WNBA Draft 2006
| WNBA Draft 2006 | |||
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| date | April 5, 2006 | ||
| place | Boston , Massachusetts , USA | ||
| Round | 3 | ||
| Selected players | 42 | ||
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| 1st position |
 Seimone Augustus Elected By: Minnesota Lynx |
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| 2nd position |
Cappie Pondexter Selected by: Phoenix Mercury |
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| 3rd position |
Monique Currie Elected by: Charlotte Sting |
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WNBA Draft
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The tenth WNBA Draft took place on April 5, 2006 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston , Massachusetts , United States . The order of selection was determined in a lottery .
But before the tenth WNBA draft was carried out, an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky took place on November 16, 2005 . This was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season when the Miami Sol , Portland Fire , Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm joined the league.
Expansion Draft
| player | nationality | WNBA team | previous WNBA team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jia Perkins (G) |
United States
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Chicago Sky | Charlotte Sting |
| 2 | Brooke Wyckoff (F) |
United States
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Chicago Sky | Connecticut Sun |
| 3 | Elaine Powell (G) |
United States
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Chicago Sky | Detroit Shock |
| 4th | Kiesha Brown (G) |
United States
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Chicago Sky | Houston Comets |
| 5 | Deanna Jackson (F) |
United States
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Chicago Sky | Indiana Fever |
| 6th | Laura Macchi (F) |
 Italy
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Chicago Sky | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 7th | Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert (F) |
United States
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Chicago Sky | Minnesota Lynx |
| 8th | DeTrina White (F) |
United States
|
Chicago Sky | New York Liberty |
| 9 | Ashley Robinson (C) |
United States
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Chicago Sky | Phoenix Mercury |
| 10 | Chelsea Newton (G) |
United States
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Chicago Sky | Sacramento Monarchs |
| 11 | Bernadette Ngoyisa (C) |
 Republic of the Congo
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Chicago Sky | San Antonio Silver Stars |
| 12 | Francesca Zara (G) |
Italy
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Chicago Sky | Seattle Storm |
| 13 | Stacey Dales-Schuman (G) |
 Canada
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Chicago Sky | Washington Mystics |
WNBA Draft
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Round 3
| Pick | Player | nationality | WNBA team | College / Junior / Club team |
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| 29 | Tiffany Stansbury (F / C) |
United States
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Houston Comets | North Carolina State |
| 30th | Khara Smith (F) |
United States
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San Antonio Silver Stars | DePaul |
| 31 | Megan Duffy (G) |
United States
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Minnesota Lynx | Notre Dame |
| 32 | Crystal Smith (G) |
United States
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Phoenix Mercury | Iowa |
| 33 | Miriam Sy (C) |
United States
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Washington Mystics | Oklahoma City |
| 34 | Kerri Gardin (F) |
United States
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Chicago Sky | Virginia Tech |
| 35 | Zane Teilane (C) |
 Latvia
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Detroit Shock | Western Illinois |
| 36 | Tiffany Porter-Talbert (G) |
United States
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Los Angeles Sparks | Western Kentucky |
| 37 | Christelle N'Garsanet (C) |
 Ivory Coast
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New York Liberty | Missouri |
| 38 | Jessica Foley (G) |
 Australia
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Indiana Fever | Duke |
| 39 | Erin Grant (G) |
United States
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Seattle Storm | Texas Tech |
| 40 | Marina Kuzina (C) |
 Russia
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Indiana Fever | Nadezha ( Russia ) |
| 41 | Lamisha Augustine (F) |
United States
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Sacramento Monarchs | San Jose State |
| 42 | Marita Payne (C) |
Australia
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Connecticut Sun | Auburn |