| 2003 WNBA draft | |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Date: | April 24, 2003 |
| League: | WNBA |
| Merging Teams: | Miami Sol Portland Fire (both teams folded in 2002) |
| First: | LaToya Thomas Cleveland Rockers |
| Prev: | 2002 |
| Next: | 2004 |
The 2003 WNBA draft, both the dispersal draft and the regular WNBA draft, took place on April 24. The dispersal draft involved players from the rosters of the Portland Fire and Miami Sol teams which had both folded after the 2002 season. For that reason, Miami's picks obtained in trades were lost.
The year brought multiple changes. Along with the folding of the Fire and the Sol, two teams moved to new cities. The Utah Starzz moved from Salt Lake City, Utah, to San Antonio, Texas, changing their name to the San Antonio Silver Stars, and the Orlando Miracle moved from Orlando, Florida, to Uncasville, Connecticut, to become the Connecticut Sun. The Sun became the first franchise not to be based in a city that also was home to an NBA franchise.
The draft itself also changed. Instead of the previous four-round format, the 2003 draft shrunk to its current format of only three rounds.
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | Cleveland Rockers | Mississippi State | |||
| 2 | C | Sacramento Monarchs | Vanderbilt | |||
| 3 | Cheryl Ford + | C | Detroit Shock | Louisiana Tech | ||
| 4 | Plenette Pierson + | F | Phoenix Mercury | Texas Tech | ||
| 5 | Kara Lawson + | G | Detroit Shock (from Connecticut, traded to Sacramento) | Tennessee | ||
| 6 | F | Indiana Fever | Tennessee | |||
| 7 | C | Washington Mystics | LSU | |||
| 8 | C | Seattle Storm | Gwangju Sinsegye Coolcats (South Korea) | |||
| 9 | F | Charlotte Sting | South Carolina | |||
| 10 | G | New York Liberty | Bucknell | |||
| 11 | G | San Antonio Silver Stars | North Carolina | |||
| 12 | G | Houston Comets (traded to Detroit) | Tulsa |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | F | Connecticut Sun (from Detroit) | Ohio State | |||
| 14 | G | Minnesota Lynx | Georgia | |||
| 15 | C | Cleveland Rockers | Massachusetts | |||
| 16 | F/C | Phoenix Mercury (traded to Detroit) | South Carolina | |||
| 17 | G | New York Liberty (from Sacramento) | BYU | |||
| 18 | C | Minnesota Lynx (from Miami) | New Mexico | |||
| 19 | F/C | Houston Comets (from Connecticut) | Louisville | |||
| 20 | F | Indiana Fever | LSU | |||
| 21 | G | Washington Mystics | ||||
| 22 | C | Seattle Storm | Valenciennes (France) | |||
| 23 | G | Charlotte Sting | Arkansas | |||
| 24 | C | New York Liberty | Georgia Tech | |||
| 25 | F | San Antonio Silver Stars | LSU | |||
| 26 | G | New York Liberty (from Houston) | Cincinnati | |||
| 27 | F | Los Angeles Sparks | Virginia |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | F | Detroit Shock | Michigan State | |||
| 29 | C | Minnesota Lynx | Drake | |||
| 30 | G | Cleveland Rockers | Oregon | |||
| 31 | G | Phoenix Mercury (traded to Detroit) | Virginia | |||
| 32 | G | Washington Mystics (from Sacramento) | Villanova | |||
| 33 | G | Phoenix Mercury (from Miami) | North Carolina | |||
| 34 | G | Connecticut Sun | Iowa State | |||
| 35 | G | Indiana Fever | Vanderbilt | |||
| 36 | F | Washington Mystics | Ball State | |||
| 37 | G | Seattle Storm | Clemson | |||
| 38 | G | Houston Comets (from Charlotte) | UNLV | |||
| 39 | G | New York Liberty | UCLA | |||
| 40 | G | San Antonio Silver Stars | Austin Peay | |||
| 41 | G | Houston Comets | ||||
| 42 | C | Los Angeles Sparks | Purdue |