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{{Short description|Women's basketball player selection}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports draft
| name        = 2001 WNBA draft
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| logo        = 
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| sport       = Basketball
| date        = April 20, 2001
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| network     = 
| league      = WNBA
| teams       = 
| first       = [[Lauren Jackson]]<br>[[Seattle Storm]]
| territorial = 
| prev        = [[2000 WNBA draft|2000]]
| next        = [[2002 WNBA draft|2002]]
}}

'''[[2001 in sports|2001]] [[WNBA draft]]'''

*On April 20, 2001, the regular WNBA draft took place.

==Key==
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==Draft==
===Round 1===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player
! style="width:5%;"| Position
! style="width:20%;"| Nationality
! style="width:25%;"| Team
! style="width:25%;"| School / club team
|-
| 1
| bgcolor="#98f5ff"|[[Lauren Jackson]] * ^ !
| F/C
| {{AUS}}
| [[Seattle Storm]]
| [[Canberra Capitals]] {{small|([[Women's National Basketball League|Australia]])}}
|-
| 2
| [[Kelly Miller (basketball)|Kelly Miller]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Charlotte Sting]]
| [[Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]]
|-
| 3
| bgcolor="#98f5ff"|[[Tamika Catchings]]{{efn|group=n|2002 Rookie of the Year}} * ^ !
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Indiana Fever]]
| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]
|-
| 4
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|'''[[Jackie Stiles]]'''{{efn|group=n|2001 Rookie of the Year}} <sup>+</sup> ^ 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Portland Fire]]
| [[Missouri State Lady Bears basketball|Southwest Missouri State]]{{efn|group=n|Became Missouri State in 2005.}}
|-
| 5
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|[[Ruth Riley]] <sup>+</sup> ^
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Miami Sol]]
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball|Notre Dame]]
|-
| 6
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|[[Deanna Nolan]] *
| G/F
| {{USA}}
| [[Detroit Shock]]
| [[Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]]
|-
| 7
| [[Svetlana Abrosimova]] 
| F
| {{RUS}}
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]]
|-
| 8
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Marie Ferdinand]] <sup>+</sup>
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Utah Starzz]]
| [[LSU Lady Tigers basketball|LSU]]
|-
| 9
| [[Coco Miller]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Washington Mystics]]
| [[Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]]
|-
| 10
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| [[Katie Douglas (basketball)|Katie Douglas]] *
| G/F
| {{USA}}
| [[Orlando Miracle]]
| [[Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball|Purdue]]
|-
| 11
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| [[Penny Taylor]] * ^
| F
| {{AUS}}
| [[Cleveland Rockers]]
| [[Dandenong Rangers]] {{small|(Australia)}}
|-
| 12
| [[LaQuanda Barksdale]] 
| G/F
| {{USA}}
| [[Portland Fire]] {{small|(from New York via Minnesota)}}{{efn|February 20, 2001: Minnesota to Portland<ref name=hrr>{{cite web |title=2001 WNBA Draft Order |url=https://thehrr.com/interviews/2001_wnba_draft_order.html |website=The Houston Roundball Review}}</ref>
*Portland acquired [[Kristin Folkl]] and New York's first-round pick
*Minnesota acquired [[Lynn Pride]] and [[Michele Van Gorp]]
September 13, 2000: New York to Minnesota
*Minnesota acquired a 2001 first-round pick
*New York acquired [[Grace Daley]]}}
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball|North Carolina]]
|-
| 13
| [[Kristen Veal]] 
| G
| {{AUS}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| Canberra Capitals {{small|(Australia)}}
|-
| 14
| [[Kelly Schumacher]] 
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Indiana Fever]] {{small|(from Sacramento)}}{{efn|April 11, 2001: Sacramento to Indiana<ref name=hrr/>
*Indiana acquired a first-round pick
*Sacramento acquired [[Kara Wolters]]}}
| [[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]]
|-
| 15
| [[Amanda Lassiter]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Houston Comets]]
| [[Missouri Tigers women's basketball|Missouri]]
|-
| 16
| [[Camille Cooper]] 
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| [[Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball|Purdue]]
|}

