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{{Short description|2007 meeting of WNBA teams to select players}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports draft
| name        = 2007 WNBA draft
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| logo        = 
| logosize    = 
| sport       = Basketball
| date        = April 4, 2007
| location    = [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Ohio]]
| network     = [[WNBA on ESPN|ESPN2]], [[NBATV]], [[ESPNU]]
| league      = WNBA
| merging_teams       = [[Charlotte Sting]] <br> (folded in 2006)
| first       = [[Lindsey Harding]]<br>[[Minnesota Lynx]]
| territorial = 
| prev        = [[2006 WNBA draft|2006]]
| next        = [[2008 WNBA draft|2008]]
}}

The '''2007 [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] [[WNBA draft|draft]]''' was the league's annual [[draft (sports)|process]] for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league.

A lottery was held on October 26, 2006, among the teams with the worst records in the previous season to determine the order of the top six picks in the first round of the draft. As in the [[NBA draft]], the teams' chances were weighted so that the team with the worst record, in this case the [[Chicago Sky]], had the best chance of receiving the top pick. The lottery was used to determine only the top two picks, with picks 3 through 6 going to the other lottery teams in inverse order of record. The [[Phoenix Mercury]], despite having the best record of the six teams involved and thus the worst mathematical chance of winning, drew the top pick. It was the first time since the institution of the lottery for the [[2002 WNBA Draft|2002 Draft]] that the top pick was earned by the team with the worst mathematical chance of winning. Also for the first time, the team with the second-worst odds of earning the top pick, in this case the [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio Silver Stars]], received the second pick.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/features/lottery_index_07.html |title=Phoenix Mercury Win Top Pick in 2007 WNBA Draft |publisher=WNBA |date=October 26, 2006 |access-date=January 6, 2007  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128050359/http://www.wnba.com/features/lottery_index_07.html |archive-date=January 28, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> The remaining first-round picks, plus all picks in the second and third rounds, are allocated in inverse order of regular-season record, without regard to playoff results (as in the NBA Draft).

The main draft was held on April 4, 2007, inside the [[Renaissance Hotel]] on [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]]'s [[Public Square, Cleveland|Public Square]], the day after the [[2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament]] ended.<ref name="Press Release on 2007 Draft">{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/draft_cleveland_070207.html |title=2007 WNBA Draft to Cap Weeklong Celebration of Women's Basketball in Cleveland |publisher=WNBA |date=February 7, 2007 |access-date=March 9, 2007  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314105455/http://www.wnba.com/news/draft_cleveland_070207.html |archive-date=March 14, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> This draft marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside of [[New Jersey]].

Additionally, on January 8, 2007, the WNBA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the [[Charlotte Sting]] who folded at the end of [[2006 WNBA season]].<ref name=recap>{{cite web |title=2007 Charlotte Sting Dispersal Draft Analysis |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/dispersalanalysis.html |website=WNBA |date= |access-date=May 25, 2025}}</ref>

==Key==
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==Draft==
===Round 1===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width=100|Pick
! width=300|Player
! width=200|Nationality
! width=350|Team
! width=300|School / club team
|-
| 1
| [[Lindsey Harding]] {{small| (traded to [[Minnesota Lynx|Minnesota]])}}
|rowspan=12| {{USA}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[Duke Blue Devils women's basketball|Duke]]
|-
| 2
| [[Jessica Davenport]] {{small|(traded to [[New York Liberty|New York]])}}
| [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio Silver Stars]]
| [[Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball|Ohio State]]
|-
| 3
| '''[[Armintie Price]]'''
| [[Chicago Sky]]
| [[Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball|Ole Miss]]
|-
| 4
| [[Noelle Quinn]]
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[UCLA Bruins women's basketball|UCLA]]
|-
| 5
| [[Tiffany Jackson (basketball)|Tiffany Jackson]]
| [[New York Liberty]]
| [[Texas Longhorns women's basketball|Texas]]
|-
| 6
| [[Bernice Mosby]]
| [[Washington Mystics]]
| [[Baylor Lady Bears basketball|Baylor]]
|-
| 7
| [[Katie Gearlds]]
| [[Seattle Storm]]
| [[Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball|Purdue]]
|-
| 8
| [[Ashley Shields]]
| [[Houston Comets]]
| [[Southwest Tennessee Community College|Southwest Tennessee CC]]
|-
| 9
| [[Alison Bales]]
| [[Indiana Fever]]
| Duke
|-
| 10
| [[Carla Thomas (basketball)|Carla Thomas]]
| Chicago Sky {{small|(from [[Sacramento Monarchs|Sacramento]])}}
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball|Vanderbilt]]
|-
| 11
| style="background-color:#FFCC00"|[[Ivory Latta]] <sup>+</sup>
| [[Detroit Shock]]
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball|North Carolina]]
|-
| 12
| [[Kamesha Hairston]]
| [[Connecticut Sun]] {{small|(from [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]])}}
| [[Temple Owls women's basketball|Temple]]
|-
| 13
| [[Sandrine Gruda]]
| {{FRA}}
| Connecticut Sun
| [[Union Sportive Valenciennes Olympic|Valenciennes]] <small>([[Ligue Féminine de Basketball|France]])</small>
|}

