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| name = 2015 WNBA draft |
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| date = 16 April |
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| first = [[Jewell Loyd]]<br>[[Seattle Storm]] |
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| prev = [[2014 WNBA draft|2014]] |
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| next = [[2016 WNBA draft|2016]] |
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The '''[[2015 WNBA season|2015]] [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] [[WNBA draft|draft]]''' |
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]]. |
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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> |
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==Draft lottery== |
==Draft lottery== |
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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>[ |
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> |
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Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2015 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places: |
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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|colspan="8" align="left"|''Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.'' |
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==Invited players== |
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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> |
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* [[Brittany Boyd]], [[California Golden Bears women's basketball|California]] |
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* [[Reshanda Gray]], California |
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* [[Dearica Hamby]], [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball|Wake Forest]] |
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* [[Isabelle Harrison]], [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] |
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* [[Brittany Hrynko]], [[DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball|DePaul]] |
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* [[Samantha Logic]], [[Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball|Iowa]] |
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* [[Jewell Loyd]], [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball|Notre Dame]] |
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* [[Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis]], [[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]] |
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* [[Kiah Stokes]], Connecticut |
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* [[Aleighsa Welch]], [[South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball|South Carolina]] |
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* [[Elizabeth Williams (basketball)|Elizabeth Williams]], [[Duke Blue Devils women's basketball|Duke]] |
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* {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Amanda Zahui B.]], [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball|Minnesota]] |
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==Key== |
==Key== |
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| SG||[[Shooting guard]] |
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| PF||[[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]] |
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==College draft== |
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==Draft selections== |
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===Round 1=== |
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|bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|'''[[Jewell Loyd]]''' <sup>*</sup> |
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| {{USA}} |
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| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball|Notre Dame]] |
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| |[[Amanda Zahui B.]] |
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| [[Tulsa Shock]] |
| [[Tulsa Shock]] |
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| [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball|Minnesota]] |
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| |[[Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis]] |
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| [[Seattle Storm]] |
| [[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}} |
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|[[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]] |
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|style="background-color:#FFCC00"|[[Elizabeth Williams (basketball)|Elizabeth Williams]] <sup>+</sup> |
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| {{USA}} |
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| [[Connecticut Sun]] |
| [[Connecticut Sun]] ''(from [[New York Liberty|N.Y.]])'' |
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|[[Duke Blue Devils women's basketball|Duke]] |
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| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Cheyenne Parker (basketball)|Cheyenne Parker]] <sup>+</sup> |
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| {{USA}} |
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| [[Chicago Sky]] |
| [[Chicago Sky]] |
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|[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball|Middle Tennessee]] |
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|style="background-color:#FFCC00"|[[Dearica Hamby]] <sup>+</sup> |
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| {{USA}} |
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| [[San Antonio Stars]] |
| [[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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|[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball|Wake Forest]] |
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|[[Crystal Bradford]] |
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| [[Los Angeles Sparks]] |
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|[[Central Michigan Chippewas women's basketball|Central Michigan]] |
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|[[Ally Malott]] |
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| [[Washington Mystics]] |
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|[[Dayton Flyers women's basketball|Dayton]] |
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|[[Brittany Boyd]] |
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| [[San Antonio Stars]] |
| [[New York Liberty]] ''(from [[San Antonio Stars|S.A.]])'' |
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|[[California Golden Bears women's basketball|California]] |
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|[[Samantha Logic]] |
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| [[Atlanta Dream]] |
| [[Atlanta Dream]] |
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|[[Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball|Iowa]] |
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|[[Kiah Stokes]] |
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| {{USA}} |
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| [[Minnesota Lynx]] |
| [[New York Liberty]] ''(from [[Minnesota Lynx|Min.]])'' |
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|[[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]] |
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|[[Isabelle Harrison]] |
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| {{USA}} |
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| [[Phoenix Mercury]]<ref>[http://www.wnba.com/news/seattle_wins_draft_lottery_2014_08_21.html WNBA.com: Seattle Storm Win Top Pick in 2015 WNBA Draft Presented by State Farm]</ref> |
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]<ref>[http://www.wnba.com/news/seattle_wins_draft_lottery_2014_08_21.html WNBA.com: Seattle Storm Win Top Pick in 2015 WNBA Draft Presented by State Farm]</ref> |
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|[[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] |
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===Round 2=== |
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| [[Brianna Kiesel]] |
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|Tulsa |
