WNBA Draft 2009

WNBA Draft 2009
overview
date	April 9, 2009
place	Secaucus , New Jersey , USA
Round	3
Selected players	39
1st position	Angel McCoughtry Selected by: Atlanta Dream
2nd position	Marissa Coleman Elected By: Washington Mystics
3rd position	Kristi Toliver Elected By: Chicago Sky
WNBA Draft  <2008 2010>

The 13th WNBA Draft took place on April 9, 2009. The 13 WNBA teams had the chance to secure the rights to the most promising talents. Each team may choose one player per round.

The 2009 draft

Since the Houston Comets ceased operations on December 2, 2008, a dispersal draft took place on December 8 .

On December 9, 2008, the order of selection for a lottery was determined. They won the Atlanta Dream ahead of the Washington Mystics.

The WNBA draft itself went over three rounds. A total of 39 players were selected. The United States made up the majority with 35 players.

Dispersal Draft

#	Player	nationality	WNBA team	previous WNBA team
1	Sancho Lyttle	United States	Atlanta Dream	Houston Comets
2	Matee Ajavon	United States	Washington Mystics	Houston Comets
3	Mistie Williams	United States	Chicago Sky	Houston Comets
4th	Roneeka Hodges	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Houston Comets
5	Sequoia Holmes	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Houston Comets
6th	Erica White	United States	Indiana Fever	Houston Comets
7th	Ranae Camino	France	Sacramento Monarchs	Houston Comets
8th	declined	-	New York Liberty	Houston Comets
9	declined	-	Los Angeles Sparks	Houston Comets
10	declined	-	Connecticut Sun	Houston Comets
11	declined	-	Detroit Shock	Houston Comets
12	declined	-	Seattle Storm	Houston Comets
13	declined	-	San Antonio Silver Stars	Houston Comets

The two Comets players Tamecka Dixon and Shannon Johnson were not selected by any team in the draft and thus became free agents. Five other Comets players ( Latasha Byears , Mwadi Mabika , Hamchétou Maïga-Ba , Michelle Snow and Tina Thompson ) expired at the end of the 2008 season, so they became free agents before the Dispersal Draft.

WNBA Draft

Round 1

Pick	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / Junior / Club team
1	Angel McCoughtry	United States	Atlanta Dream	University of Louisville
2	Marissa Coleman	United States	Washington Mystics	University of Maryland
3	Kristi Toliver	United States	Chicago Sky	University of Maryland
4th	Renee Montgomery	United States	Minnesota Lynx	University of Connecticut
5	DeWanna Bonner	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Auburn University
6th	Briann January	United States	Indiana Fever	Arizona State University
7th	Courtney Paris	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	University of Oklahoma
8th	Kia Vaughn	United States	New York Liberty	Rutgers University
9	Quanitra Hollingsworth	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Los Angeles Lakers, via Washington Mystics)	Virginia Commonwealth University
10	Chante Black	United States	Connecticut Sun	Duke University
11	Shavonte Zellous	United States	Detroit Shock	University of Pittsburgh
12	Ashley Walker	United States	Seattle Storm	University of California
13	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton	United States	Los Angeles Sparks (from Atlanta Dream)	Purdue University

round 2

Pick	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / Junior / Club team
14th	Megan Frazee	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Liberty
15th	Rashanda McCants	United States	Minnesota Lynx (by Washington Mystics)	North Carolina
16	Danielle Gant	United States	Chicago Sky	Texas A&M
17th	Lyndra Littles	United States	Connecticut Sun	Virginia
18th	Britany Miller	United States	Detroit Shock (from Phoenix Mercury, via Atlanta Dream)	Florida State
19th	Christina Wirth	United States	Indiana Fever	Vanderbilt
20th	Whitney Boddie	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Auburn
21st	Abby Waner	United States	New York Liberty	Duke
22nd	Ashley Paris	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Oklahoma
23	Camille LeNoir	United States	Washington Mystics (from Connecticut Sun, via Minnesota Lynx)	Southern California
24	Jelena Milovanovic	Serbia	Washington Mystics (from Detroit Shock)	MKB Euroleasing Sopron
25th	Shalee Lehning	United States	Atlanta Dream (from Seattle Storm)	Kansas State
26th	Sonja Petrovic	Serbia	San Antonio Silver Stars	Serbia

Round 3

Pick	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / Junior / Club team
27	Jessica Morrow	United States	Atlanta Dream	Baylor
28	Josephine Owino	Kenya	Washington Mystics	union
29	Jenifer Risper	United States	Chicago Sky	Vanderbilt
30th	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 New York Liberty)	George Washington
35	Britney Jordan	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Texas A&M Commerce
36	Alba Torrens	Spain	Connecticut Sun	Real Club Celto 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

Web links

• 2009 WNBA Draft