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{{Short description|2006 meeting of WNBA teams to select players}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports draft
| name        = 2006 WNBA draft
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| logo        = 
| logosize    = 
| sport       = Basketball
| date        = April 5, 2006
| expansion_teams = [[Chicago Sky]]
| location    = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] (main draft)
| network     = [[WNBA on ESPN|ESPN2]], [[NBATV]], [[ESPNU]]
| league      = WNBA
| teams       = 
| first       = [[Seimone Augustus]]<br>[[Minnesota Lynx]]
| territorial = 
| prev        = [[2005 WNBA draft|2005]]
| next        = [[2007 WNBA draft|2007]]
}}
On April 5, 2006, the WNBA Draft took place at the [[Boston Convention and Exhibition Center]].  The draft was held in conjunction with the [[2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|2006 NCAA women's basketball tournament]], which had its championship game the night before at the [[TD Garden|TD Banknorth Garden]], now known as TD Garden, in [[Boston]]. This marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside [[New Jersey]].

The first round of the draft was televised on [[ESPN2]], while the second and third rounds were shown on [[ESPNU]] and [[NBA TV]]. [[Linda Cohn]] hosted the draft coverage. Four of the top six draft picks would be named to the All-Star Game in their rookie season: [[Seimone Augustus]], [[Cappie Pondexter]], [[Sophia Young]], and [[Candice Dupree]].

A separate [[2006 WNBA expansion draft|expansion draft]] for the [[Chicago Sky]] took place on November 16, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicago Sky chooses 13 players in expansion draft |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/chicago-sky-chooses-13-players-in-expansion-draft/n-3240931 |website=Our Sports Central |date=November 16, 2005|access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref> 

==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:25%;"| Nationality
! style="width:25%;"| Team
! style="width:20%;"| School / club team
|-
| 1
| bgcolor=#98f5ff|'''[[Seimone Augustus]]''' * ^ !
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[LSU Lady Tigers basketball|LSU]]
|-
| 2
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|[[Cappie Pondexter]] *
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball|Rutgers]]
|-
| 3
| [[Monique Currie]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Charlotte Sting]]
| [[Duke Blue Devils women's basketball|Duke]]
|-
| 4
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|[[Sophia Young]] *
| F
| {{VIN}}
| [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio Silver Stars]]
| [[Baylor Lady Bears basketball|Baylor]]
|-
| 5
| [[Lisa Willis]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]] {{small|(from [[Washington Mystics|Washington]])}}
| [[UCLA Bruins women's basketball|UCLA]]
|-
| 6
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Candice Dupree]] <sup>+</sup>
| F/C
| {{USA}}
| [[Chicago Sky]]
| [[Temple Owls women's basketball|Temple]]
|-
| 7
| [[Shona Thorburn]] 
| G
| {{CAN}}
| [[Minnesota Lynx]] {{small|(from [[Detroit Shock|Detroit]])}}
| [[Utah Utes women's basketball|Utah]]
|-
| 8
| [[Tamara James]] 
| G/F
| {{USA}}
| [[Washington Mystics]] {{small|(from [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]])}}
| [[Miami Hurricanes women's basketball|Miami (FL)]]
|-
| 9
| [[La'Tangela Atkinson]] 
| G/F
| {{USA}}
| [[Indiana Fever]]
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball|North Carolina]]
|-
| 10
| [[Tye'sha Fluker]] 
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Charlotte Sting]] {{small|(from [[Houston Comets|Houston]])}}
| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]
|-
| 11
| [[Barbara Turner (basketball)|Barbara Turner]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Seattle Storm]]
| [[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]]
|-
| 12
| [[Sherill Baker]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[New York Liberty]]
| [[Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]]
|-
| 13
| [[Kim Smith (basketball)|Kim Smith]] 
| F
| {{CAN}}
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| [[Utah Utes women's basketball|Utah]]
|-
| 14
| [[Scholanda Dorrell]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]] {{small|(from [[Connecticut Sun|Connecticut]] via [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio]])}}
| [[LSU Lady Tigers basketball|LSU]]
|}

