WNBA Draft 2001

WNBA Draft 2001
overview
date	April 20, 2001
place	Secaucus , New Jersey , USA
Round	4th
Selected players	64
1st position	Lauren Jackson Elected By: Seattle Storm
2nd position	Kelly Miller Elected By: Charlotte Sting
3rd position	Tamika Catchings Selected by: Indiana Fever
WNBA Draft  <2000 2002>

The fifth WNBA Draft took place on April 20, 2001 at NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus , New Jersey , United States . The order of selection was determined in a lottery .

WNBA Draft

Round 1

Pick	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / Junior / Club team
1	Lauren Jackson (F / C)	Australia	Seattle Storm	Canberra Capitals ( WNBL )
2	Kelly Miller (G)	United States	Charlotte Sting	University of Georgia
3	Tamika Catchings (F)	United States	Indiana Fever	University of Tennessee
4th	Jackie Stiles (G)	United States	Portland Fire	Southwest Missouri State
5	Ruth Riley (C)	United States	Miami Sol	University of Notre Dame
6th	Deanna Nolan (G / F)	United States	Detroit Shock	University of Georgia
7th	Svetlana Abrosimova (F)	Russia	Minnesota Lynx	University of Connecticut
8th	Marie Ferdinand (G)	United States	Utah Starzz	Louisiana State University
9	Coco Miller (G)	United States	Washington Mystics	University of Georgia
10	Katie Douglas (G / F)	United States	Orlando Miracle	Purdue University
11	Penny Taylor (F)	Australia	Cleveland Rockers	Dandenong Rangers ( WNBL )
12	LaQuanda Barksdale (G / F)	United States	Portland Fire	University of North Carolina
13	Kristen Veal (G)	Australia	Phoenix Mercury	Australia
14th	Kelly Schumacher (C)	United States	Indiana Fever	University of Connecticut
15th	Amanda Lassiter (F)	United States	Houston Comets	University of Missouri
16	Camille Cooper (C)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Purdue University

round 2

Pick	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / Junior / Club team
17th	Semeka Randall (G)	United States	Seattle Storm	University of Tennessee
18th	Tammy Sutton-Brown (C)	Canada	Charlotte Sting	Rutgers University
19th	Niele Ivey (G)	United States	Indiana Fever	University of Notre Dame
20th	Jenny Mowe (C)	United States	Portland Fire	University of Oregon
21st	Georgia Schweitzer (G / F)	United States	Miami Sol	Duke University
22nd	Jae Kingi (G)	Australia	Detroit Shock	Australia
23	Erin Buescher (G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Master's College
24	Michaela Pavlickova (F / C)	Czech Republic	Utah Starzz	University of Denver
25th	Tamara Stocks (F / C)	United States	Washington Mystics	University of Florida
26th	Brooke Wyckoff (F)	United States	Orlando Miracle	Florida State University
27	Jaynetta Saunders (F)	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Texas A&M
28	Janell Burse (C)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Tulane University
29	Ilona Korstine (G / F)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Russia
30th	Jackie Moore (C)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	California State University, Long Beach
31	Tynesha Lewis (G / F)	United States	Houston Comets	North Carolina State University
32	Nicole Levandusky (G)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Xavier University

Round 3

Pick	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / Junior / Club team
33	ShaRae Mansfield (F)	United States	Houston Comets	Western Kentucky University
34	Jennifer Phillips (F)	United States	Charlotte Sting	Xavier University
35	Marlena Williams (F)	United States	Indiana Fever	University of Missouri
36	Rasheeda Clark (G)	United States	Portland Fire	Pepperdine University
37	Levys Torres (C)	United States	Miami Sol	Florida State University
38	Svetlana Volnaya (G / F)	Russia	Detroit Shock	University of Virginia
39	Tombi Bell (G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	University of Florida
40	Shea Ralph (G / F)	United States	Utah Starzz	University of Connecticut
41	Jamie Lewis (G)	United States	Washington Mystics	Ohio State University
42	Jaclyn Johnson (F)	United States	Orlando Miracle	University of Kansas
43	Angelina Wolvert (F)	United States	Cleveland Rockers	University of Oregon
44	Elena Karpova (F)	Russia	Washington Mystics	Russia
45	Tere Williams (F)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Virginia Tech University
46	Maren Walseth (F)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Pennsylvania State University
47	Shala Crawford (C)	United States	Houston Comets	Life University
48	Kelley Siemon (F)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	University of Notre Dame

Round 4

Pick	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / Junior / Club team
49	Juana Brown (G)	United States	Seattle Storm	University of Notre Dame
50	Reshea Bristol (G)	United States	Charlotte Sting	University of Arizona
51	April Brown (F)	United States	Indiana Fever	Louisiana State University
52	Natasha Pointer (G)	United States	Portland Fire	Rutgers University
53	Carolyn Moss (C)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Stanford University
54	Kelly Santos (F)	Brazil	Detroit Shock	Brazil
55	Megan Taylor (G / F)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Iowa State University
56	Cara Consuegra (G)	United States	Utah Starzz	University of Iowa
57	Taru Tuukkanen (F / C)	Finland	New York Liberty	Xavier University
58	Anne Thorius (G)	United States	Orlando Miracle	University of Michigan
59	Erin Batth (F / C)	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Clemson University
60	Tara Mitchem (G)	United States	New York Liberty	Missouri State University
61	Megan Franza (G)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	University of Washington
62	Katie Smrcka-Duffy (G)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Georgetown University
63	Kristen Clement (G)	United States	Houston Comets	University of Tennessee
64	Beth Record (G / F)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Syracuse University

Web links

• 2001 WNBA Draft (scroll to year)