WNBA Draft 2012

WNBA Draft 2012
overview
date	April 16, 2012
place	Bristol , Connecticut , USA
Round	3
Selected players	36
1st position	MaNneka Ogwumike Elected By: Los Angeles Sparks
2nd position	Shekinna Stricklen Elected By: Seattle Storm
3rd position	Devereaux Peters Elected By: Minnesota Lynx
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The WNBA Draft 2012 was the 16th talent draw of the Women's National Basketball Association and took place on April 16, 2012 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 Los Angeles Sparks chose the American MaNneka Ogwumike . Two more American women were selected in second and third place with Shekinna Stricklen ( Seattle Storm ) and Devereaux Peters ( Minnesota Lynx ). A total of 36 players from five nations were selected from the WNBA franchises in three rounds. The only European players selected were Farhiya Abdi (Los Angeles Sparks) from Sweden in 13th and Nika Barič from Slovenia (Minnesota Lynx) in 20th place.

Draft order

The draft order was determined by the draft lottery on November 10, 2011 after the end of the 2011 season . The four teams that did not qualify for the play-offs in the 2011 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 9, 2011	Washington Mystics	Minnesota Lynx	The Washington Mystics transferred their first-round franchise to Minnesota in exchange for Nicky Anosike .
April 11, 2011	Atlanta Dream	Washington Mystics	The Atlanta Dream transferred their first-round franchise, Kelly Miller and Ta'Shia Phillip to Washington, DC in exchange for Lindsey Harding and a second-round franchise.
April 29, 2011	Seattle Storm	Washington Mystics	The Seattle Storm transferred their first-round franchise and Jasmine Thomas to Washington, DC in exchange for Jacinta Monroe . Another team was involved in this transfer with the Indiana Fever .
January 2, 2012	Chicago Sky	Seattle Storm	The Chicago Sky transferred their first-round voting rights to Seattle in exchange for Swin Cash , Le'coe Willingham and a second-round voting right.

WNBA Draft

Round 1

#	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / professional team
1.	Nneka Ogwumike	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Stanford University
2.	Shekinna Stricklen	United States	Seattle Storm (by Chicago Sky )	University of Tennessee
3.	Devereaux Peters	United States	Minnesota Lynx (by Washington Mystics )	University of Notre Dame
4th	Glory Johnson	United States	Tulsa Shock	University of Tennessee
5.	Shenise Johnson	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	University of Miami
6th	Samantha Prahalis	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Ohio State University
7th	Kelley Cain	United States	New York Liberty	University of Tennessee
8th.	Natalie Novosel	United States	Washington Mystics (by Atlanta Dream )	University of Notre Dame
9.	Astan Dabo	Mali	Connecticut Sun	-
10.	LaSondra Barrett	United States	Washington Mystics (from Seattle Storm )	Louisiana State University
11.	Sasha Goodlett	United States	Indiana Fever	Georgia Tech University
12.	Damiris Dantas do Amaral	Brazil	Minnesota Lynx	-

round 2

#	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / professional team
13.	Farhiya Abdi	Sweden	Los Angeles Sparks (by Tulsa Shock )	Frisco Sika
14th	Tiffany Hayes	United States	Atlanta Dream (by Washington Mystics )	University of Connecticut
15th	Khadijah Rushdan	United States	Los Angeles Sparks (from Chicago Sky )	Rutgers University
16.	Tyra White	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Texas A&M University
17th	Riquna Williams	United States	Tulsa Shock (by San Antonio Silver Stars )	University of Miami
18th	Julie Wojta	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix Mercury )	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
19th	Kayla Standish	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from New York Liberty )	Gonzaga University
20th	Nika Barič	Slovenia	Minnesota Lynx (from Atlanta Dream )	Mercury Celjie
21st	Chay Shegog	United States	Connecticut Sun	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
22nd	Keisha Hampton	United States	Seattle Storm	DePaul University
23.	Shey Peddy	United States	Chicago Sky (from Indiana Fever via Seattle Storm )	Temple University
24.	C'eria Ricketts	United States	Phoenix Mercury (from Minnesota Lynx )	University of Arkansas

Round 3

#	Player	nationality	WNBA team	College / professional team
25th	Vicki Baugh	United States	Tulsa Shock	University of Tennessee
26th	Anjale Barrett	United States	Washington Mystics	University of Maryland
27.	Sydney Carter	United States	Chicago Sky	Texas A&M University
28.	April Sykes	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Rutgers University
29	Lynetta Kizer	United States	Tulsa Shock (by San Antonio Silver Stars )	University of Maryland
30th	Christine Flores	United States	Phoenix Mercury	University of Missouri
31.	Jacki Gemelos	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from New York Liberty )	University of Southern California
32. 1	Isabelle Yacoubou	France	Atlanta Dream	-
33.	Amanda Johnson	United States	Phoenix Mercury (from Connecticut Sun )	University of Oregon
34.	Courtney Hurt	United States	Indiana Fever (from Seattle Storm )	Virginia Commonwealth University
35.	Briana Gilbreath	United States	Washington Mystics (from Indiana Fever )	University of Southern California
36.	Katelan Redmon	United States	New York Liberty (from Minnesota Lynx )	Gonzaga University

• ¹ In the third round, the Atlanta Dream decided on the 26-year-old French woman Isabelle Yacoubou . However, this was subsequently prevented by the WNBA, since in the draft players outside the United States may only be selected at the age of 20.

Web links

• 2012 WNBA Draft

Individual evidence

1. ^ Joan Niesen: WNBA draft details released, Lynx pick third. FOX Sports North, April 2, 2012, accessed July 14, 2012 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} WNBA Draft Lottery Set for Nov. 10. WNBA, October 20, 2011, accessed on July 14, 2012 (English). 
3. ↑ Los Angeles Sparks Win Top Pick In 2012 WNBA Draft. WNBA, January 2, 2012, accessed July 14, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Mystics Acquire All-Star Nicky Anosike. Washington Mystics, April 9, 2011, accessed July 14, 2012 . 
5. ↑ DREAM ACQUIRES ALL-STAR GUARD LINDSEY HARDING FROM WASHINGTON MYSTICS. Atlanta Dream, April 11, 2011, accessed July 14, 2012 . 
6. ↑ Mystics Acquire Jasmine Thomas. Washington Mystics, April 29, 2011, accessed July 14, 2012 . 
7. ^ Chicago Sky trades for Swin Cash. ESPN Chicago, January 2, 2012, accessed July 14, 2012 . 
8. ↑ WNBA's Dream draft ineligible player. SI.com, April 16, 2012, accessed April 25, 2012 .