2005 WNBA draft

The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The 2005 edition was the ninth in the WNBA's history.

On April 16, 2005, the WNBA draft took place at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.
The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2.

Key

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Janel McCarville	C	Script error: No such module "flag".	Charlotte Sting	Minnesota
2	Tan White	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Indiana Fever	Mississippi State
3	Sandora Irvin	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	Phoenix Mercury	TCU
4	Kendra Wecker	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	San Antonio Silver Stars	Kansas State
5	Sancho Lyttle ⁺	C	Script error: No such module "flag".	Houston Comets	Houston
6	Temeka Johnson	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Washington Mystics	LSU
7	Kara Braxton ⁺	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	Detroit Shock	Georgia
8	Katie Feenstra (traded to San Antonio)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	C	Script error: No such module "flag".	Connecticut Sun	Liberty
9	Kristin Haynie Template:Efn	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Sacramento Monarchs	Michigan State
10	Loree Moore	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	New York Liberty	Tennessee
11	Kristen Mann	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	Minnesota Lynx	UC Santa Barbara
12	Tanisha Wright	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Seattle Storm	Penn State
13	Dionnah Jackson ^#	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	Detroit Shock (from Los Angeles via Washington)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Oklahoma

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
14	Shyra Ely	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	San Antonio Silver Stars	Tennessee
15	Roneeka Hodges	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Houston Comets	Florida State
16	Yolanda Paige	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Indiana Fever	West Virginia
17	Jacqueline Batteast	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	Minnesota Lynx (from Charlotte)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Notre Dame
18	Angelina Williams	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	Phoenix Mercury	Illinois
19	Erica Taylor ^#	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Washington Mystics	Louisiana Tech
20	Nikita Bell ^#	F/G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Detroit Shock	North Carolina
21	Erin Phillips	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Connecticut Sun	Adelaide Lightning (Australia)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
22	Chelsea Newton	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Sacramento Monarchs	Rutgers
23	Tabitha Pool ^#	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	New York Liberty	Michigan
24	Jessica Moore	C	Script error: No such module "flag".	Charlotte Sting	Connecticut
25	Ashley Battle	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	Seattle Storm	Connecticut
26	DeeDee Wheeler ^#	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Los Angeles Sparks	Arizona

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
27	Cathrine Kraayeveld	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	San Antonio Silver Stars	Oregon
28	Jenni Dant ^#	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Houston Comets	DePaul
29	Ashley Earley ^#	G/F	Script error: No such module "flag".	Indiana Fever	Vanderbilt
30	Anne O'Neil ^#	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Sacramento Monarchs	Iowa State
31	Jamie Carey	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Phoenix Mercury	Texas
32	Tashia Morehead ^#	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	Washington Mystics	Florida
33	Jenni Lingor ^#	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Detroit Shock	Southwest Missouri State
34	Megan Mahoney	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	Connecticut Sun	Kansas State
35	Cisti Greenwalt	C	Script error: No such module "flag".	Sacramento Monarchs	Texas Tech
36	Rebecca Richman ^#	C	Script error: No such module "flag".	New York Liberty	Rutgers
37	Monique Bivins ^#	G	Script error: No such module "flag".	Minnesota Lynx	Alabama
38	Steffanie Blackmon ^#	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	Seattle Storm	Baylor
39	Heather Schreiber ^#	F	Script error: No such module "flag".	Los Angeles Sparks	Texas