Storm traded Camille Little and Shekinna Stricklen to Connecticut for the 3rd and 15th picks in this draft.^[5]

[note_b-8] The Stars traded Shenise Johnson and their second-round pick to Indiana for the first- and third-round picks in this draft.^[6]

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 The '''[[2015 WNBA season|2015]] [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] [[WNBA draft|draft]]''' was the league's draft for the [[2015 WNBA season]]. The [[Seattle Storm]] [[List of first overall WNBA draft picks|picked first]].
-This year's draft was unusual in that two players with remaining college eligibility declared for the draft—[[Jewell Loyd]] of [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball|Notre Dame]], who had one year of eligibility remaining, and [[Amanda Zahui B.]] of [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball|Minnesota]], 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_27918496/jewell-loyd-amanda-zahui-b-shake-up-wnba |title=Jewell Loyd, Amanda Zahui B. shake up WNBA draft |first=Doug |last=Feinberg |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[The Denver Post]] |date=April 15, 2015 |accessdate=January 14, 2016}}</ref> 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]] in [[2012 WNBA draft|2012]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/womens-college-basketball-is-better-than-mens/ |title=Women's College Basketball Is Better Than Men's |first=Benjamin |last=Morris |publisher=[[FiveThirtyEight]] |date=April 27, 2015 |accessdate=June 7, 2016}}</ref>
+This year's draft was unusual in that two players with remaining college eligibility declared for the draft—[[Jewell Loyd]] of [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball|Notre Dame]], who had one year of eligibility remaining, and [[Amanda Zahui B.]] of [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball|Minnesota]], 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_27918496/jewell-loyd-amanda-zahui-b-shake-up-wnba |title=Jewell Loyd, Amanda Zahui B. shake up WNBA draft |first=Doug |last=Feinberg |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[The Denver Post]] |date=April 15, 2015 |access-date=January 14, 2016}}</ref> 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]] in [[2012 WNBA draft|2012]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/womens-college-basketball-is-better-than-mens/ |title=Women's College Basketball Is Better Than Men's |first=Benjamin |last=Morris |publisher=[[FiveThirtyEight]] |date=April 27, 2015 |access-date=June 7, 2016}}</ref>
 ==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.<ref>[http://espn.go.com/wnba/story/_/id/11391119/seattle-storm-win-wnba-draft-lottery-secure-no-1-pck Seattle Storm win WNBA draft lottery, secure No. 1 pick - ESPN]</ref>
+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.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/11391119/seattle-storm-win-wnba-draft-lottery-secure-no-1-pck Seattle Storm win WNBA draft lottery, secure No. 1 pick - ESPN]</ref>
 Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2015 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:
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 ==Invited players==
-The WNBA announced on April 13, 2015 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.wnba.com/news/loyd_mosquedalewis_headline__2015_04_13.html |title=Loyd, Mosqueda-Lewis Headline List of Top College Prospects to Attend WNBA Draft 2015 Presented by State Farm |publisher=WNBA |date=April 13, 2015 |accessdate=April 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414034101/http://www.wnba.com/news/loyd_mosquedalewis_headline__2015_04_13.html |archive-date=April 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+The WNBA announced on April 13, 2015 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.wnba.com/news/loyd_mosquedalewis_headline__2015_04_13.html |title=Loyd, Mosqueda-Lewis Headline List of Top College Prospects to Attend WNBA Draft 2015 Presented by State Farm |publisher=WNBA |date=April 13, 2015 |access-date=April 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414034101/http://www.wnba.com/news/loyd_mosquedalewis_headline__2015_04_13.html |archive-date=April 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
 * [[Brittany Boyd]], [[California Golden Bears women's basketball|California]]
 * [[Reshanda Gray]], California
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 * {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Amanda Zahui B.]], [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball|Minnesota]]
-==College draft==
+==Key==
 {{WNBA Draft legend|3=y|4=y|7=y}}
+==Draft selections==
 ===Round 1===
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+{| class="wikitable sortable"
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+! width="333"|School / club team
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 |1
-|bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|'''[[Jewell Loyd]]'''<sup>*</sup>
+|bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|'''[[Jewell Loyd]]''' <sup>*</sup>
 | {{USA}}
 | [[Seattle Storm]]
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 | |[[Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis]]
 | {{USA}}
-| [[Seattle Storm]] ''(from [[Connecticut Sun|Conn.]])'' {{#tag:ref|The Storm traded [[Camille Little]] and [[Shekinna Stricklen]] to Connecticut for the 3rd and 15th picks in this draft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/wnba/team/transactions/_/name/sea/seattle-storm|title=Seattle Storm 2015 Team Transactions|accessdate=2015-03-21|publisher=ESPN|work=espn.go.com}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha|name=note_a}}
+| [[Seattle Storm]] ''(from [[Connecticut Sun|Conn.]])'' {{#tag:ref|The Storm traded [[Camille Little]] and [[Shekinna Stricklen]] to Connecticut for the 3rd and 15th picks in this draft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/transactions/_/name/sea/seattle-storm|title=Seattle Storm 2015 Team Transactions|access-date=2015-03-21|publisher=ESPN|work=[[ESPN]]}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha|name=note_a}}
 |[[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]]
 |-
 |4
-|style="background-color:#FFCC00"|[[Elizabeth Williams (basketball)|Elizabeth Williams]]<sup>+</sup>
+|style="background-color:#FFCC00"|[[Elizabeth Williams (basketball)|Elizabeth Williams]] <sup>+</sup>
 | {{USA}}
 | [[Connecticut Sun]] ''(from [[New York Liberty|N.Y.]])''
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 |-
 |5
-|[[Cheyenne Parker]]
+| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Cheyenne Parker (basketball)|Cheyenne Parker]] <sup>+</sup>
 | {{USA}}
 | [[Chicago Sky]]
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 |-
 |6
-|[[Dearica Hamby]]
+|style="background-color:#FFCC00"|[[Dearica Hamby]] <sup>+</sup>
 | {{USA}}
 | [[San Antonio Stars]] ''(from [[Indiana Fever|Ind.]])'' {{#tag:ref|The Stars traded [[Shenise Johnson]] and their second-round pick to Indiana for the first- and third-round picks in this draft.<ref>[http://www.wnba.com/news/fever_acquire_shenise_johnson_2015_03_12.html Fever Acquire Shenise Johnson From Stars]</ref>|group=lower-alpha|name=note_b}}
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 ===Round 2===
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 |-
 ! width=30|Pick
 ! width=333|Player
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+! width=333|School / club team
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-| [[Betnijah Laney]]
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 | [[Chicago Sky]]
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 | [[Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball|Arizona State]]
 |}
+== See also ==
+*[[List of first overall WNBA draft picks]]
 ==References==
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+{{2015 WNBA draft}}
-[[Category:Women's National Basketball Association Draft]]
+[[Category:WNBA draft]]
 [[Category:2015 WNBA season|Draft]]
-[[Category:2015 in sports in Connecticut|WNBA Draft]]
+[[Category:2015 in sports in Connecticut|WNBA draft]]

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