2006 WNBA draft
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.
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 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
Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | New team | Former team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jia Perkins | G | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Charlotte Sting |
2 | Brooke Wyckoff | F | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Connecticut Sun |
3 | Elaine Powell | G | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Detroit Shock |
4 | Kiesha Brown | G | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Houston Comets |
5 | Deanna Jackson | F | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Indiana Fever |
6 | Laura Macchi | F | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Los Angeles Sparks |
7 | Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert | F | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Minnesota Lynx |
8 | DeTrina White | F | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | New York Liberty |
9 | Ashley Robinson | C | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Phoenix Mercury |
10 | Chelsea Newton | G | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Sacramento Monarchs |
11 | Bernadette Ngoyisa | C | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | San Antonio Silver Stars |
12 | Francesca Zara | G | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Seattle Storm |
13 | Stacey Dales-Schuman | G | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Washington Mystics |
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
Round 3
Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
29 | Tiffany Stansbury | F/C | ![]() |
Houston Comets | North Carolina State |
30 | Khara Smith | F | ![]() |
San Antonio Silver Stars | DePaul |
31 | Megan Duffy | G | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx | Notre Dame |
32 | Crystal Smith | G | ![]() |
Phoenix Mercury | Iowa |
33 | Miriam Sy | C | ![]() |
Washington Mystics | Oklahoma City |
34 | Kerri Gardin | F | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Virginia Tech |
35 | Zane Teilane | C | ![]() |
Detroit Shock | Western Illinois |
36 | Tiffany Porter-Talbert | 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 | Erin Grant | G | ![]() |
Seattle Storm | Texas Tech |
40 | Marina Kuzina | C | ![]() |
Indiana Fever | Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia) |
41 | Lamisha Augustine | F | ![]() |
Sacramento Monarchs | San Jose State |
42 | Marita Payne | C | ![]() |
Connecticut Sun | Auburn |
References
- "All-Time WNBA draft history". WNBA. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-04.