2003 WNBA draft
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox sports draft
The 2003 WNBA draft, both the dispersal draft and the annual WNBA draft, took place on April 24, 2003.
The dispersal draft involved players from the rosters of the Portland Fire and Miami Sol teams which had both folded after the 2002 season. For that reason, Miami's picks obtained in trades were lost.[1] Former Sol and Fire players not selected in the dispersal draft became unrestricted free agents.[2] The order of selection was determined by teams' 2002 regular season records, going from worst to first.[2]
Along with the folding of the Fire and the Sol, two teams moved to new cities. The Utah Starzz moved from Salt Lake City, Utah, to San Antonio, Texas, changing their name to the San Antonio Silver Stars, and the Orlando Miracle moved from Orlando, Florida, to Uncasville, Connecticut, to become the Connecticut Sun. The Sun became the first franchise not to be based in a city that also was home to an NBA franchise.
The draft itself also changed. Instead of the previous four-round format, the 2003 draft shrank to its current format of only three rounds.
Key
Draft
Round 1
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaToya Thomas | F | Script error: No such module "flag". | Cleveland Rockers | Mississippi State |
| 2 | Chantelle Anderson | C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Sacramento Monarchs | Vanderbilt |
| 3 | Cheryl Ford * | C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Detroit Shock | Louisiana Tech |
| 4 | Plenette Pierson + | F | Script error: No such module "flag". | Phoenix Mercury | Texas Tech |
| 5 | Kara Lawson + | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Detroit Shock (from Connecticut, traded to Sacramento) | Tennessee |
| 6 | Gwen Jackson | F | Script error: No such module "flag". | Indiana Fever | Tennessee |
| 7 | Aiysha Smith | C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Washington Mystics | LSU |
| 8 | Jung Sun-min | C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Seattle Storm | Gwangju Sinsegye Coolcats (South Korea) |
| 9 | Jocelyn Penn | F | Script error: No such module "flag". | Charlotte Sting | South Carolina |
| 10 | Molly Creamer # | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | New York Liberty | Bucknell |
| 11 | Coretta Brown | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | San Antonio Silver Stars | North Carolina |
| 12 | Allison Curtin # | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Houston Comets (traded to Detroit) | Tulsa |
Round 2
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Courtney Coleman | F | Script error: No such module "flag". | Connecticut Sun (from Detroit) | Ohio State |
| 14 | Teresa Edwards ^ ! | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Minnesota Lynx | Georgia |
| 15 | Jennifer Butler # | C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Cleveland Rockers | Massachusetts |
| 16 | Petra Ujhelyi | F/C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Phoenix Mercury (traded to Detroit) | South Carolina |
| 17 | Erin Thorn | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | New York Liberty (from Sacramento) | BYU |
| 18 | Jordan Adams | C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Minnesota Lynx (from Miami) | New Mexico |
| 19 | Lori Nero # | F/C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Houston Comets (from Connecticut) | Louisville |
| 20 | DeTrina White | F | Script error: No such module "flag". | Indiana Fever | LSU |
| 21 | Zuzana Žirková | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Washington Mystics | Gambrinus Sika Brno (Czech Republic)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 22 | Suzy Batkovic | C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Seattle Storm | Valenciennes (France) |
| 23 | Dana Cherry # | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Charlotte Sting | Arkansas |
| 24 | Sonja Mallory | C | Script error: No such module "flag". | New York Liberty | Georgia Tech |
| 25 | Ke-Ke Tardy # | F | Script error: No such module "flag". | San Antonio Silver Stars | LSU |
| 26 | K. B. Sharp | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | New York Liberty (from Houston) | Cincinnati |
| 27 | Schuye LaRue # | F | Script error: No such module "flag". | Los Angeles Sparks | Virginia |
Round 3
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Syreeta Bromfield # | F | Script error: No such module "flag". | Detroit Shock | Michigan State |
| 29 | Carla Bennett # | C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Minnesota Lynx | Drake |
| 30 | Shaquala Williams | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Cleveland Rockers | Oregon |
| 31 | Telisha Quarles # | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Phoenix Mercury (traded to Detroit) | Virginia |
| 32 | Trish Juhline # | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Washington Mystics (from Sacramento) | Villanova |
| 33 | Marion Jones | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Phoenix Mercury (from Miami) | North Carolina |
| 34 | Lindsey Wilson # | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Connecticut Sun | Iowa State |
| 35 | Ashley McElhiney # | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Indiana Fever | Vanderbilt |
| 36 | Tamara Bowie # | F | Script error: No such module "flag". | Washington Mystics | Ball State |
| 37 | Chrissy Floyd # | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Seattle Storm | Clemson |
| 38 | Constance Jinks # | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Houston Comets (from Charlotte) | UNLV |
| 39 | Nicole Kaczmarski # | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | New York Liberty | UCLA |
| 40 | Brooke Armistead # | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | San Antonio Silver Stars | Austin Peay |
| 41 | Oxana Rakhmatulina # | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Houston Comets | CSKA Samara (Russia)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 42 | Mary Jo Noon # | C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Los Angeles Sparks | Purdue |
See also
References
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Template:WNBA Drafts Template:2003 WNBA draft Template:2003 WNBA season by team