===Round 2===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width=100|Pick
! width=300|Player
! width=200|Nationality
! width=350|Team
! width=300|School / club team
|-
| 14
| [[Dee Davis]]
|rowspan=2| {{USA}}
| [[Houston Comets]] {{small|(from [[Chicago Sky|Chicago]])}}
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball|Vanderbilt]]
|-
| 15
| [[Shay Murphy]]
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[USC Trojans women's basketball|USC]]
|-
| 16
| [[Shay Doron]]
| {{ISR}}
| [[New York Liberty]]
| [[Maryland Terrapins women's basketball|Maryland]]
|-
| 17
| [[Camille Little]]
|rowspan=7| {{USA}}
| [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio Silver Stars]]
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball|North Carolina]]
|-
| 18
| [[Tyresa Smith]]
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball|Delaware]]
|-
| 19
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Megan Vogel <sup>#</sup>
| [[Washington Mystics]]
| [[South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball|South Dakota State]]
|-
| 20
| [[Stephanie Raymond]]
| [[Chicago Sky]] {{small|(from [[Seattle Storm|Seattle]])}}
| [[Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball|Northern Illinois]]
|-
| 21
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Jessica Dickson]] <sup>#</sup>
| [[Chicago Sky]] {{small|(from [[Houston Comets|Houston]])}}
| [[South Florida Bulls women's basketball|South Florida]]
|-
| 22
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Lyndsey Medders <sup>#</sup>
| [[Indiana Fever]]
| [[Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball|Iowa State]] 
|-
| 23
| [[Brooke Smith (basketball)|Brooke Smith]]
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| [[Stanford Cardinal women's basketball|Stanford]]
|-
| 24
| [[Kathrin Ress]]
| {{ITA}}
| [[Minnesota Lynx]] {{small|(from [[Detroit Shock|Detroit]])}}
| [[Boston College Eagles women's basketball|Boston College]]
|-
| 25
| [[Sidney Spencer]]
|rowspan=2| {{USA}}
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]
|-
| 26
| [[Cori Chambers]]
| [[Connecticut Sun]]
| [[Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]]
|}

===Round 3===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width=100|Pick
! width=300|Player
! width=200|Nationality
! width=350|Team
! width=300|School / club team
|-
| 27
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jenna Rubino <sup>#</sup>
|rowspan=2| {{USA}}
| [[Chicago Sky]]
| [[DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball|DePaul]]
|-
| 28
| [[Leah Rush]]
| [[Phoenix Mercury]] {{small|(from [[Minnesota Lynx|Minnesota]])}}
| [[Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball|Oklahoma]]
|-
| 29
| [[Martina Weber]]
| {{GER}}
| [[New York Liberty]]
| [[Iona Gaels women's basketball|Iona]]
|-
| 30
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Nare Diawara]] <sup>#</sup>
| {{MLI}}
| [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio Silver Stars]]
| [[Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball|Virginia Tech]]
|-
| 31
| [[Chrissy Givens]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball|Middle Tennessee]]
|-
| 32
| [[Gillian Goring]]
| {{TTO}}
| [[Washington Mystics]]
| [[NC State Wolfpack women's basketball|North Carolina State]]
|-
| 33
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Brandie Hoskins <sup>#</sup>
|rowspan=5| {{USA}}
| [[Seattle Storm]]
| [[Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball|Ohio State]]
|-
| 34
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Kristen Newlin]] <sup>#</sup>
| [[Houston Comets]]
| [[Stanford Cardinal women's basketball|Stanford]]
|-
| 35
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Ashley Key <sup>#</sup>
| [[Indiana Fever]]
| North Carolina State
|-
| 36
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Meg Bulger <sup>#</sup>
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| [[West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball|West Virginia]]
|-
| 37
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Emily Westerberg <sup>#</sup>
| [[Phoenix Mercury]] {{small|(from [[Detroit Shock|Detroit]])}}
| [[Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball|Arizona State]]
|-
| 38
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Amanda Brown <sup>#</sup>
| {{CAN}}
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| [[Penn State Lady Lions basketball|Penn State]]
|-
| 39
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Kiera Hardy <sup>#</sup>
| {{USA}}
| [[Connecticut Sun]]
| [[Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball|Nebraska]]
|}

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

==References==
;General
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*{{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 }}
{{Refend}}

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