2001 WNBA Draft Overview
The 2001 edition of the WNBA draft was the first year that there was only a college draft.
College Draft
First Round:
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle Storm | Lauren Jackson | F/C | Australia |
| 2 | Charlotte Sting | Kelly Miller | G | Georgia |
| 3 | Indiana Fever | Tamika Catchings | F/C | Tennessee |
| 4 | Portland Fire | Jackie Stiles | G | Southwest Missouri St. |
| 5 | Miami Sol | Ruth Riley | C | Notre Dame |
| 6 | Detroit Shock | Deanna Nolan | G/F | Georgia |
| 7 | Minnesota Lynx | Svetlana Abrosimova | F/C | Russia |
| 8 | Utah Starzz | Marie Ferdinand | G | LSU |
| 9 | Washington Mystics | Coco Miller | G | Georgia |
| 10 | Orlando Miracle | Katie Douglas | G/F | Purdue |
| 11 | Cleveland Rockers | Penny Taylor | F/C | Australia |
| 12 | Portland Fire | LaQuanda Barksdale | G/F | North Carolina |
| 13 | Phoenix Mercury | Kristen Veal | G | Australia |
| 14 | Indiana Fever | Kelly Schumacher | C | Connecticut |
| 15 | Houston Comets | Amanda Lassiter | F | Missouri |
| 16 | Los Angeles Sparks | Camille Cooper | C | Purdue |
Second Round:
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Seattle Storm | Semeka Randall | G | Tennessee |
| 18 | Charlotte Sting | Tammy Sutton-Brown | C | Rutgers |
| 19 | Indiana Fever | Niele Ivey | G | Notre Dame |
| 20 | Portland Fire | Jenny Mowe | C | Oregon |
| 21 | Miami Sol | Georgia Schweitzer | G/F | Duke |
| 22 | Detroit Shock | Jae Kingi | G | Australia |
| 23 | Minnesota Lynx | Erin Buescher | G | Denver |
| 24 | Utah Starzz | Michaela Pavlickova | F/C | Czech Republic |
| 25 | Washington Mystics | Tamara Stocks | F/C | Florida |
| 26 | Orlando Miracle | Brooke Wyckoff | F | Florida State |
| 27 | Cleveland Rockers | Jaynetta Saunders | F | Texas A&M |
| 28 | Minnesota Lynx | Janell Burse | C | Tulane |
| 29 | Phoenix Mercury | Ilona Korstine | G/F | Russia |
| 30 | Sacramento Monarchs | Jackie Moore | C | Long Beach State |
| 31 | Houston Comets | Tynesha Lewis | G/F | North Carolina State |
| 32 | Los Angeles Sparks | Nicole Levandusky | G | Xavier |
Third Round:
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Houston Comets | ShaRae Mansfield | F | Western Kentucky |
| 34 | Charlotte Sting | Jennifer Phillips | F | Xavier |
| 35 | Indiana Fever | Marlena Williams | F | Missouri |
| 36 | Portland Fire | Rasheeda Clark | G | Pepperdine |
| 37 | Miami Sol | Levys Torres | C | Florida State |
| 38 | Detroit Shock | Svetlana Volnaya | G/F | Virginia |
| 39 | Minnesota Lynx | Tombi Bell | G | Miami |
| 40 | Utah Starzz | Shea Ralph | G/F | Connecticut |
| 41 | Washington Mystics | Jamie Lewis | G | Ohio State |
| 42 | Orlando Miracle | Jaclyn Johnson | F | Kansas |
| 43 | Cleveland Rockers | Angelina Wolvert | F | Oregon |
| 44 | Washington Mystics | Elena Karpova | F | Russia |
| 45 | Phoenix Mercury | Tere Williams | F | Virginia Tech |
| 46 | Sacramento Monarchs | Maren Walseth | F | Penn State |
| 47 | Houston Comets | Shala Crawford | C | Life |
| 48 | Los Angeles Sparks | Kelley Siemon | F | Notre Dame |
Fourth Round:
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Seattle Storm | Juana Brown | G | Notre Dame |
| 50 | Charlotte Sting | Reshea Bristol | G | Arizona |
| 51 | Indiana Fever | April Brown | F | LSU |
| 52 | Portland Fire | Natasha Pointer | G | Rutgers |
| 53 | Phoenix Mercury | Carolyn Moos | C | Stanford |
| 54 | Detroit Shock | Kelly Santos | F | Brazil |
| 55 | Minnesota Lynx | Megan Taylor | G/F | Iowa State |
| 56 | Utah Starzz | Cara Consuegra | G | Iowa |
| 57 | New York Liberty | Taru Tuukkanen | F/C | Xavier |
| 58 | Orlando Miracle | Anne Thorius | G | Michigan |
| 59 | Cleveland Rockers | Erin Batth | F/C | Clemson |
| 60 | New York Liberty | Tara Mitchem | G | Southwest Missouri St. |
| 61 | Phoenix Mercury | Megan Franza | G | Washington |
| 62 | Sacramento Monarchs | Katie Smrcka-Duffy | G | Georgetown |
| 63 | Houston Comets | Kristen Clement | G | Tennessee |
| 64 | Los Angeles Sparks | Beth Record | G/F | Syracuse |
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