WNBA Draft 2007

WNBA Draft 2007
overview
date	April 4, 2007
place	Cleveland , Ohio , USA
Round	3
Selected players	39
1st position	Lindsey Harding Elected By: Minnesota Lynx
2nd position	Jessica Davenport Elected By: New York Liberty
3rd position	Armintie Price Elected By: Chicago Sky
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The eleventh WNBA Draft was held on April 4, 2007 at the Renaissance Hotels in Cleveland , Ohio , United States . The 13 WNBA teams had the chance to secure the rights to the most promising talents. Each team was allowed to choose one player per round.

The 2007 draft

On October 26, 2006, the selection order for a lottery was determined. They surprisingly won the Phoenix Mercury ahead of the San Antonio Silver Stars and the Chicago Sky . This was the first time that the team with the smallest chance of the first pick received it.

On January 3, 2007, the owners of the Charlotte Sting announced that they no longer wanted to fund the team. The WNBA did not find an owner for the team, which is why the players could be drafted by the other teams in the league in a dispersal draft on January 8th .

The WNBA Draft took place on April 4, 2007 at the Renaissance Hotels in Cleveland , Ohio , United States. As a first pick, the Mercury drew the American Lindsey Harding . After that, San Antonio picked Jessica Davenport in second place , followed by Armintie Price in third place. In total, the 13 franchises secured the rights to 39 players. The United States made up the majority with over three quarters of all female players. On the same day of the draft, Lindsey Harding was transferred to Minnesota for Tangela Smith . In addition, Jessica Davenport was transferred to New York for Becky Hammon and a second-round draft pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft on the same day, including a first-round draft pick in the 2008 WNBA draft.

Dispersal Draft

	Player	nationality	WNBA team	previous WNBA team
1	Monique Currie	United States	Chicago Sky	Charlotte Sting
2	Tangela Smith	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Charlotte Sting
3	Janel McCarville	United States	New York Liberty	Charlotte Sting
4th	Helen Darling	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Charlotte Sting
5	Kelly Mazzante	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Charlotte Sting
6th	Teana Miller	United States	Washington Mystics	Charlotte Sting
7th	Tye'sha Fluker	United States	Seattle Storm	Charlotte Sting
8th	Alena Leutschanka	Belarus	Houston Comets	Charlotte Sting
9	Sheri Sam	United States	Indiana Fever	Charlotte Sting
10	LaToya Bond	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Charlotte Sting
11	-	-	Detroit Shock	Charlotte Sting
12	Ayana Walker	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Charlotte Sting
13	-	-	Connecticut Sun	Charlotte Sting

The Sting players Tasha Butts and Summer Erb could not be selected by the other teams because their contract expired this season.

WNBA Draft

Round 1

Pick	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / Junior / Club team
1	Lindsey Harding	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix )	Duke
2	Jessica Davenport	United States	New York Liberty (from San Antonio )	Ohio State
3	Armintie Price	United States	Chicago Sky	Mississippi
4th	Noelle Quinn	United States	Minnesota Lynx	UCLA
5	Tiffany Jackson	United States	New York Liberty	Texas
6th	Bernice Mosby	United States	Washington Mystics	Baylor
7th	Katie Gearlds	United States	Seattle Storm	Purdue
8th	Ashley Shields	United States	Houston Comets	Southwest Tennessee CC
9	Alison Bales	United States	Indiana Fever	Duke
10	Carla Thomas	United States	Chicago Sky (from Sacramento )	Vanderbilt
11	Ivory Latta	United States	Detroit Shock	North Carolina
12	Kamesha Hairston	United States	Connecticut Sun (from Los Angeles )	Temple
13	Sandrine Gruda	France	Connecticut Sun	Valenciennes

round 2

Pick	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / Junior / Club team
14th	Dee Davis	United States	Houston Comets (from Chicago )	Vanderbilt
15th	Eshaya Murphy	United States	Minnesota Lynx	USC
16	Shay Doron	Israel	New York Liberty	Maryland
17th	Camille Little	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	North Carolina
18th	Tyresa Smith	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Delaware
19th	Megan Vogel	United States	Washington Mystics	South Dakota State
20th	Stephanie Raymond	United States	Chicago Sky (from Seattle )	Northern Illinois
21st	Jessica Dickson	United States	Chicago Sky (from Houston )	South Florida
22nd	Lyndsey Medders	United States	Indiana Fever	Iowa State
23	Brooke Smith	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Stanford
24	Kathrin Ress	Italy	Minnesota Lynx (from Detroit )	Boston College
25th	Sidney Spencer	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Tennessee
26th	Cori Chambers	United States	Connecticut Sun	Georgia

Round 3

Pick	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / Junior / Club team
27	Jenna Rubino	United States	Chicago Sky	DePaul
28	Leah Rush	United States	Phoenix Mercury (from Minnesota )	Oklahoma
29	Martina Weber	Germany	New York Liberty	Iona
30th	Nare Diawara	Mali	San Antonio Silver Stars	Virginia Tech
31	Chrissy Givens	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Middle Tennessee
32	Gillian Goring	Trinidad and Tobago	Washington Mystics	North Carolina State
33	Brandie Hoskins	United States	Seattle Storm	Ohio State
34	Kristen Newlin	United States	Houston Comets	Stanford
35	Ashley Key	United States	Indiana Fever	North Carolina State
36	Meg Bulger	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	West Virginia
37	Emily Westerberg	United States	Phoenix Mercury (from Detroit )	Arizona State
38	Amanda Brown	Canada	Los Angeles Sparks	Penn State
39	Kiera Hardy	United States	Connecticut Sun	Nebraska

Web links

• 2007 WNBA Draft (scroll to year)