WNBA Draft 2011

WNBA Draft 2011
overview
date	April 11, 2011
place	Bristol , Connecticut , USA
Round	3
Selected players	36
1st position	Maya Moore Elected By: Minnesota Lynx
2nd position	Elizabeth Cambage Elected By: Tulsa Shock
3rd position	Courtney Vandersloot Elected by: Chicago Sky
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The 2011 WNBA Draft was the 15th talent draw of the Women's National Basketball Association and took place on April 11, 2011 at ESPN Studios in Bristol , Connecticut, USA . 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 Minnesota Lynx selected the American Maya Moore . The Australian Liz Cambage ( Tulsa Shock ) and the American Courtney Vandersloot ( Connecticut Sun ) were selected in second and third place . A total of 36 players from four nations were selected from the WNBA franchises in three rounds. Latvian Elina Babkina ( Los Angeles Sparks ) in 29th and Serbian Sarah Krnjic ( Washington Mystics ) in 35th were selected as the only European players .

Draft order

The draft order was determined by the draft lottery on November 2, 2010 after the end of the 2010 season . The four teams that did not qualify for the play-offs in the 2010 season took part; or their right to vote holder. The worst team in the regular season had a 44.2 percent chance of winning the lottery; the best of the four teams not qualified for the playoffs had a 10.4 percent chance.

The Minnesota Lynx won the lottery and moved up from second to first place in the draft order. The Tulsa Shock , 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 in fifth place. The draft order determined by the lottery was only significant for the first round. 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
April 16, 2010	Connecticut Sun	Minnesota Lynx	The Connecticut Sun transferred their first and second round suffrage to Minnesota in exchange for Kelsey Griffin .
April 9, 2011	Phoenix Mercury	Tulsa Shock	The Phoenix Mercury transferred their first-round voting rights and Nicole Ohlde to Tulsa in exchange for Kara Braxton .

WNBA Draft

Round 1

#	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / professional team
1.	Maya Moore	United States	Minnesota Lynx	University of Connecticut
2.	Elizabeth Cambage	Australia	Tulsa Shock	Bulleen Boomers ( WNBL )
3.	Courtney Vandersloot	United States	Chicago Sky	Gonzaga University
4th	Amber Harris	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Connecticut Sun )	Xavier University
5.	Jantel Lavender	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Ohio State University
6th	Danielle Robinson	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	University of Oklahoma
7th	Kayla Pedersen	United States	Tulsa Shock (by Phoenix Mercury )	Stanford University
8th.	Ta'Shia Phillips	United States	Atlanta Dream	Xavier University
9.	Jeanette Pohlen	United States	Indiana Fever	Stanford University
10.	Alex Montgomery	United States	New York Liberty	Georgia Institute of Technology
11.	Victoria Dunlap	United States	Washington Mystics	University of Kentucky
12.	Jasmine Thomas	United States	Seattle Storm	Duke University

round 2

#	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / professional team
13.	Jessica Breland	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Tulsa Shock via Connecticut Sun )	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
14th	Felicia Chester	United States	Minnesota Lynx	DePaul University
15th	Carolyn Swords	United States	Chicago Sky	Boston College
16.	Sydney Colson	United States	Connecticut Sun	Texas A&M University
17th	Angie Bjorklund	United States	Chicago Sky (from Los Angeles Sparks )	University of Tennessee
18th	Rachel Jarry	Australia	Atlanta Dream (by San Antonio Silver Stars )	Bulleen Boomers ( WNBL )
19th	Brittany Spears	United States	Phoenix Mercury	University of Colorado at Boulder
20th	Danielle Adams	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars (by Atlanta Dream )	Texas A&M University
21st	Italee Lucas	United States	Tulsa Shock (from Indiana Fever )	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
22nd	Angel Robinson	United States	New York Liberty	Marquette University
23.	Karima Christmas	United States	Washington Mystics	Duke University
24.	Ify Ibekwe	United States	Seattle Storm	University of Arizona

Round 3

#	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / professional team
25th	Chastity Reed	United States	Tulsa Shock	University of Arkansas at Little Rock
26th	Kachine Alexander	United States	Minnesota Lynx	University of Iowa
27.	Amy Jaeschke	United States	Chicago Sky	Northwestern University
28.	Adrienne Johnson	United States	Connecticut Sun	Louisiana Tech University
29	Elina Babkina	Latvia	Los Angeles Sparks	Lotos Gdynia
30th	Porsha Phillips	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	University of Georgia
31.	Tahnee Robinson	United States	Phoenix Mercury	University of Nevada, Reno
32.	Kelsey Bolte	United States	Atlanta Dream	Iowa State University
33.	Jori Davis	United States	Indiana Fever	Oklahoma State University
34.	Mekia Valentine	United States	New York Liberty	University of California, Santa Barbara
35.	Sarah Krnjic	Serbia	Washington Mystics	MiZo Pécs 2010
36.	Krystal Thomas	United States	Seattle Storm	Duke University

Web links

• 2011 WNBA Draft

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 2011 WNBA Draft To Be Conducted at ESPN on April 11. Minnesota Lynx, March 2, 2011, accessed July 14, 2012 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} 2011 WNBA Draft Lottery Set for Nov. 2. WNBA, September 29, 2010, accessed on July 14, 2012 (English). 
3. ^ Minnesota Lynx Win 2011 WNBA Draft Lottery. WNBA, November 2, 2011, accessed July 14, 2012 . 
4. ↑ 2010 WNBA Transactions. WNBA, accessed July 14, 2012 .