===Round 2===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player
! style="width:5%;"| Position
! style="width:20%;"| Nationality
! style="width:25%;"| Team
! style="width:25%;"| School / club team
|-
| 17
| [[Semeka Randall]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Seattle Storm]]
| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]
|-
| 18
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Tammy Sutton-Brown]] <sup>+</sup>
| C
| {{CAN}}
| [[Charlotte Sting]]
| [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball|Rutgers]]
|-
| 19
| [[Niele Ivey]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Indiana Fever]]
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball|Notre Dame]]
|-
| 20
| [[Jenny Mowe]] 
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Portland Fire]]
| [[Oregon Ducks women's basketball|Oregon]]
|-
| 21
| [[Georgia Schweitzer]] 
| G/F
| {{USA}}
| [[Miami Sol]]
| [[Duke Blue Devils women's basketball|Duke]]
|-
| 22
| [[Jae Kingi-Cross|Jae Kingi]] 
| G
| {{AUS}}
| [[Detroit Shock]]
| [[Adelaide Lightning]] {{small|(Australia)}}
|-
| 23
| [[Erin Perperoglou|Erin Buescher]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[The Master's University|Master's]]
|-
| 24
| [[Michaela Pavlíčková]] 
| F/C
| {{CZE}}
| [[Utah Starzz]]
| [[Denver Pioneers women's basketball|Denver]]
|-
| 25
| [[Tamara Stocks]] 
| F/C
| {{USA}}
| [[Washington Mystics]]
| [[Florida Gators women's basketball|Florida]]
|-
| 26
| [[Brooke Wyckoff]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Orlando Miracle]]
| [[Florida State Seminoles women's basketball|Florida State]]
|-
| 27
| [[Jaynetta Saunders]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Cleveland Rockers]]
| [[Texas A&M Aggies|Texas A&M]]
|-
| 28
| [[Janell Burse]] 
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Minnesota Lynx]] {{small|(from New York via Washington)}}{{efn|name=note_f|April 17, 2001: Three-team trade<ref name=hrr/>
*Minnesota acquired New York's second-round pick from Washington
*Washington acquired a third-round pick from New York and [[Annie Burgess]] from Minnesota
*New York acquired a fourth-round pick and [[Andrea Nagy]] from Washington}}
| [[Tulane Green Wave women's basketball|Tulane]]
|-
| 29
| [[Ilona Korstin]] 
| G/F
| {{RUS}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[Tango Bourges Basket|CJM Bourges Basket]] {{small|([[Ligue Féminine de Basketball|France]])}}
|-
| 30
| [[Jackie Moore (basketball, born 1979)|Jackie Moore]] 
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| [[Long Beach State 49ers women's basketball|Long Beach State]]
|-
| 31
| [[Tynesha Lewis]] 
| G/F
| {{USA}}
| [[Houston Comets]]
| [[NC State Wolfpack women's basketball|North Carolina State]]
|-
| 32
| [[Nicole Levandusky]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| [[Xavier Musketeers women's basketball|Xavier]]
|}

===Round 3===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player
! style="width:5%;"| Position
! style="width:20%;"| Nationality
! style="width:25%;"| Team
! style="width:25%;"| School / club team
|-
| 33
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[ShaRae Mansfield]] <sup>#</sup>
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Houston Comets]] {{small|(from Seattle)}}{{efn|May 27, 2000: Seattle to Houston<ref name=hrr/>
*Houston acquired a 2001 third-round pick
*Seattle acquired the draft rights to [[Andrea Garner]]}} 
| [[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|-
| 34
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Jennifer Phillips]] <sup>#</sup>
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Charlotte Sting]]
| [[Xavier Musketeers women's basketball|Xavier]]
|-
| 35
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Marlena Williams]] <sup>#</sup>
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Indiana Fever]]
| [[Missouri Tigers women's basketball|Missouri]]
|-
| 36
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Rasheeda Clark]] <sup>#</sup>
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Portland Fire]]
| [[Pepperdine Waves women's basketball|Pepperdine]]
|-
| 37
| [[Levys Torres]] 
| C
| {{COL}}
| [[Miami Sol]]
| [[Florida State Seminoles women's basketball|Florida State]]
|-
| 38
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Svetlana Volnaya]] <sup>#</sup>
| G/F
| {{flag|BLR|1995|name=Belarus}}
| [[Detroit Shock]]
| [[Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball|Virginia]]
|-
| 39
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Tombi Bell]] <sup>#</sup>
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[Miami Hurricanes women's basketball|Miami]]
|-
| 40
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Shea Ralph]] <sup>#</sup>
| G/F
| {{USA}}
| [[Utah Starzz]]
| [[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]]
|-
| 41
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Jamie Lewis (basketball)|Jamie Lewis]] <sup>#</sup>
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Washington Mystics]]
| [[Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball|Ohio State]]
|-
| 42
| [[Jaclyn Johnson]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Orlando Miracle]]
| [[Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball|Kansas]]
|-
| 43
| [[Angelina Wolvert]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Cleveland Rockers]]
| [[Oregon Ducks women's basketball|Oregon]]
|-
| 44
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Elena Karpova]] <sup>#</sup>
| F
| {{RUS}}
| [[Washington Mystics]] {{small|(from New York)}}{{efn|name=note_f|group=n}}
| [[MBK Ružomberok]] {{small|([[Slovak Women's Basketball Extraliga|Slovakia]])}}
|-
| 45
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Tere Williams]] <sup>#</sup>
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball|Virginia Tech]]
|-
| 46
| [[Maren Walseth]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| [[Penn State Lady Lions basketball|Penn State]]
|-
| 47
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Shala Crawford]] <sup>#</sup>
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Houston Comets]]
| [[Life University|Life]]
|-
| 48
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Kelley Siemon]] <sup>#</sup>
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball|Notre Dame]]
|}

