WNBA elite draft
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In 1997, the Women's National Basketball Association was created.[1] In order to give new teams experienced talent, the league decided to have two drafts. An elite draft was held on February 27, 1997 to allow teams to pick players that had already graduated from college and have gone on to play professionally on in the United States or overseas.[2]
The standard collegiate draft that most professional sports leagues hold occurred on April 28, 1997, prior to the start of the 1997 WNBA season.[3]
Key
| Pos. | G | F | C |
| Position | Guard | Forward | Center |
Draft
The following is the list of how players were picked in the 1997 WNBA elite draft:[4]
Round 1
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | WNBA team | Former school/club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dena Head | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Utah Starzz | Tennessee |
| 2 | Isabelle Fijalkowski | C/F | Script error: No such module "flag". | Cleveland Rockers | Colorado |
| 3 | Rhonda Mapp | C/F | Script error: No such module "flag". | Charlotte Sting | North Carolina State |
| 4 | Kym Hampton + | C/F | New York Liberty | Arizona State | |
| 5 | Wanda Guyton | F | Houston Comets | South Florida | |
| 6 | Judy Mosley-McAfee | F | Sacramento Monarchs | Hawaii | |
| 7 | Bridget Pettis | F | Phoenix Mercury | Florida | |
| 8 | Daedra Charles ^ | C | Los Angeles Sparks | Tennessee |
Round 2
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | WNBA team | Former school/club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Wendy Palmer * | F | Script error: No such module "flag". | Utah Starzz | Virginia |
| 10 | Lynette Woodard ^ ! | G | Cleveland Rockers | Kansas | |
| 11 | Michi Atkins # | F | Charlotte Sting | Texas Tech | |
| 12 | Vickie Johnson + | F | New York Liberty | Louisiana Tech | |
| 13 | Janeth Arcain * ^ | F | Script error: No such module "flag". | Houston Comets | Polti |
| 14 | Mikiko Hagiwara | G | Template:Flagcountry | Sacramento Monarchs | Japan Energy Griffins |
| 15 | Nancy Lieberman-Cline ^ ! | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | Phoenix Mercury | Old Dominion |
| 16 | Zheng Haixia | C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Los Angeles Sparks | China |
References
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