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{{Short description|2009 meeting of WNBA teams to select players}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports draft
| name        = 2009 WNBA draft
| image       = 2009WNBADraft.jpg
| caption     = 
| logo        = 
| logosize    = 
| sport       = Basketball
| date        = December 8, 2008 – April 9, 2009
| location    = [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]], [[New Jersey]]
| network     = [[WNBA on ESPN|ESPN2]], [[NBATV]], [[ESPNU]]
| league      = WNBA
| teams       = 
| first       = [[Angel McCoughtry]]<br>[[Atlanta Dream]]
| merging_teams = [[Houston Comets]] <br> (folded in 2008)
| territorial = 
| prev        = [[2008 WNBA draft|2008]]
| next        = [[2010 WNBA draft|2010]]
}}

The '''[[2009 WNBA season|2009]] [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] [[WNBA draft|draft]]''' is the league's annual [[draft (sports)|process]] for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on [[ESPN2]] (in [[high-definition television|HD]] for the first time ever) at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on [[ESPNU]] and [[NBA TV]] at 4:00pm.

Additionally, on December 8, 2008, the WNBA held a [[2009 WNBA dispersal draft|dispersal draft]] to re-assign players from the [[Houston Comets]] who folded at the end of [[2008 WNBA season]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2008 Houston Comets Dispersal Draft Analysis |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/comets_dispersal_analysis_081208.html |website=WNBA |date=December 8, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Defunct Houston Comets Hold Dispersal Draft |url=https://www.npr.org/2008/12/09/97992281/defunct-houston-comets-hold-dispersal-draft |work=[[NPR]] |date=December 9, 2008 |access-date=May 25, 2025}}</ref>

==Draft lottery==
A lottery was held on December 9, 2008. The [[Atlanta Dream]] received the first overall selection of upcoming 2009 draft. The [[Washington Mystics]] received the number two selection. The [[Chicago Sky]] came up with the third overall selection, followed by the [[Minnesota Lynx]] at four, the [[Phoenix Mercury]] at number five. For the first time in WNBA history, the lottery balls were chosen exactly according to odds. Some of the top draftees were [[Angel McCoughtry]], [[Marissa Coleman]], [[Kristi Toliver]], and [[Renee Montgomery]].

==Transactions==
*The [[Washington Mystics]] received the first-round pick from the [[Los Angeles Sparks]].
*The [[Atlanta Dream]] received the first-round pick from the [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio Silver Stars]].
*The [[San Antonio Silver Stars]] received the second-round pick from the [[Atlanta Dream]].
*The [[Connecticut Sun]] and the [[Minnesota Lynx]] had rights to swap second-round picks.
*The [[Washington Mystics]] received the second-round pick from the [[Detroit Shock]].
*The [[Atlanta Dream]] received the second-round pick from the [[Seattle Storm]].
*The [[Phoenix Mercury]] received the third-round pick from the [[New York Liberty]].
*The [[Minnesota Lynx]] received the first-round and second-round pick from the [[Washington Mystics]]
*The [[Detroit Shock]] received the second-round pick from the [[Atlanta Dream]].

==Key==
{{WNBA Draft legend|1=y|2=y|3=y|4=y|6=y|7=y}}

==Draft==
===Round 1===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width=100|Pick
! width=300|Player
! width=200|Nationality
! width=350|Team
! width=300|School / club team
|-
| 1
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|'''[[Angel McCoughtry]]''' *
| rowspan=13| {{USA}}
| [[Atlanta Dream]]
| [[2008–09 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team|Louisville]]
|-
| 2
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Marissa Coleman]] <sup>+</sup>
| [[Washington Mystics]]
| rowspan=2| [[Maryland Terrapins women's basketball|Maryland]]
|-
| 3
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|[[Kristi Toliver]] *
| [[Chicago Sky]]
|-
| 4
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Renee Montgomery]] <sup>+</sup>
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[2008–09 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
|-
| 5
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|[[DeWanna Bonner]] *
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[2008–09 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team|Auburn]]
|-
| 6
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Briann January]] <sup>+</sup>
| [[Indiana Fever]]
| [[Arizona State Sun Devils|Arizona State]]
|-
| 7
| [[Courtney Paris]]
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| [[2008–09 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team|Oklahoma]]
|-
| 8
| [[Kia Vaughn]]
| [[New York Liberty]]
| [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball|Rutgers]]
|-
| 9
| [[Quanitra Hollingsworth]]
| Minnesota Lynx {{small|(from [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]], via [[Washington Mystics|Washington]])}}
| [[VCU Rams women's basketball|VCU]]
|-
| 10
| [[Chante Black]]
| [[Connecticut Sun]]
| [[2008–09 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team|Duke]]
|-
| 11
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Shavonte Zellous]] <sup>+</sup>
| [[Detroit Shock]]
| [[Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball|Pittsburgh]]
|-
| 12
| [[Ashley Walker (basketball)|Ashley Walker]]
| [[Seattle Storm]]
| [[California Golden Bears women's basketball|California]]
|-
| 13
| [[Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton]]
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]] {{small|(from [[San Antonio Silver Stars|San Antonio]], via [[Atlanta Dream|Atlanta]])}}{{refn|April 9, 2008: San Antonio to Atlanta<ref>{{cite web |title=San Antonio Acquires Ann Wauters, Morenike Atunrase In Draft Day Trade With Atlanta |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/stars/news/draft_recap_080409.html |website=WNBA |date= |access-date=June 28, 2025}}</ref>
* San Antonio acquired [[Ann Wauters]], [[Morenike Atunrase]], and a ''2009 second round draft pick''
* Atlanta acquired [[Camille Little]], [[Chioma Nnamaka]], and a ''2009 first round draft pick''|name=SANATL|group=lower-alpha}}
| [[Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball|Purdue]]
|}