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| [[Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball|Pittsburgh]] |
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| [[Cierra Burdick]] |
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| {{USA}} |
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|Los Angeles ( |
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]] ''(through [[Seattle Storm|Sea.]])'' |
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| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] |
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| [[Natasha Cloud]] |
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| [[Washington Mystics]] ''(through [[Connecticut Sun|Conn.]]/[[Seattle Storm|Sea.]])'' |
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| [[Saint Joseph's Hawks women's basketball|Saint Joseph's]] |
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| [[Reshanda Gray]] |
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| [[Minnesota Lynx]] ''(from [[New York Liberty|N.Y.]])'' |
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|New York |
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| [[California Golden Bears women's basketball|California]] |
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|style="background-color:#FFCC00"|[[Betnijah Laney]] <sup>+</sup> |
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| [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball|Rutgers]] |
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| [[Alex Harden]] |
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| [[Phoenix Mercury]] ''(through [[Indiana Fever|Ind.]])'' |
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| [[Wichita State Shockers women's basketball|Wichita State]] |
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| [[Brittany Hrynko]] |
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| [[Connecticut Sun]] ''(through [[Los Angeles Sparks|L.A.]]; traded to [[Atlanta Dream|Atl.]])'' |
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| [[DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball|DePaul]] |
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| [[Vicky McIntyre]] |
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| [[Seattle Storm]] ''(through [[Washington Mystics|Was.]])'' |
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| [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles women's basketball|Oral Roberts]] |
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| [[Chelsea Gardner]] |
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| [[Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball|Kansas]] |
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| [[Aleighsa Welch]] |
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|Chicago (through Atlanta) |
| [[Chicago Sky]] ''(through [[Atlanta Dream|Atl.]])'' |
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| [[South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball|South Carolina]] |
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| [[Amber Orrange]] |
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| [[New York Liberty]] ''(from [[Minnesota Lynx|Min.]])'' |
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|Minnesota |
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| [[Stanford Cardinal women's basketball|Stanford]] |
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| [[Žofia Hruščáková]] |
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| [[Phoenix Mercury]] |
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| [[Good Angels Košice]] ([[Slovak Women's Basketball Extraliga|Slovakia]]) |
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| [[Mimi Mungedi]] |
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|Tulsa |
| [[Tulsa Shock]] |
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| [[Nevada Wolf Pack women's basketball|Nevada]] |
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| [[Nneka Enemkpali]] |
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| [[Seattle Storm]] |
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| [[Texas Longhorns women's basketball|Texas]] |
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| [[Laurin Mincy]] |
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|New York (through Connecticut) |
| [[New York Liberty]] ''(through [[Connecticut Sun|Conn.]])'' |
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| [[Maryland Terrapins women's basketball|Maryland]] |
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| [[Michala Johnson]] |
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| [[New York Liberty]] ''(from [[Minnesota Lynx|Minn.]])'' |
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|Minnesota (through New York) |
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| [[Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball|Wisconsin]] |
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| [[Ariel Massengale]] |
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| [[Atlanta Dream]] |
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|Atlanta (through Chicago) |
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| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] |
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| [[Dragana Stanković]] |
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| [[San Antonio Stars]] ''(from [[Indiana Fever|Ind.]])'' |
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|Indiana |
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| [[Sopron Basket|UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron]] ([[Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (women's basketball)|Hungary]]) |
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| [[Andrea Hoover]] |
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| [[Los Angeles Sparks]] |
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| [[Dayton Flyers women's basketball|Dayton]] |
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| [[Marica Gajić]] |
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|Washington |
| [[Washington Mystics]] |
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| [[ŽKK Athlete Celje|ŽKK Celje]] ([[Slovenian Women's Basketball League|Slovenia]]) |
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| [[Nikki Moody]] |
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|San Antonio |
| [[San Antonio Stars]] |
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| [[Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball|Iowa State]] |
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| [[Lauren Okafor]] |
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|Atlanta |
| [[Atlanta Dream]] |
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| [[James Madison Dukes women's basketball|James Madison]] |
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| [[Shae Kelley]] |
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| [[Minnesota Lynx]] ''(from [[New York Liberty|N.Y.]])'' |
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|New York (through Minnesota) |
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| [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball|Minnesota]] |
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| [[Promise Amukamara]] |
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|Phoenix |
| [[Phoenix Mercury]] |
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| [[Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball|Arizona State]] |
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*[[List of first overall WNBA draft picks]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:35, 19 September 2024
2015 WNBA draft | |
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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 |
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
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]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]
- Brittany Boyd, California
- Reshanda Gray, California
- Dearica Hamby, Wake Forest
- Isabelle Harrison, Tennessee
- Brittany Hrynko, DePaul
- Samantha Logic, Iowa
- Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame
- Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Connecticut
- Kiah Stokes, Connecticut
- Aleighsa Welch, South Carolina
- Elizabeth Williams, Duke
- Amanda Zahui B., Minnesota
Key
[edit]Draft selections
[edit]Round 1
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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]