WNBA Draft 2010

WNBA Draft 2010
overview
date	April 8, 2010
place	Secaucus , New Jersey , USA
Round	3
Selected players	36
1st position	Tina Charles Elected By: Connecticut Sun
2nd position	Monica Wright Elected By: Minnesota Lynx
3rd position	Kelsey Griffin Elected By: Minnesota Lynx
WNBA Draft  <2009 2011>

The WNBA Draft 2010 was the 14th talent draw of the Women's National Basketball Association and took place on April 8, 2010 at the NBA Studios in Secaucus , New Jersey . The first round of the draft was broadcast nationwide on ESPN2. The second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.

With the First Overall Draft Pick, the Connecticut Sun chose Tina Charles from the United States . The Americans Monica Wright and Kelsey Griffin from the Minnesota Lynx were selected in second and third place . A total of 36 players from six nations were selected from the WNBA franchises in three rounds. The only European players selected were Romanian Gabriela Marginean (Connecticut Sun) in 26th, British Johannah Leedham (Minnesoty Lynx) in 27th and Hungarian Tijana Krivacevic ( Seattle Storm ) in 34th.

Draft order

The draft order was determined by the draft lottery on November 5, 2009 after the end of the 2009 season . The five teams that did not qualify for the play-offs in the 2009 season took part; or their right to vote holder. The worst team in the regular season had a 42 percent chance of winning the lottery; the top two of the five teams not qualified for the playoffs had a 7.6 percent chance.

The Minnesota Lynx won the lottery and moved up from second to first place in the draft order (Note: the Lynx were represented twice in the lottery: once by the draft right they received from the New York Liberty (2nd . Rank) and once by their own draft right (3rd rank)). The Sacramento Monarchs , the worst team of the regular season, slipped to second place in the draft order despite the highest chance of victory.

The draft order of the eight play-off participants was set based on their table status in the regular season. The rule was that the team with the fewest wins was sixth. The draft order only applied to the first round of the draft. The draft order of the second and third round was determined purely on the basis of the table status in the regular season. However, the teams had the opportunity to acquire voting rights from other teams via transfers or to give their own to other teams.

Transfer of first-round voting rights

date	From	To	annotation
March 26, 2009	Phoenix Mercury	Los Angeles Sparks	The Phoenix Mercury transferred their first-round voting rights to Los Angeles in exchange for Temeka Johnson .
May 5, 2009	Los Angeles Sparks New York Liberty	Minnesota Lynx	The Minnesota Lynx received first-round voting rights (2nd place in the lottery) from the New York Liberty in a swap deal with the Los Angeles Sparks.
January 12, 2010	Minnesota Lynx Connecticut Sun	Connecticut Sun Minnesota Lynx	The Minnesota Lynx transferred their first round suffrage (1st position) and Renee Montgomery to Connecticut in exchange for their first round suffrage (2nd position) and Lindsay Whalen .
April 7, 2010	Tulsa Shock	Connecticut Sun	The Tulsa Shock transferred their first round suffrage in the 2010 draft and their second round suffrage in the 2011 draft to Connecticut in exchange for Amber Holt and Chante Black .

Dispersal Draft

After the Sacramento Monarchs closed their gaming operations on November 20, 2009, a dispersal draft was held on December 14 for the players in the franchise . The Monarchs players Kara Lawson , Hamchétou Maïga-Ba and Ticha Penicheiro became free agents prior to the Dispersal Draft , as their contracts expired at the end of the 2009 season. Thus they were not available for the dispersal draft.

#	Player	nationality	WNBA team	previous WNBA team
1.	Nicole Powell	United States	New York Liberty	Sacramento Monarchs
2.	Rebekkah Brunson	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Sacramento Monarchs
3.	DeMya Walker	United States	Connecticut Sun	Sacramento Monarchs
4th	Courtney Paris	United States	Chicago Sky	Sacramento Monarchs
5.	Laura Harper	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Sacramento Monarchs
6th	Kristin Haynie	United States	Washington Mystics	Sacramento Monarchs
7th	Scholanda Robinson	United States	Tulsa Shock	Sacramento Monarchs
8th.	declined	-	Los Angeles Sparks	Sacramento Monarchs
9.	declined	-	Atlanta Dream	Sacramento Monarchs
10.	Chelsea Newton	United States	Seattle Storm	Sacramento Monarchs
11.	declined	-	Indiana Fever	Sacramento Monarchs
12.	declined	-	Phoenix Mercury	Sacramento Monarchs