===Round 2===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width=100|Pick
! width=300|Player
! width=200|Nationality
! width=350|Team
! width=300|School / club team
|-
| 14
| [[Megan Frazee]]
|rowspan=10| {{USA}}
| [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio Silver Stars]] {{small|(from [[Atlanta Dream|Atlanta]])}}{{efn|name=SANATL|group=lower-alpha}}
| [[Liberty Lady Flames basketball|Liberty]]
|-
| 15
| [[Rashanda McCants]]
| [[Minnesota Lynx]] {{small|(from Washington)}}
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball|North Carolina]]
|-
| 16
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Danielle Gant]] <sup>#</sup>
| [[Chicago Sky]]
| [[Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball|Texas A&M]]
|-
| 17
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Lyndra Littles]] <sup>#</sup>
| [[Connecticut Sun]] {{small|(from [[Minnesota Lynx|Minnesota]])}}
| [[Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball|Virginia]]
|-
| 18
| [[Britany Miller]]
| [[Detroit Shock]] {{small|(from [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]], via [[Atlanta Dream|Atlanta]])}}
| [[Florida State Seminoles women's basketball|Florida State]]
|-
| 19
| [[Christina Wirth]]
| [[Indiana Fever]]
| [[2008–09 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team|Vanderbilt]]
|-
| 20
| [[Whitney Boddie]]
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| [[Auburn Tigers women's basketball|Auburn]]
|-
| 21
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Abby Waner]] <sup>#</sup>
| [[New York Liberty]]
| [[Duke Blue Devils women's basketball|Duke]]
|-
| 22
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Ashley Paris]] <sup>#</sup>
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| [[Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball|Oklahoma]]
|-
| 23
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Camille LeNoir]] <sup>#</sup>
| [[Washington Mystics]] {{small|(from [[Connecticut Sun|Connecticut]], via [[Minnesota Lynx|Minnesota]])}}
| [[USC Trojans women's basketball|USC]]
|-
| 24
| [[Jelena Milovanović]]
| {{SRB}}
| Washington Mystics {{small|(from [[Detroit Shock|Detroit]])}}
| [[Sopron Basket|MKB Euroleasing Sopron]] {{small|([[Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (women's basketball)|Hungary]])}}
|-
| 25
| [[Shalee Lehning]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Atlanta Dream]] {{small|(from [[Seattle Storm|Seattle]])}}
| [[Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball|Kansas State]]
|-
| 26
| [[Sonja Vasić|Sonja Petrović]]
| {{SRB}}
| San Antonio Silver Stars
| [[WBC Spartak Moscow Region|Spartak Moscow Region]] {{small|([[Russian Women's Basketball Premier League|Russia]])}}
|}

===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| Jessica Morrow <sup>#</sup>
| {{USA}}
| [[Atlanta Dream]]
| [[Baylor Lady Bears basketball|Baylor]]
|-
| 28
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Josephine Owino]] <sup>#</sup>
| {{KEN}}
| [[Washington Mystics]]
| [[Union University|Union]]
|-
| 29
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Jenifer Risper]] <sup>#</sup>
| rowspan=7| {{USA}}
| [[Chicago Sky]]
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball|Vanderbilt]]
|-
| 30
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Emily Fox (basketball)|Emily Fox]] <sup>#</sup>
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball|Minnesota]]
|-
| 31
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Sha Brooks <sup>#</sup>
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| [[Florida Gators women's basketball|Florida]]
|-
| 32
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Danielle Campbell <sup>#</sup>
| [[Indiana Fever]]
| [[Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball|Purdue]]
|-
| 33
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Morgan Warburton]] <sup>#</sup>
| [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| [[Utah Utes women's basketball|Utah]] 
|-
| 34
| [[Jessica Adair]]
| Phoenix Mercury {{small|(from [[New York Liberty|New York]])}}
| [[George Washington Colonials women's basketball|George Washington]]
|-
| 35
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Britney Jordan <sup>#</sup>
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| [[Texas A&M–Commerce Lions women's basketball|Texas A&M–Commerce]]
|-
| 36
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| [[Alba Torrens]] <sup>#</sup>
| {{ESP}}
| [[Connecticut Sun]]
| [[Celta de Vigo Baloncesto|Real Club Celta Indepo]] {{small|([[Liga Femenina de Baloncesto|Spain]])}}
|-
| 37
| [[Tanae Davis-Cain]]
|rowspan=3| {{USA}}
| [[Detroit Shock]]
|rowspan=2| [[Florida State Seminoles women's basketball|Florida State]]
|-
| 38
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Mara Freshour <sup>#</sup>
| [[Seattle Storm]]
|-
| 39
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Candyce Bingham <sup>#</sup>
| [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio Silver Stars]]
| [[Louisville Cardinals women's basketball|Louisville]]
|-
|}

== Footnotes ==
{{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

==External links==
*[http://www.wnba.com/mystics/news/harding_090130.html Lynx trade Harding, the 23rd overall in 2009, and 2010 second round pick to the Mystics for the 9th and 15th overall picks in 2009]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090825071441/http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html 2009 WNBA Draft Board]

== 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 |publisher=WNBA |access-date=November 16, 2008  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012083033/http://wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |url-status=dead }}

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