===Round 4===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player
! style="width:5%;"| Position
! style="width:20%;"| Nationality
! style="width:25%;"| Team
! style="width:25%;"| School / club team
|-
| 49
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Juana Brown]] <sup>#</sup>
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Seattle Storm]]
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball|North Carolina]]
|-
| 50
| [[Reshea Bristol]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Charlotte Sting]]
| [[Arizona Wildcats women's basketball|Arizona]]
|-
| 51
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[April Brown (basketball)|April Brown]] <sup>#</sup>
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Indiana Fever]]
| [[LSU Lady Tigers basketball|LSU]]
|-
| 52
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Natasha Pointer]] <sup>#</sup>
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Portland Fire]]
| [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball|Rutgers]]
|-
| 53
| [[Carolyn Moos]] 
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]] {{small|(from Miami)}}{{efn|April 25, 2000: Miami to Phoenix<ref name=hrr/>
*Phoenix acquired a 2001 fourth-round pick
*Miami acquired the draft rights to Shantia Owens}}
| [[Stanford Cardinal women's basketball|Stanford]]
|-
| 54
| [[Kelly Santos]] 
| F
| {{BRA}}
| [[Detroit Shock]]
| [[Brazil]]
|-
| 55
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Megan Taylor (basketball)|Megan Taylor]] <sup>#</sup>
| G/F
| {{USA}}
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball|Iowa State]]
|-
| 56
| [[Cara Consuegra]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Utah Starzz]]
| [[Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball|Iowa]]
|-
| 57
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Taru Tuukkanen]] <sup>#</sup>
| F/C
| {{FIN}}
| [[New York Liberty]] {{small|(from Washington)}}{{efn|name=note_f}}
| [[Xavier Musketeers women's basketball|Xavier]]
|-
| 58
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Anne Thorius]] <sup>#</sup>
| G
| {{DEN}}
| [[Orlando Miracle]]
| [[Michigan Wolverines women's basketball|Michigan]]
|-
| 59
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Erin Batth]] <sup>#</sup>
| F/C
| {{USA}}
| [[Cleveland Rockers]]
| [[Clemson Tigers women's basketball|Clemson]]
|-
| 60
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Tara Mitchem]] <sup>#</sup>
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[New York Liberty]]
| [[Missouri State Lady Bears basketball|Southwest Missouri State]]
|-
| 61
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Megan Franza]] <sup>#</sup>
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[Washington Huskies women's basketball|Washington]]
|-
| 62
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Katie Smrcka-Duffy]] <sup>#</sup>
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| [[Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball|Georgetown]]
|-
| 63
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Kristen Clement]] <sup>#</sup>
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Houston Comets]]
| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]
|-
| 64
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Beth Record]] <sup>#</sup>
| G/F
| {{USA}}
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| [[Syracuse Orange women's basketball|Syracuse]]
|}
''Notes'':
{{notelist|group=n}}

== 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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