2009 WNBA draft

The 2009 WNBA draft is the league's annual 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 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.

2009 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	December 8, 2008 – April 9, 2009
Location	Secaucus, New Jersey
Network(s)	ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
Overview
League	WNBA
Merging teams	Houston Comets (folded in 2008)
First selection	Angel McCoughtry Atlanta Dream
← 2008 2010 →

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 receive the first-round pick from the Los Angeles Sparks.
• The Atlanta Dream receive the first-round pick from the San Antonio Silver Stars.
• The San Antonio Silver Stars receive the second-round pick from the Atlanta Dream.
• The Connecticut Sun and the Minnesota Lynx have rights to swap second-round picks.
• The Washington Mystics receive the second-round pick from the Detroit Shock.
• The Atlanta Dream receive the second-round pick from the Seattle Storm.
• The Phoenix Mercury receive the third-round pick from the New York Liberty.
• The Minnesota Lynx receive the first-round and second-round pick from the Washington Mystics
• The Detroit Shock receive the second-round pick from the Atlanta Dream.

Key

^+	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
Bold	Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Dispersal draft

On December 1, 2008, the league announced that the Houston Comets would no longer operate. On December 8, a dispersal draft was held with teams being allowed to pick based on reverse order of 2008 records.

Pick	Player	Nationality	New team	Former team
1	Sancho Lyttle	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Atlanta Dream	Houston Comets
2	Matee Ajavon	United States	Washington Mystics	Houston Comets
3	Mistie Williams	United States	Chicago Sky	Houston Comets
4	Roneeka Hodges	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Houston Comets
5	Sequoia Holmes	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Houston Comets
6	Erica White	United States	Indiana Fever	Houston Comets
7	Renae Camino	Australia	Sacramento Monarchs	Houston Comets
8	Passed		New York Liberty	Houston Comets
9	Passed		Los Angeles Sparks	Houston Comets
10	Passed		Connecticut Sun	Houston Comets
11	Passed		Detroit Shock	Houston Comets
12	Passed		Seattle Storm	Houston Comets
13	Passed		San Antonio Silver Stars	Houston Comets
Note: Two former Comets players, Tamecka Dixon and Shannon Johnson, were not selected in this draft and therefore became free agents.
Note: Five former Comets players, Latasha Byears, Mwadi Mabika, Hamchetou Maiga-Ba, Michelle Snow and Tina Thompson were free agents and therefore not eligible for this draft.

College Draft

*	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-WNBA Team
^+	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
Bold	Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Angel McCoughtry ^*	United States	Atlanta Dream	Louisville
2	Marissa Coleman ^+	United States	Washington Mystics	Maryland
3	Kristi Toliver ^*	United States	Chicago Sky	Maryland
4	Renee Montgomery ^+	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Connecticut
5	DeWanna Bonner ^*	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Auburn
6	Briann January ^+	United States	Indiana Fever	Arizona State
7	Courtney Paris	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Oklahoma
8	Kia Vaughn	United States	New York Liberty	Rutgers
9	Quanitra Hollingsworth	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from L.A., via Wash.)	VCU
10	Chante Black	United States	Connecticut Sun	Duke
11	Shavonte Zellous ^+	United States	Detroit Shock	Pittsburgh
12	Ashley Walker	United States	Seattle Storm	California
13	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton	United States	Los Angeles Sparks (from S.A., via Atl.)	Purdue

Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
14	Megan Frazee	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars (from Atl.)	Liberty
15	Rashanda McCants	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Wash.)	North Carolina
16	Danielle Gant	United States	Chicago Sky	Texas A&M
17	Lyndra Littles	United States	Connecticut Sun (from Minn.)	Virginia
18	Britany Miller	United States	Detroit Shock (from Phx., via Atl.)	Florida State
19	Christina Wirth	United States	Indiana Fever	Vanderbilt
20	Whitney Boddie	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Auburn
21	Abby Waner	United States	New York Liberty	Duke
22	Ashley Paris	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Oklahoma
23	Camille LeNoir	United States	Washington Mystics (from Conn., via Minn.)	USC
24	Jelena Milovanović	Serbia	Washington Mystics (from Det.)	MKB Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary)
25	Shalee Lehning	United States	Atlanta Dream (from Sea.)	Kansas State
26	Sonja Petrović	Serbia	San Antonio Silver Stars	Spartak Moscow Region (Russia)

Round 3

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
27	Jessica Morrow	United States	Atlanta Dream	Baylor
28	Josephine Owino	Kenya	Washington Mystics	Union (TN)
29	Jenifer Risper	United States	Chicago Sky	Vanderbilt
30	Emily Fox	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Minnesota
31	Sha Brooks	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Florida
32	Danielle Campbell	United States	Indiana Fever	Purdue
33	Morgan Warburton	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Utah
34	Jessica Adair	United States	Phoenix Mercury (from N.Y.)	George Washington
35	Britney Jordan	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Texas A&M–Commerce
36	Alba Torrens	Spain	Connecticut Sun	Real Club Celta Indepo
37	Tanae Davis-Cain	United States	Detroit Shock	Florida State
38	Mara Freshour	United States	Seattle Storm	Florida State
39	Candyce Bingham	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Louisville

External links

• 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

See also

• List of first overall WNBA draft picks

References

• . WNBA. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2008.