| 2015 WNBA draft | |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Date: | 16 April |
| Location: | Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut |
| Network: | ESPN2, ESPNU |
| League: | WNBA |
| First: | Jewell Loyd Seattle Storm |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2016 |
The 2015 WNBA draft was the league's draft for the 2015 WNBA season. The Seattle Storm picked first.
This year's draft was unusual in that two players with remaining college eligibility declared for the draft—Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame, who had one year of eligibility remaining, and Amanda Zahui B. of Minnesota, with two years remaining. Both players were draft-eligible by virtue of their births in 1993; under current draft rules, players who turn 22 in the calendar year of the draft can declare themselves eligible even if they have not completed college eligibility.[1] Before this season, only two players with remaining college eligibility had ever entered the WNBA draft, and only one of these did so before her fourth college season (Kelsey Bone in 2012).[2]
The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2015 draft occurred on August 21, 2014. The team that would get the first pick would be the winner of the lottery.[3]
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2015 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:
| Team | 2014 record | Lottery win chances | Pick | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||||
| Seattle Storm | 12-22 | 359 | ||||||
| Tulsa Shock | 12-22 | 359 | ||||||
| Connecticut Sun | 13-21 | 178 | ||||||
| Connecticut Sun (from New York Liberty) | 15-19 | 104 | ||||||
| Shaded block denotes actual lottery result. | ||||||||
The WNBA announced on April 13, 2015 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.[4]
Amanda Zahui B., Minnesota| width=30 | Pick | width=333 | Player | width=200 | Nationality | width=383 | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jewell Loyd * | Seattle Storm | Notre Dame | |||||
| 2 | Amanda Zahui B. | Tulsa Shock | Minnesota | |||||
| 3 | Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis | Seattle Storm (from Conn.) | Connecticut | |||||
| 4 | Elizabeth Williams + | Connecticut Sun (from N.Y.) | Duke | |||||
| 5 | Cheyenne Parker + | Chicago Sky | Middle Tennessee | |||||
| 6 | Dearica Hamby + | San Antonio Stars (from Ind.) | Wake Forest | |||||
| 7 | Crystal Bradford | Los Angeles Sparks | Central Michigan | |||||
| 8 | Ally Malott | Washington Mystics | Dayton | |||||
| 9 | Brittany Boyd | New York Liberty (from S.A.) | California | |||||
| 10 | Samantha Logic | Atlanta Dream | Iowa | |||||
| 11 | Kiah Stokes | New York Liberty (from Min.) | Connecticut | |||||
| 12 | Isabelle Harrison | Phoenix Mercury[5] | Tennessee |
| width=30 | Pick | width=333 | Player | width=200 | Nationality | width=383 | Team | width=333 | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Brianna Kiesel | Tulsa Shock | Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 14 | Cierra Burdick | Los Angeles Sparks (through Sea.) | Tennessee | ||||||
| 15 | Natasha Cloud | Washington Mystics (through Conn./Sea.) | Saint Joseph's | ||||||
| 16 | Reshanda Gray | Minnesota Lynx (from N.Y.) | California | ||||||
| 17 | Betnijah Laney + | Chicago Sky | Rutgers | ||||||
| 18 | Alex Harden | Phoenix Mercury (through Ind.) | Wichita State | ||||||
| 19 | Brittany Hrynko | Connecticut Sun (through L.A.; traded to Atl.) | DePaul | ||||||
| 20 | Vicky McIntyre | Seattle Storm (through Was.) | Oral Roberts | ||||||
| 21 | Chelsea Gardner | Indiana Fever (from S.A.) | Kansas | ||||||
| 22 | Aleighsa Welch | Chicago Sky (through Atl.) | South Carolina | ||||||
| 23 | Amber Orrange | New York Liberty (from Min.) | Stanford | ||||||
| 24 | Žofia Hruščáková | Phoenix Mercury | Good Angels Košice (Slovakia) |
| width=30 | Pick | width=333 | Player | width=200 | Nationality | width=383 | Team | width=333 | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Mimi Mungedi | Tulsa Shock | Nevada | ||||||
| 26 | Nneka Enemkpali | Seattle Storm | Texas | ||||||
| 27 | Laurin Mincy | New York Liberty (through Conn.) | Maryland | ||||||
| 28 | Michala Johnson | New York Liberty (from Minn.) | Wisconsin | ||||||
| 29 | Ariel Massengale | Atlanta Dream | Tennessee | ||||||
| 30 | Dragana Stanković | San Antonio Stars (from Ind.) | UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary) | ||||||
| 31 | Andrea Hoover | Los Angeles Sparks | Dayton | ||||||
| 32 | Marica Gajić | Washington Mystics | ŽKK Celje (Slovenia) | ||||||
| 33 | Nikki Moody | San Antonio Stars | Iowa State | ||||||
| 34 | Lauren Okafor | Atlanta Dream | James Madison | ||||||
| 35 | Shae Kelley | Minnesota Lynx (from N.Y.) | Minnesota | ||||||
| 36 | Promise Amukamara | Phoenix Mercury | Arizona State |