| 2017 WNBA draft | |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Date: | April 13, 2017 |
| Location: | Samsung 837, New York City |
| Network: | ESPN2 (first round) ESPNU (Second and Third Rounds) |
| League: | WNBA |
| First: | Kelsey Plum San Antonio Stars |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The 2017 WNBA draft was the league's draft for the 2017 WNBA season. On March 30, the WNBA announced that the draft would take place on April 13 in New York at Samsung 837.[1]
The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2017 draft occurred on September 28, 2016. The winner of the lottery, the San Antonio Stars, picked first.[2]
All odds out of 1,000 based on percentages (the 11–12–13–14 combination is ignored).
This is the fourth time that the lottery was won by the team that had the highest odds. The lottery odds were based on combined records from the 2015 and 2016 WNBA seasons. The San Antonio Stars, with the worst two-year record, were guaranteed no worse than the third pick.
| width=30 | Pick | width=333 | Player | width=200 | Nationality | width=383 | Team | width=333 | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Connecticut Sun | Ohio State | |||||||
| 14 | Lindsay Allen | New York Liberty | Notre Dame | ||||||
| 15 | Alexis Peterson | Seattle Storm | Syracuse | ||||||
| 16 | Leticia Romero | Connecticut Sun | Florida State | ||||||
| 17 | Erica McCall | Indiana Fever | Stanford | ||||||
| 18 | Jennie Simms | Washington Mystics | Old Dominion | ||||||
| 19 | Jordan Reynolds | Atlanta Dream | Tennessee | ||||||
| 20 | Feyonda Fitzgerald | Indiana Fever | Temple | ||||||
| 21 | Chantel Osahor | Chicago Sky | Washington | ||||||
| 22 | Indiana Fever | Florida | |||||||
| 23 | Kansas State | ||||||||
| 24 | Lisa Berkani | Minnesota Lynx | USO Mondeville (France) |
| width=30 | Pick | width=333 | Player | width=200 | Nationality | width=383 | Team | width=333 | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Schaquilla Nunn | San Antonio Stars | Tennessee | ||||||
| 26 | Saniya Chong | Dallas Wings | Connecticut | ||||||
| 27 | Mehryn Kraker | Washington Mystics | Green Bay | ||||||
| 28 | Jessica January | Connecticut Sun | DePaul | ||||||
| 29 | Alexis Prince | Phoenix Mercury | Baylor | ||||||
| 30 | Lanay Montgomery | Seattle Storm | West Virginia | ||||||
| 31 | Oderah Chidom | Atlanta Dream | Duke | ||||||
| 32 | Adrienne Motley | Indiana Fever | Miami | ||||||
| 33 | Makayla Epps | Chicago Sky | Kentucky | ||||||
| 34 | New York Liberty | Florida State | |||||||
| 35 | Saicha Grant-Allen | Los Angeles Sparks | Dayton | ||||||
| 36 | Tahlia Tupaea | Minnesota Lynx | Sydney Uni Flames (Australia) |
On November 29, 2016, WNBA.com posted notable prospects for the draft. The list included:[3]
On April 6, 2017, the WNBA released the names of the players who would be invited to be in attendance at the draft through their @WNBA Twitter account:[4]