| 1979 WBL draft | |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Date: | June, 1979 |
| Location: | Hotel Roosevelt (New York City, New York) |
| League: | WBL |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Overall: | 143 |
| Rounds: | 10 |
| First: | Pat Colasurdo Mayo (San Francisco Pioneers) |
| Prev: | 1978 |
| Next: | 1980 |
The 1979 WBL draft was the second annual draft of the Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL). The draft was held in June, 1979, at the Hotel Roosevelt in New York City, New York, before the 1979–80 season.
Unlike the previous year, the draft did not have a free agent draft but only a college phase of 1979 seniors. In total, 143 players were selected in ten rounds.[1] [2]
Pat Colasurdo Mayo from Montclair State University was selected first overall by the San Francisco Pioneers.[3]
Cindy Brogdon, who was selected second by the California Dreams, was traded to the New Orleans Pride prior to the start of the season after she had decided to return to school. She joined the Pride for the 1980–81 WBL season[4] where she averaged 14.7 points in 18 games and was named to the WBL All-Pro second team.[5]
| Pos. | G | F | C | |
| Position | Guard | Forward | Center |
| Round | Pick | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team | School/club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | x | F | San Francisco Pioneers | |||
| 1 | 2 | ^ | California Dreams | Tennessee | |||
| 1 | 3 | x | Dallas Diamonds | Alabama State | |||
| 1 | 4 | Philadelphia Fox | South Carolina | ||||
| 1 | 5 | St. Louis Streak | Southern Illinois | ||||
| 1 | 6 | Washington Metros | Alabama State | ||||
| 1 | 7 | [6] | New Orleans Pride | Southeast Louisiana State | |||
| 1 | 8 | x | Missouri | ||||
| 1 | 9 | Milwaukee Does | Shaw College | ||||
| 1 | 10 | Minnesota Fillies | Arkansas State | ||||
| 1 | 11 | ^ | New York Stars | Francis Marion College | |||
| 1 | 12 | G | Chicago Hustle | Texas Austin | |||
| 1 | 13 | [7] | Iowa Cornets | Utah | |||
| 1 | 14 | Houston Angels | Penn State | ||||
| 1 | 15 | Milwaukee Does | Weber State | ||||
| 2 | 16 | San Francisco Pioneers | Grand Valley State | ||||
| 2 | 21 | x | Washington Metros | Jackson State | |||
| 3 | 30 | x | San Francisco Pioneers | UCLA |