===Round 2===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player
! style="width:5%;"| Position
! style="width:25%;"| Nationality
! style="width:25%;"| Team
! style="width:20%;"| School / club team
|-
| 15
| [[Ann Strother]] {{small|(traded to [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]])}}
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Houston Comets]] {{small|(from [[Charlotte Sting|Charlotte]])}}
| [[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]]
|-
| 16
| [[Shanna Zolman]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio Silver Stars]]
| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]
|-
| 17
| [[Ambrosia Anderson]] {{small|(traded to [[Minnesota Lynx|Minnesota]])}}
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Detroit Shock]] {{small|(from [[Minnesota Lynx|Minnesota]])}}
| [[BYU Cougars women's basketball|BYU]]
|-
| 18
| [[Liz Moeggenberg|Liz Shimek]] {{small|(traded to [[Houston Comets|Houston]])}}
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[Michigan State Spartans women's basketball|Michigan State]]
|-
| 19
| [[Nikki Blue]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Washington Mystics]]
| [[UCLA Bruins women's basketball|UCLA]]
|-
| 20
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jennifer Harris <sup>#</sup>
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Chicago Sky]]
| [[Washburn Ichabods|Washburn]]
|-
| 21
| [[Mistie Bass|Mistie Williams]] {{small|(traded to [[Houston Comets|Houston]])}}
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]] {{small|(from [[Detroit Shock|Detroit]])}}
| [[Duke Blue Devils women's basketball|Duke]]
|-
| 22
| [[Willnett Crockett]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| [[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]]
|-
| 23
| [[Brooke Queenan]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[New York Liberty]]
| [[Boston College Eagles women's basketball|Boston College]]
|-
| 24
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Renae Camino <sup>#</sup>
| G
| {{AUS}}
| [[Houston Comets]]
| [[Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL team)|AIS]] <small>([[Women's National Basketball League|Australia]])</small>
|-
| 25
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Dalila Eshe <sup>#</sup>
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Seattle Storm]]
| [[Florida Gators women's basketball|Florida]]
|-
| 26
| [[Kasha Terry]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Indiana Fever]]
| [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball|Georgia Tech]]
|-
| 27
| [[LaToya Bond]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Charlotte Sting]] {{small|(from [[Sacramento Monarchs|Sacramento]])}}
| [[Missouri Tigers women's basketball|Missouri]]
|-
| 28
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Debbie Merrill <sup>#</sup> 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Connecticut Sun]]
| [[Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball|Ohio State]]
|}

===Round 3===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player
! style="width:5%;"| Position
! style="width:25%;"| Nationality
! style="width:25%;"| Team
! style="width:20%;"| School / club team
|-
| 29
| [[Tiffany Stansbury]] 
| F/C
| {{USA}}
| [[Houston Comets]]
| [[NC State Wolfpack women's basketball|North Carolina State]]
|-
| 30
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Khara Smith <sup>#</sup>
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio Silver Stars]]
| [[DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball|DePaul]]
|-
| 31
| [[Megan Duffy]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball|Notre Dame]]
|-
| 32
| [[Crystal Smith (basketball)|Crystal Smith]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball|Iowa]]
|-
| 33
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Mariam Sy <sup>#</sup>
| C
| {{USA}}
| [[Washington Mystics]]
| [[Oklahoma City Stars women's basketball|Oklahoma City]]
|-
| 34
| [[Kerri Gardin]] 
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Chicago Sky]]
| [[Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball|Virginia Tech]]
|-
| 35
| [[Zane Teilane]] 
| C
| {{LAT}}
| [[Detroit Shock]]
| [[Western Illinois Leathernecks women's basketball|Western Illinois]]
|-
| 36
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Tiffany Porter-Talbert <sup>#</sup>
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| [[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|-
| 37
| [[Christelle N'Garsanet]] 
| C
| {{CIV}}
| [[New York Liberty]]
| [[Missouri Tigers women's basketball|Missouri]]
|-
| 38
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Jess Foley (sportswoman)|Jessica Foley]] <sup>#</sup>
| G
| {{AUS}}
| [[Indiana Fever]] {{Small|(from [[Houston Comets|Houston]])}}
| [[Duke Blue Devils women's basketball|Duke]]
|-
| 39
| [[Erin Grant]] 
| G
| {{USA}}
| [[Seattle Storm]]
| [[Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball|Texas Tech]]
|-
| 40
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Marina Kuzina <sup>#</sup>
| C
| {{RUS}}
| [[Indiana Fever]]
| [[Nadezhda Orenburg]] <small>([[Russian Women's Basketball Premier League|Russia]])</small>
|-
| 41
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Lamisha Augustine <sup>#</sup>
| F
| {{USA}}
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| [[San Jose State Spartans women's basketball|San Jose State]]
|-
| 42
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Marita Payne <sup>#</sup>
| C
| {{AUS}}
| [[Connecticut Sun]]
| [[Auburn Tigers women's basketball|Auburn]]
|}

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

==References==
{{reflist}}
*{{cite web | url=http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | title=All-Time WNBA draft history | access-date=2008-06-04 | publisher=WNBA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509153954/http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | archive-date=9 May 2008 | url-status=dead }}

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