2009 WNBA draft

2009 WNBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)December 8, 2008 – April 9, 2009
LocationSecaucus, New Jersey
Network(s)ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
Overview
LeagueWNBA
Merging teamsHouston Comets
(folded in 2008)
First selectionAngel McCoughtry
Atlanta Dream
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The 2009 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (in HD for the first time ever) at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at 4:00pm.

Draft lottery

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A lottery was held on December 9, 2008. The Atlanta Dream received the first overall selection of upcoming 2009 draft. The Washington Mystics received the number two selection. The Chicago Sky came up with the third overall selection, followed by the Minnesota Lynx at four, the Phoenix Mercury at number five. For the first time in WNBA history, the lottery balls were chosen exactly according to odds. Some of the top draftees were Angel McCoughtry, Marissa Coleman, Kristi Toliver, and Renee Montgomery.

Transactions

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Key

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! Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
^ Denotes player who has been inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
* Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-WNBA Team
+ Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
# Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs
Bold Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Dispersal draft

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On December 1, 2008, the league announced that the Houston Comets would no longer operate. On December 8, a dispersal draft was held with teams being allowed to pick based on reverse order of 2008 records.[1]

All Comets players in the dispersal draft were available except for unrestricted free agents, Latasha Byears, Mwadi Mabika, Hamchetou Maiga-Ba, Michelle Snow, and Tina Thompson. Lucienne Berthieu, Tamecka Dixon, Shannon Johnson, and Polina Tzekova were not selected in the draft and became free agents.[1]

Pick Player Nationality New team Former team
1 Sancho Lyttle +  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Atlanta Dream Houston Comets
2 Matee Ajavon  United States Washington Mystics
3 Mistie Williams Chicago Sky
4 Roneeka Hodges Minnesota Lynx
5 Sequoia Holmes Phoenix Mercury
6 Erica White Indiana Fever
7 Renae Camino  Australia Sacramento Monarchs
8 No selection New York Liberty
9 Los Angeles Sparks
10 Connecticut Sun
11 Detroit Shock
12 Seattle Storm
13 San Antonio Silver Stars

College draft

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Round 1

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

Round 2

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Pick Player Nationality Team School / club team
14 Megan Frazee  United States San Antonio Silver Stars (from Atlanta) Liberty
15 Rashanda McCants Minnesota Lynx (from Washington) North Carolina
16 Danielle Gant # Chicago Sky Texas A&M
17 Lyndra Littles # Connecticut Sun (from Minnesota) Virginia
18 Britany Miller Detroit Shock (from Phoenix, via Atlanta) Florida State
19 Christina Wirth Indiana Fever Vanderbilt
20 Whitney Boddie Sacramento Monarchs Auburn
21 Abby Waner # New York Liberty Duke
22 Ashley Paris # Los Angeles Sparks Oklahoma
23 Camille LeNoir # Washington Mystics (from Connecticut, via Minnesota) USC
24 Jelena Milovanović  Serbia Washington Mystics (from Detroit) MKB Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary)
25 Shalee Lehning  United States Atlanta Dream (from Seattle) Kansas State
26 Sonja Petrović  Serbia San Antonio Silver Stars Spartak Moscow Region (Russia)

Round 3

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Pick Player Nationality Team School / 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
30 Emily Fox # Minnesota Lynx Minnesota
31 Sha Brooks # Phoenix Mercury Florida
32 Danielle Campbell # Indiana Fever Purdue
33 Morgan Warburton # Sacramento Monarchs Utah
34 Jessica Adair Phoenix Mercury (from New York) George Washington
35 Britney Jordan # Los Angeles Sparks Texas A&M–Commerce
36 Alba Torrens #  Spain Connecticut Sun Real Club Celta Indepo (Spain)
37 Tanae Davis-Cain  United States Detroit Shock Florida State
38 Mara Freshour # Seattle Storm
39 Candyce Bingham # San Antonio Silver Stars Louisville
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2008 Houston Comets Dispersal Draft Analysis". WNBA. December 8, 2008. Retrieved April 18, 2025.