2002 WNBA Draft Overview
The 2002 college draft was the only draft that took place before the season.
College Draft
First Round
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle Storm | Sue Bird | G | Connecticut |
| 2 | Detroit Shock | Swin Cash | F | Connecticut |
| 3 | Washington Mystics | Stacey Dales-Schuman | G | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Washington Mystics | Asjha Jones | F | Connecticut |
| 5 | Portland Fire | Nikki Teasley | G | North Carolina |
| 6 | Minnesota Lynx | Tamika Williams | F | Connecticut |
| 7 | Charlotte Sting | Sheila Lambert | G | Baylor |
| 8 | Cleveland Rockers | Deanna Jackson | F | Alabama |
| 9 | Charlotte Sting | Shaunzinski Gortman | G | South Carolina |
| 10 | Houston Comets | Michelle Snow | C | Tennessee |
| 11 | Utah Starzz | Danielle Crockrom | F | Baylor |
| 12 | Sacramento Monarchs | Hamchétou Maïga | G/F | Old Dominion |
| 13 | Indiana Fever | Tawana McDonald | C | Georgia |
| 14 | Utah Starzz | LaNeishea Caufield | G | Oklahoma |
| 15 | Miami Sol | Tamara Moore | G/F | Wisconsin |
| 16 | Los Angeles Sparks | Rosalind Ross | G | Oklahoma |
Second Round
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Indiana Fever | Zuzi Klimesova | F | Vanderbilt |
| 18 | Detroit Shock | Lenae Williams | G/F | DePaul |
| 19 | Seattle Storm | Lucienne Berthieu | F/C | Old Dominion |
| 20 | Detroit Shock | Ayana Walker | F | Louisiana Tech |
| 21 | Detroit Shock | Jill Chapman | C | Indiana |
| 22 | Detroit Shock | Kathy Wambe | G/F | Belgium |
| 23 | Orlando Miracle | Davalyn Cunningham | F | Rutgers |
| 24 | Cleveland Rockers | Brandi McCain | G/F | Florida |
| 25 | Phoenix Mercury | Tootie Shaw | F | Wichita State |
| 26 | New York Liberty | Linda Fröhlich | F | UNLV |
| 27 | Utah Starzz | Andrea Gardner | F/C | Howard |
| 28 | Seattle Storm | Felicia Ragland | G | Oregon State |
| 29 | Miami Sol | Lindsey Yamasaki | G/F | Stanford |
| 30 | Los Angeles Sparks | Gergana Slavtcheva | G | Florida International |
| 31 | Cleveland Rockers | Angie Welle | C | Iowa State |
| 32 | Los Angeles Sparks | Jackie Higgins | F/C | North Carolina |
Third Round
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Washington Mystics | LaNisha Cartwell | C | Alabama |
| 34 | Indiana Fever | Kelly Komara | G | Purdue |
| 35 | Seattle Storm | Takeisha Lewis | F/C | Louisiana Tech |
| 36 | Washington Mystics | Teresa Geter | F/C | South Carolina |
| 37 | Portland Fire | Mandy Nightingale | G | Colorado |
| 38 | Minnesota Lynx | Lindsey Meder | G | Iowa |
| 39 | Orlando Miracle | Saundra Jackson | C | Mississippi |
| 40 | Phoenix Mercury | Kayte Christensen | F/C | UC-Santa Barbara |
| 41 | Charlotte Sting | Edniesha Curry | G | Oregon |
| 42 | Houston Comets | Shondra Johnson | G | Alabama |
| 43 | Utah Starzz | Edmarie Lumbsley | C | Mobile |
| 44 | Sacramento Monarchs | Alayne Ingram | G | Michigan |
| 45 | Miami Sol | Jerica Watson | F/C | Iowa |
| 46 | New York Liberty | Tracy Gahan | G | Iowa State |
| 47 | Detroit Shock | Ericka Haney | G/F | Notre Dame |
| 48 | Los Angeles Sparks | Rashana Barnes | F | Penn State |
Fourth Round
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Indiana Fever | LaKeisha Taylor | C | Arizona |
| 50 | Portland Fire | Melody Johnson | C | Arizona State |
| 51 | Sacramento Monarchs | Jermisha Dosty | C | St. Mary's (CA) |
| 52 | Indiana Fever | Jillian Danker | G/F | Vanderbilt |
| 53 | Portland Fire | Monique Cardenas | G/F | Florida |
| 54 | Minnesota Lynx | Shárron Francis | G | Old Dominion |
| 55 | Orlando Miracle | Tomeka Brown | G | Ohio State |
| 56 | Phoenix Mercury | Amba Kongolo | F/C | North Carolina Central |
| 57 | Charlotte Sting | Jessie Stomski | F | Wisconsin |
| 58 | Houston Comets | Cori Enghusen | C | Stanford |
| 59 | Utah Starzz | Jaclyn Winfield | G | Southern |
| 60 | Sacramento Monarchs | Elizabeth Pickney | F | Arizona |
| 61 | Miami Sol | Jerkisha Dosty | F | St. Mary's (CA) |
| 62 | New York Liberty | Dee Dee Warley | F | Maryland |
| 63 | Cleveland Rockers | Marché Strickland | G | Maryland |
| 64 | Los Angeles Sparks | Tiffany Thompson | F | Old Dominion |
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