1999 WNBA draft

1999 WNBA draft

• On September 15, 1998, two more players were assigned prior to the expansion draft.
• On April 6, 1999, a WNBA expansion draft took place.
• On May 3, 1999, another round of player allocation took place.
• On May 4, 1999, the regular WNBA draft took place.
• On December 15, 1999, an additional expansion draft took place for the 2000 WNBA season. See 2000 WNBA draft for more details.

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Kristin Folkl	F	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Stanford
2	Nykesha Sales *	G/F	United States	Orlando Miracle	Connecticut

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Brandy Reed	F	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix Mercury)	Southern Mississippi
2	Andrea Congreaves	F	United Kingdom	Orlando Miracle (from Charlotte Sting)	Mercer
3	Kim Williams	G	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Utah Starzz)	DePaul
4	Kisha Ford	G	United States	Orlando Miracle (from New York Liberty)	Georgia Tech
5	Octavia Blue	G	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Los Angeles Sparks)	Miami (FL)
6	Yolanda Moore	F	United States	Orlando Miracle (from Houston Comets)	Mississippi
7	Adia Barnes	F	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Sacramento Monarchs)	Arizona
8	Adrienne Johnson	G	United States	Orlando Miracle (from Cleveland Rockers)	Ohio State

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Katie Smith *	G/F	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Ohio State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
2	Shannon Johnson *	G	United States	Orlando Miracle	South Carolina (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Chamique Holdsclaw ^ *	G/F	United States	Washington Mystics	Tennessee
2	Yolanda Griffith *	F/C	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Florida Atlantic (from Chicago Condors, ABL)
3	Natalie Williams *	C	United States	Utah Starzz	UCLA (from Portland Power, ABL)
4	DeLisha Milton +	F	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Florida (from Portland Power, ABL)
5	Jennifer Azzi	G	United States	Detroit Shock	Stanford (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
6	Crystal Robinson	F	United States	New York Liberty	Southeastern Oklahoma State (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
7	Tonya Edwards +	G	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
8	Tari Phillips *	F	United States	Orlando Miracle	Central Florida (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
9	Dawn Staley ^ +	G	United States	Charlotte Sting	Virginia (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
10	Edna Campbell	G	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Texas (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
11	Chasity Melvin +	C	United States	Cleveland Rockers	North Carolina State (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
12	Natalia Zassoulskaia	F	Russia	Houston Comets	Dynamo Moscow, Russia

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
13	Shalonda Enis	F	United States	Washington Mystics	Alabama (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
14	Kedra Holland-Corn	G	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Georgia (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
15	Debbie Black	G	United States	Utah Starzz	St. Joseph's (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
16	Clarisse Machanguana	C	Mozambique	Los Angeles Sparks	Old Dominion (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
17	Val Whiting	C	United States	Detroit Shock	Stanford (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
18	Michele Van Gorp	C	United States	New York Liberty	Duke
19	Trisha Fallon	G/F	Australia	Minnesota Lynx	Sydney Flames, Australia
20	Sheri Sam +	F/G	United States	Orlando Miracle	Vanderbilt (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
21	Stephanie White-McCarty	G/F	United States	Charlotte Sting	Purdue
22	Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil	F	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Texas (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
23	Mery Andrade	F	Portugal	Cleveland Rockers	Old Dominion
24	Sonja Henning	G	United States	Houston Comets	Stanford (from Portland Power, ABL)

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
25	Andrea Nagy	G	Hungary	Washington Mystics	Florida International (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
26	Kate Starbird	G	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Stanford (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
27	Adrienne Goodson +	F	United States	Utah Starzz	Old Dominion (from Chicago Condors, ABL)
28	Ukari Figgs	G	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Purdue
29	Dominique Canty	G/F	United States	Detroit Shock	Alabama
30	Tamika Whitmore +	C	United States	New York Liberty	Memphis
31	Andrea Lloyd	F	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Texas (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
32	Taj McWilliams-Franklin * [a]	C	United States	Orlando Miracle	St. Edward's (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
33	Charlotte Smith	F	United States	Charlotte Sting	North Carolina (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
34	Lisa Harrison	F	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
35	Tracy Henderson	C	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Georgia (from Nashville Noise, ABL)
36	Kara Wolters	C	United States	Houston Comets	Connecticut (from New England Blizzard, ABL)

Notes:

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
37	Jenny Whittle	C	Australia	Washington Mystics	Perth Breakers, Australia
38	Amy Herrig	C	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Iowa
39	Dalma Ivanyi	G	Hungary	Utah Starzz	Florida International
40	La'Keshia Frett	F	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Georgia (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
41	Astou Ndiaye	F/C	Senegal	Detroit Shock	Southern Nazarene (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
42	Carolyn Jones-Young	G	United States	New York Liberty	Auburn (from New England Blizzard, ABL)
43	Sonja Tate	G	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Arkansas State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
44	Carla McGhee	F	United States	Orlando Miracle	Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
45	Angie Braziel	F	United States	Charlotte Sting	Texas Tech
46	Amanda Wilson	F	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Louisiana Tech
47	Kellie Jolly	G	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Tennessee
48	Jennifer Rizzotti	G	United States	Houston Comets	Connecticut (from New England Blizzard, ABL)
49	Angie Potthoff	F	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Penn State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
50	Elaine Powell	G	United States	Orlando Miracle	LSU (from Portland Power, ABL)

• List of first overall WNBA draft picks

• "All-Time WNBA draft history". WNBA. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2008.