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{{Short description|Basketball player selection}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports draft
| name= 1999 WNBA draft
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| logo= 
| logosize    = 
| sport       = Basketball
| date= May 4, 1999
| location    = 
| network     = 
| league      = WNBA
| teams       = 
| expansion_teams = [[Minnesota Lynx]]<br>[[Orlando Miracle]]
| first       = [[Chamique Holdsclaw]]<br>[[Washington Mystics]]
| territorial = 
| prev= [[1998 WNBA draft|1998]]
| next= [[2000 WNBA draft|2000]]
}}

'''[[1999 in sports|1999]] [[WNBA draft]]'''

*On September 15, 1998, two players were [[1999 WNBA expansion draft#Initial player allocation|allocated]] prior to the expansion draft.
*On April 6, 1999, a [[1999 WNBA expansion draft|WNBA expansion draft]] took place for the [[Minnesota Lynx]] and the [[Orlando Miracle]].
*On May 3, 1999, another round of player allocation took place.
*On May 4, 1999, the regular WNBA draft took place.

In December 1998, the [[American Basketball League (1996–1998)|American Basketball League]] (ABL) folded.<ref>{{cite news |first=Lena |last=Williams |title=Former Team Official Recounts the A.B.L.'s Dizzying Descent |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/02/sports/pro-basketball-former-team-official-recounts-the-abl-s-dizzying-descent.html |date=April 2, 1999 |access-date=June 19, 2025}}</ref> The 90 players from the ABL's eight teams (except [[Kristin Folkl]] and [[Nykesha Sales]] who were allocated to the new WNBA expansion teams by the WNBA) were eligible for this draft.<ref name=1999exdr>{{cite web |title=Aces History: Feeling A Draft (1999) |url=https://aces.wnba.com/news/aces-history-feeling-a-draft-1999 |website=WNBA |date=February 15, 2018 |access-date=June 18, 2025}}</ref>

==Draft==
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===Round 1===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player
! style="width:5%;"| Position
! style="width:15%;"| Nationality
! style="width:20%;"| Team
! style="width:35%;"| School / club team
|-
| 1
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|'''[[Chamique Holdsclaw]]''' * ^
| G/F
| {{USA}}
| [[Washington Mystics]]
| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]
|-
| 2
| bgcolor="98f5ff"|[[Yolanda Griffith]] * ^ !
| F/C
| {{USA}}
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls women's basketball|Florida Atlantic]] (from [[Chicago Condors]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 3
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|[[Natalie Williams]] * ^
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Utah Starzz]]
| [[UCLA Bruins women's basketball|UCLA]] (from [[Portland Power (basketball)|Portland Power]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])  
|-
| 4
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|[[DeLisha Milton-Jones|DeLisha Milton]] <sup>+</sup> ^
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| [[Florida Gators women's basketball|Florida]] (from [[Portland Power (basketball)|Portland Power]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])  
|-
| 5
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| [[Jennifer Azzi]] ^
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Detroit Shock]]
| [[Stanford Cardinal women's basketball|Stanford]] (from [[San Jose Lasers]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 6
| [[Crystal Robinson]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[New York Liberty]]
| [[Southeastern Oklahoma State University|Southeastern Oklahoma State]] (from [[Colorado Xplosion]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])
|-
| 7
|  bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Tonya Edwards]] <sup>+</sup>
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] (from [[Columbus Quest]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])  
|-
| 8
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|[[Tari Phillips]] *
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Orlando Miracle]]
| [[UCF Knights women's basketball|Central Florida]] (from [[Colorado Xplosion]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 9
| bgcolor="98f5ff"|[[Dawn Staley]] <sup>+</sup> ^ !
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Charlotte Sting]]
| [[Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball|Virginia]] (from [[Philadelphia Rage]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])  
|-
| 10
| [[Edna Campbell]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[Texas Longhorns women's basketball|Texas]] (from [[Colorado Xplosion]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])  
|-
| 11
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Chasity Melvin]] <sup>+</sup>
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Cleveland Rockers]]
| [[NC State Wolfpack women's basketball|North Carolina State]] (from [[Philadelphia Rage]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])
|-
| 12
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| [[Natalya Zasulskaya|Natalia Zasulskaya]] #
| F
| {{RUS}}
| [[Houston Comets]]
| [[Dynamo Moscow (women's basketball)|Dynamo Moscow]], [[Russian Women's Basketball Premier League|Russia]]
|}

===Round 2===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player
! style="width:5%;"| Position
! style="width:15%;"| Nationality
! style="width:20%;"| Team
! style="width:35%;"| School / club team
|-
| 13
| [[Shalonda Enis]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Washington Mystics]]
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball|Alabama]] (from [[Seattle Reign (basketball)|Seattle Reign]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])  
|-
| 14
| [[Kedra Holland-Corn]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| [[Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]] (from [[San Jose Lasers]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 15
| [[Debbie Black]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Utah Starzz]]
| [[Saint Joseph's Hawks women's basketball|St. Joseph's]] (from [[Colorado Xplosion]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 16
| [[Clarisse Machanguana]] 
| C
| {{MOZ}}
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| [[Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion]] (from [[San Jose Lasers]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])
|-
| 17
| [[Val Whiting]] 
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Detroit Shock]]
| [[Stanford Cardinal women's basketball|Stanford]] (from [[Seattle Reign (basketball)|Seattle Reign]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])  
|-
| 18
| [[Michele Van Gorp]] 
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[New York Liberty]]
| [[Duke Blue Devils women's basketball|Duke]]
|-
| 19
| [[Trisha Fallon]] 
| G/F
| {{AUS}}
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[Sydney Uni Flames|Sydney Flames]], [[Women's National Basketball League|Australia]]
|-
| 20
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Sheri Sam]] <sup>+</sup>
| F/G
| {{USA}}
| [[Orlando Miracle]]
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball|Vanderbilt]] (from [[San Jose Lasers]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 21
| [[Stephanie White]] 
| G/F
| {{USA}}
| [[Charlotte Sting]]
| [[Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball|Purdue]]
|-
| 22
|bgcolor=#FFFF99| [[Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil]] ^
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[Texas Longhorns women's basketball|Texas]] (from [[San Jose Lasers]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 23
| [[Mery Andrade]] 
| F
| {{POR}}
| [[Cleveland Rockers]]
| [[Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion]]
|-
| 24
| [[Sonja Henning]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Houston Comets]]
| [[Stanford Cardinal women's basketball|Stanford]] (from [[Portland Power (basketball)|Portland Power]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])  
|}

