By virtue of the inaugural WNBA Draft Lottery, which was held in November, the Seattle Storm had the first overall selection in the draft for the second consecutive year.
A look at who went where in the April 19 WNBA Draft:
First round
1. Seattle: Sue Bird, Connecticut, guard
2. Detroit: Swin Cash, Connecticut, forward
3. Washington: Stacey Dales-Schuman, Oklahoma, guard
4. Washington (from Indiana, McCray/Braziel, 12/5/01): Asjha Jones, Connecticut, forward/center
5. Portland: Nikki Teasley, North Carolina, guard (Portland later traded Teasley and Sophia Witherspoon to Los Angeles for Ukari Figgs and 30th pick Gergana Slavtcheva)
6. Minnesota: Tamika Williams, Connecticut, forward
7. Charlotte from Orlando (Machanguana, 4/18/02): Sheila Lambert, Baylor, guard
8. Cleveland from Phoenix (Johns Kimbrough, 3/4/02): Deanna Jackson, UAB, forward
9. Charlotte: Shaunzinski Gortman, South Carolina, guard (Charlotte later traded Gortman to Minnesota for Erin Buescher and Maylana Martin)
10. Houston: Michelle Snow, Tennessee, center
11. Utah: Danielle Crockrom, Baylor, forward
12. Sacramento: Hamchetou Maiga, Old Dominion, forward
13. Indiana from Phoenix (from Miami, 3/4/02): Tawana McDonald, Georgia, center
14. Utah from New York (Hlede, 4/18/02): LaNeishea Caufield, Oklahoma, guard
15. Miami from Phoenix (from Cleveland, 3/4/02): Tamara Moore, Wisconsin, guard
16. Los Angeles: Rosalind Ross, Oklahoma, guard
Second round
1. Indiana from Washington (McCray/Braziel, 12/5/01): Zuzana Klimesova, Vanderbilt, forward (17th overall)
2. Detroit: Lenae Williams, DePaul, forward (18th overall)
3. Seattle: Lucienne Berthieu, Old Dominion, forward (19th overall)
4. Detroit from Indiana (Scott-Richardson, 6/5/01): Ayana Walker, Louisiana Tech, center (20th overall)
5. Detroit from Portland (Jackson, 5/11/01): Jill Chapman, Indiana, center (21st overall)
6. Detroit from Minnesota (Whiting, 4/21/01): Kathy Wambe, Belgium, guard (22nd overall)
7. Orlando: Davalyn Cunningham, Rutgers, forward (23rd overall)
8. Cleveland from Phoenix (Saunders, 5/27/01): Brandi McCain, Florida, guard (24th overall)
9. Phoenix from Charlotte (Edwards, 6/22/01): Tootie Shaw, Wichita State, forward (25th overall)
10. New York from Houston (Lobo, 4/3/02): Linda Fröhlich, UNLV, forward (26th overall)
11. Utah: Andrea Gardner, Howard, forward/center (27th overall)
12. Seattle from Sacramento (Campbell/Steding, 4/24/01): Felicia Ragland, Oregon State, guard (28th overall)
13. Miami: Lindsey Yamasaki, Stanford, forward (29th overall)
14. Los Angeles from New York (Cooper, 6/5/01): Gergana Slavtcheva, Florida International, guard (30th overall) (Los Angeles later traded Slavtcheva and Ukari Figgs to Portland for fifth-round pick Nikki Teasley and Sophia Witherspoon)
15. Cleveland: Angie Welle, Iowa State, center (31st overall)
16. Los Angeles: Jackie Higgins, North Carolina, forward/center (32nd overall)
Third round
1. Washington: LaNisha Cartwell, Alabama, center (33rd overall)
2. Indiana from Detroit (Scott-Richardson, 5/27/01): Kelly Komara, Purdue, guard (34th overall)
3. Seattle: Takeisha Lewis, Louisiana Tech, forward/center (35th overall)
4. Washington from Indiana (McCray/Braziel, 12/5/01): Teresa Geter, South Carolina, forward/center (36th overall)
5. Portland: Mandy Nightingale, Colorado, guard (37th overall)
6. Minnesota: Lindsey Meder, Iowa, guard (38th overall)
7. Orlando: Saundra Jackson, Mississippi, center (39th overall)
8. Phoenix: Kayte Christensen, UC Santa Barbara, forward (40th overall)
9. Charlotte: Edniesha Curry, Oregon, guard (41st overall)
10. Houston: Shondra Johnson, Alabama, guard (42nd overall)
11. Utah: Edmarie Lumbsley, Mobile, center (43rd overall)
12. Sacramento: Alayne Ingram, Michigan, guard (44th overall)
13. Miami: Jerica Watson, Iowa, forward (45th overall)
14. New York: Tracy Gahan, Iowa State, guard (46th overall)
15. Detroit from Cleveland (Rizzotti, 5/27/01): Ericka Haney, Notre Dame, guard (47th overall)
16. Los Angeles: Rashana Barnes, Penn State, forward (48th overall)
Fourth round
1. Indiana from Washington (McCray/Braziel, 12/5/01): LaKeisha Taylor, Arizona, center (49th overall)
2. Portland from Detroit (Jackson, 5/11/01): Melody Johnson, Arizona State, center (50th overall)
3. Sacramento from Seattle (Campbell/Steding, 4/24/01): Jermisha Dosty, St. Mary's, center (51st overall)
4. Indiana: Jillian Danker, Vanderbilt, guard/forward (52nd overall)
5. Portland: Monique Cardenas, Florida, guard (53rd overall)
6. Minnesota: Sharron Francis, Old Dominion, guard (54th overall)
7. Orlando: Tomeka Brown, Ohio State, guard (55th overall)
8. Phoenix: Amba Kongolo, NC Central, forward/center (56th overall)
9. Charlotte: Jessie Stomski, Wisconsin, forward (57th overall)
10. Houston: Cori Enghusen, Stanford, center (58th overall)
11. Utah: Jaclyn Winfield, Southern, guard (59th overall)
12. Sacramento: Elizabeth Pickney, Arizona, forward (60th overall)
13. Miami: Jerkisha Dosty, St. Mary's, forward (61st overall)
14. New York: Deedee Warley, Maryland, forward (62st overall)
15. Cleveland: Marché Strickland, Maryland, guard (63rd overall)
16. Los Angeles: Tiffany Thompson, Old Dominion, forward (64th overall)