WNBA Draft

Round 1

#	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / professional team
1.	Tina Charles	United States	Connecticut Sun (from New York Liberty , via Los Angeles Sparks and Minnesota Lynx )	University of Connecticut
2.	Monica Wright	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Connecticut Sun )	University of Virginia
3.	Kelsey Griffin	United States	Minnesota Lynx	University of Nebraska
4th	Epiphanny Prince	United States	Chicago Sky	Rutgers University / Turkey
5.	Jayne Appel	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Stanford University
6th	Jacinta Monroe	United States	Washington Mystics	Florida State University
7th	Danielle McCray	United States	Connecticut Sun (by Tulsa Shock )	University of Kansas
8th.	Andrea Riley	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Oklahoma State University
9.	Chanel Mokango	Republic of the Congo	Atlanta Dream	Mississippi State University
10.	Alison Lacey	Australia	Seattle Storm	Iowa State University
11.	Jené Morris	United States	Indiana Fever	San Diego State University
12.	Bianca Thomas	United States	Los Angeles Sparks (by Phoenix Mercury )	University of Mississippi

round 2

#	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / professional team
13.	Kalana Greene	United States	New York Liberty	University of Connecticut
14th	Jenna Smith	United States	Washington Mystics (from Minnesota Lynx )	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
15th	Allison Hightower	United States	Connecticut Sun	Louisiana State University
16.	Ashley Houts	United States	New York Liberty (by Chicago Sky )	University of Georgia
17th	Alysha Clark	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Middle Tennessee State University
18th	Shanavia Dowdell	United States	Washington Mystics	Louisiana Tech University
19th	Amanda Thompson	United States	Tulsa Shock	University of Oklahoma
20th	Angel Robinson	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	University of Georgia
21st	Brigitte Ardossi	Australia	Atlanta Dream	University of Georgia
22nd	Tanisha Smith	United States	Seattle Storm	Texas A&M University
23.	Armelie Lumanu	United States	Indiana Fever	Mississippi State University
24.	Tyra Grant	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Penn State University

Round 3

#	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / professional team
25th	Cory Montgomery	United States	New York Liberty	University of Nebraska
26th	Gabriela Marginean	Romania	Minnesota Lynx	Drexel University
27.	Johannah Leedham	United Kingdom	Connecticut Sun	Franklin Pierce University
28.	Abi Olajuwon	United States	Chicago Sky	University of Oklahoma
29	Alexis Rack	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Mississippi State University
30th	Alexis Gray-Lawson	United States	Washington Mystics	University of California
31.	Vivian Frieson	United States	Tulsa Shock	Gonzaga University
32.	Rashidat Junaid	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Rutgers University
33.	Brittainey Raven	United States	Atlanta Dream	University of Texas
34.	Tijana Krivacevis	Hungary	Seattle Storm	-
35.	Joy Cheek	United States	Indiana Fever	Duke University
36.	Nyeshia Stevenson	United States	Phoenix Mercury	University of Oklahoma

Web links

• 2010 WNBA Draft

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Connecticut Sun to Select First in 2010 WNBA Draft presented by adidas on April 8. WNBA, March 9, 2010, accessed on July 18, 2012 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Minnesota Lynx Win Top Pick in 2010 WNBA Draft. WNBA, November 5, 2009, accessed July 18, 2012 . 
3. ^ Sparks Trade Temeka Johnson to the Phoenix Mercury for 2010 First Round Pick. Los Angeles Sparks, accessed July 18, 2012 . 
4. ^ Sparks get Quinn, trade Spencer. ESPN, May 5, 2009, accessed July 18, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Roman Augustoviz: 2010 WNBA Transactions. Star Tribune, July 7, 2012, accessed July 18, 2012 . 
6. ^ Sun Trade Holt, Black For Two Draft Picks. Connecticut Sun, April 7, 2010; accessed July 18, 2012 . 
7. ↑ Monarchs halt operations unexpectedly. ESPN, November 20, 2009, accessed August 19, 2012 . 
8. ↑ Dispersal Draft of Sacramento Monarchs Players Set for Dec. 14. WNBA, December 8, 2009, accessed August 19, 2012 . 
9. ^ Sacramento Monarchs Dispersal Draft Analysis. WNBA, December 14, 2009, accessed August 19, 2012 .