===Round 3===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player
! style="width:5%;"| Position
! style="width:15%;"| Nationality
! style="width:20%;"| Team
! style="width:35%;"| School / club team
|-
| 25
| [[Andrea Nagy]] 
| G
| {{HUN}}
| [[Washington Mystics]]
| [[FIU Panthers women's basketball|Florida International]] (from [[Philadelphia Rage]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 26
| [[Kate Starbird]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| [[Stanford Cardinal women's basketball|Stanford]] (from [[Seattle Reign (basketball)|Seattle Reign]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])  
|-
| 27
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Adrienne Goodson]] <sup>+</sup>
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Utah Starzz]]
| [[Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion]] (from [[Chicago Condors]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 28
| [[Ukari Figgs]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| [[Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball|Purdue]]
|-
| 29
| [[Dominique Canty]] 
| G/F
| {{USA}}
| [[Detroit Shock]]
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball|Alabama]]
|-
| 30
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Tamika Whitmore]] <sup>+</sup>
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[New York Liberty]]
| [[Memphis Tigers women's basketball|Memphis]]
|-
| 31
|bgcolor=#FFFF99| [[Andrea Lloyd-Curry|Andrea Lloyd]] ^
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[Texas Longhorns women's basketball|Texas]] (from [[Columbus Quest]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])  
|-
| 32
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|[[Taj McWilliams-Franklin]]{{efn|group=n|Taj McWilliams-Franklin is the lowest draft pick to be named a [[List of WNBA All-Stars|WNBA All-Star]].}} * ^
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Orlando Miracle]]
| [[St. Edward's University|St. Edward's]] (from [[Philadelphia Rage]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 33
| [[Charlotte Smith (basketball)|Charlotte Smith]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Charlotte Sting]]
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball|North Carolina]] (from [[San Jose Lasers]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])
|-
| 34
| [[Lisa Harrison]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] (from [[Columbus Quest]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])  
|-
| 35
| [[Tracy Henderson]] 
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Cleveland Rockers]]
| [[Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]] (from [[Nashville Noise]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])  
|-
| 36
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| [[Kara Wolters]] ^
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Houston Comets]]
| [[UConn Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]] (from [[New England Blizzard]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|}
''Notes'':
{{notelist|group=n}}

===Round 4===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player
! style="width:5%;"| Position
! style="width:15%;"| Nationality
! style="width:20%;"| Team
! style="width:35%;"| School / club team
|-
| 37
| [[Jenny Whittle]] 
| C
| {{AUS}}
| [[Washington Mystics]]
| [[Perth Lynx|Perth Breakers]], Australia
|-
| 38
| [[Amy Herrig]] 
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| [[Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball|Iowa]]
|-
| 39
| [[Dalma Ivanyi]] 
| G
| {{HUN}}
| [[Utah Starzz]]
| [[FIU Panthers women's basketball|Florida International]]
|-
| 40
| [[La'Keshia Frett]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| [[Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]] (from [[Philadelphia Rage]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])  
|-
| 41
| [[Astou Ndiaye]] 
| F/C
| {{SEN}}
| [[Detroit Shock]]
| [[Southern Nazarene University|Southern Nazarene]] (from [[Seattle Reign (basketball)|Seattle Reign]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 42
| [[Carolyn Jones-Young]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[New York Liberty]]
| [[Auburn Tigers women's basketball|Auburn]] (from [[New England Blizzard]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 43
| [[Sonja Tate]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[Arkansas State Red Wolves women's basketball|Arkansas State]] (from [[Columbus Quest]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 44
| [[Carla McGhee]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Orlando Miracle]]
| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] (from [[Columbus Quest]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]])  
|-
| 45
| [[Angie Braziel]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Charlotte Sting]]
| [[Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball|Texas Tech]]
|-
| 46
| [[Amanda Wilson (basketball)|Amanda Wilson]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[Louisiana Tech  Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]]
|-
| 47
| [[Kellie Jolly]]
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Cleveland Rockers]]
| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]
|-
| 48
|bgcolor=#FFFF99| [[Jennifer Rizzotti]] ^
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Houston Comets]]
| [[UConn Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]] (from [[New England Blizzard]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 49
| [[Angie Potthoff]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[Penn State Lady Lions basketball|Penn State]] (from [[Columbus Quest]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|-
| 50
| [[Elaine Powell]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Orlando Miracle]]
| [[LSU Tigers women's basketball|LSU]] (from [[Portland Power (basketball)|Portland Power]], [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|ABL]]) 
|}

== See also ==
*[[List of first overall WNBA draft picks]]

==References==
<references />
*{{cite web | url=http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | title=All-Time WNBA draft history | access-date=June 4, 2008 | publisher=WNBA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509153954/http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | archive-date=May 9, 2008 | url-status=dead }}

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