1999 WNBA draft explained

1999 WNBA draft
Sport:	Basketball
Date:	May 4, 1999
League:	WNBA
First:	Chamique Holdsclaw Washington Mystics
Prev:	1998
Next:	2000

1999 WNBA draft

On September 15, 1998, two more players were assigned prior to the expansion draft.
On April 6, 1999, a WNBA expansion draft took place.
On May 3, 1999, another round of player allocation took place.
On May 4, 1999, the regular WNBA draft took place.
On December 15, 1999, an additional expansion draft took place for the 2000 WNBA season. See 2000 WNBA draft for more details.

Initial expansion player allocation

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1		F		Minnesota Lynx	Stanford
2	Nykesha Sales ^*	G/F		Orlando Miracle	Connecticut

Expansion draft

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1		F		Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix Mercury)
2		F		Orlando Miracle (from Charlotte Sting)
3		G		Minnesota Lynx (from Utah Starzz)
4		G		Orlando Miracle (from New York Liberty)
5		G		Minnesota Lynx (from Los Angeles Sparks)
6		F		Orlando Miracle (from Houston Comets)
7		F		Minnesota Lynx (from Sacramento Monarchs)
8		G		Orlando Miracle (from Cleveland Rockers)

Post-expansion draft player allocation

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Katie Smith ^*	G/F		Minnesota Lynx	Ohio State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
2	Shannon Johnson ^*	G		Orlando Miracle	South Carolina (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

College Draft

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Chamique Holdsclaw ^{^ *}	G/F		Washington Mystics	Tennessee
2	Yolanda Griffith ^*	F/C		Sacramento Monarchs	Florida Atlantic (from Chicago Condors, ABL)
3	Natalie Williams ^*	C		Utah Starzz	UCLA (from Portland Power, ABL)
4	DeLisha Milton ⁺	F		Los Angeles Sparks	Florida (from Portland Power, ABL)
5		G		Detroit Shock	Stanford (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
6		F		New York Liberty	Southeastern Oklahoma State (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
7	Tonya Edwards ⁺	G		Minnesota Lynx	Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
8	Tari Phillips ^*	F		Orlando Miracle	Central Florida (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
9	Dawn Staley ^{^ +}	G		Charlotte Sting	Virginia (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
10		G		Phoenix Mercury	Texas (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
11	Chasity Melvin ⁺	C		Cleveland Rockers	North Carolina State (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
12		F		Houston Comets	Dynamo Moscow, Russia

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
13		F		Washington Mystics	Alabama (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
14		G		Sacramento Monarchs	Georgia (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
15		G		Utah Starzz	St. Joseph's (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
16		C		Los Angeles Sparks	Old Dominion (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
17		C		Detroit Shock	Stanford (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
18		C		New York Liberty	Duke
19		G/F		Minnesota Lynx	Sydney Flames, Australia
20	Sheri Sam ⁺	F/G		Orlando Miracle	Vanderbilt (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
21		G/F		Charlotte Sting	Purdue
22		F		Phoenix Mercury	Texas (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
23		F		Cleveland Rockers	Old Dominion
24		G		Houston Comets	Stanford (from Portland Power, ABL)

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
25		G		Washington Mystics	Florida International (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
26		G		Sacramento Monarchs	Stanford (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
27	Adrienne Goodson ⁺	F		Utah Starzz	Old Dominion (from Chicago Condors, ABL)
28		G		Los Angeles Sparks	Purdue
29		G/F		Detroit Shock	Alabama
30	Tamika Whitmore ⁺	C		New York Liberty	Memphis
31		F		Minnesota Lynx	Texas (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
32	Taj McWilliams-Franklin ^*	C		Orlando Miracle	St. Edward's (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
33		F		Charlotte Sting	North Carolina (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
34		F		Phoenix Mercury	Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
35		C		Cleveland Rockers	Georgia (from Nashville Noise, ABL)
36		C		Houston Comets	Connecticut (from New England Blizzard, ABL)

Notes:

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
37		C		Washington Mystics	Perth Breakers, Australia
38		C		Sacramento Monarchs	Iowa
39		G		Utah Starzz	Florida International
40		F		Los Angeles Sparks	Georgia (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
41		F/C		Detroit Shock	Southern Nazarene (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
42		G		New York Liberty	Auburn (from New England Blizzard, ABL)
43		G		Minnesota Lynx	Arkansas State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
44		F		Orlando Miracle	Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
45		F		Charlotte Sting	Texas Tech
46		F		Phoenix Mercury	Louisiana Tech
47	Kellie Jolly	G		Cleveland Rockers	Tennessee
48		G		Houston Comets	Connecticut (from New England Blizzard, ABL)
49		F		Minnesota Lynx	Penn State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
50		G		Orlando Miracle	LSU (from Portland Power, ABL)

See also

List of first overall WNBA draft picks

References

Web site: All-Time WNBA draft history . June 4, 2008 . WNBA . https://web.archive.org/web/20080509153954/http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html . May 9, 2008 . dead .