| 2008 WNBA draft | |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Date: | April 9, 2008 |
| Location: | Tampa, Florida |
| Network: | ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU |
| League: | WNBA |
| First: | Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2009 |
The WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which Women's National Basketball Association teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The 2008 draft was held on April 9.
A lottery was held on October 23, 2007. The Los Angeles Sparks received the first overall selection of the upcoming 2008 draft. The Chicago Sky received the number two selection. The Minnesota Lynx came up with the third overall selection, followed by the Atlanta Dream expansion franchise at four, the Houston Comets at number five, and the Washington Mystics at number six. Some of the top draftees were Candace Parker, Sylvia Fowles, Candice Wiggins, Crystal Langhorne, and Tasha Humphrey.
Top pick Candace Parker went on to become the first WNBA player to be the league's Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season. Fourth pick Alexis Hornbuckle became the first person to win a national championship in college (with the University of Tennessee) and a WNBA title (with the Detroit Shock) in the same calendar year.
The Detroit Shock holds the eleventh pick in round one as part of the Katie Feenstra/Ruth Riley trade back in February 2007.
The San Antonio Silver Stars holds the twenty-first pick as part of 2007 WNBA draft trade with the New York Liberty that involved Becky Hammon.
| width=100 | Pick | width=300 | Player | width=200 | Nationality | width=350 | Team | width=300 | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Candace Parker * | Los Angeles Sparks | Tennessee | ||||||
| 2 | Sylvia Fowles * | Chicago Sky | LSU | ||||||
| 3 | Candice Wiggins | Minnesota Lynx | Stanford | ||||||
| 4 | Alexis Hornbuckle | Detroit Shock (from Atl., via Sea.) | Tennessee | ||||||
| 5 | Matee Ajavon | Houston Comets | Rutgers | ||||||
| 6 | Crystal Langhorne * | Washington Mystics | Maryland | ||||||
| 7 | Essence Carson + | New York Liberty | Rutgers | ||||||
| 8 | Tamera Young | Atlanta Dream (from Sea.) | James Madison | ||||||
| 9 | Amber Holt | Connecticut Sun | Middle Tennessee | ||||||
| 10 | Laura Harper | Sacramento Monarchs | Maryland | ||||||
| 11 | Tasha Humphrey | Detroit Shock (from S.A.) | Georgia | ||||||
| 12 | Ketia Swanier | Connecticut Sun (from Ind.) | Connecticut | ||||||
| 13 | LaToya Pringle | Phoenix Mercury | North Carolina | ||||||
| 14 | Erlana Larkins | New York Liberty (from Det.) | North Carolina |
| width=100 | Pick | width=300 | Player | width=200 | Nationality | width=350 | Team | width=300 | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Shannon Bobbitt | Los Angeles Sparks | Tennessee | ||||||
| 16 | Nicky Anosike + | Minnesota Lynx | Tennessee | ||||||
| 17 | Erica White | Houston Comets | LSU | ||||||
| 18 | Olayinka Sanni |  | Detroit Shock (from Atl.) | West Virginia | |||||
| 19 | Quianna Chaney | Chicago Sky | LSU | ||||||
| 20 | Lindsey Pluimer | Washington Mystics | UCLA | ||||||
| 21 | Chioma Nnamaka | San Antonio Silver Stars (from N.Y.) | Georgia Tech | ||||||
| 22 | Allie Quigley + | Seattle Storm | DePaul | ||||||
| 23 | Jolene Anderson | Connecticut Sun | Wisconsin | ||||||
| 24 | Morenike Atunrase | Atlanta Dream (from Ind.) | Texas A&M | ||||||
| 25 | Leilani Mitchell | Phoenix Mercury (from S.A.) | Utah | ||||||
| 26 | Khadijah Whittington | Indiana Fever | North Carolina State | ||||||
| 27 | Wanisha Smith | New York Liberty (from Phx.) | Duke | ||||||
| 28 | Natasha Lacy | UTEP |
| width=100 | Pick | width=300 | Player | width=200 | Nationality | width=350 | Team | width=300 | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Sharnee Zoll | Los Angeles Sparks | Virginia | ||||||
| 30 | Charde Houston + | Minnesota Lynx | Connecticut | ||||||
| 31 | Crystal Kelly | Houston Comets | Western Kentucky | ||||||
| 32 | Danielle Hood | Atlanta Dream | Hartford | ||||||
| 33 | Angela Tisdale | Chicago Sky | Baylor | ||||||
| 34 | Krystal Vaughn | Washington Mystics | VCU | ||||||
| 35 | Alberta Auguste | New York Liberty | Tennessee | ||||||
| 36 | Kimberly Beck | Seattle Storm | George Washington | ||||||
| 37 | Lauren Ervin | Connecticut Sun | Arkansas | ||||||
| 38 | A'Quonesia Franklin | Sacramento Monarchs | Texas A&M | ||||||
| 39 | Alex Anderson | Chattanooga | |||||||
| 40 | Izabela Piekarska | Sacramento Monarchs (from Ind.) | UTEP | ||||||
| 41 | Marscilla Packer | Phoenix Mercury | Ohio State | ||||||
| 42 | Valeriya Berezhynska | Rice | |||||||
| 43 | Charel Allen | Sacramento Monarchs | Notre Dame |
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