2002 WNBA draft

2002 meeting of WNBA teams to select players

2002 WNBA draft

General information
Sport| Basketball
Date(s)| April 19, 2002
Overview
League| WNBA
First selection| Sue Bird
Seattle Storm

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Sue Bird, with ball

The 2002 WNBA draft was the first to implement a lottery that arranges the order of the first four overall picks. The lottery gave four teams with the identically worst record of 10–22 from the 2001 season an equal chance to own the first overall selection, which the Seattle Storm did.[1]

Four of the top six draft picks, Sue Bird (#1), Swin Cash (#2), Asjha Jones (#4) and Tamika (Williams) Raymond (#6) were from the same team, the 2002 NCAA champion University of Connecticut.

## Key

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!  | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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^  | 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

## Draft

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### Round 1

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Pick  | Player  | Position  | Nationality  | Team  | School / club team

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1  | Sue Bird * !  | G  |  United States | Seattle Storm | Connecticut
2  | Swin Cash * ^ !  | F  |  United States | Detroit Shock
3  | Stacey Dales-Schuman + | G  |  Canada | Washington Mystics | Oklahoma
4  | Asjha Jones *  | F  |  United States | Washington Mystics (from Indiana)  | Connecticut
5  | Nikki Teasley *  | G  |  United States | Portland Fire (traded to Los Angeles)  | North Carolina
6  | Tamika Williams | F  |  United States | Minnesota Lynx | Connecticut
7  | Sheila Lambert | G  |  United States | Charlotte Sting (from Orlando)  | Baylor
8  | Deanna Jackson | F  |  United States | Cleveland Rockers (from Phoenix)  | UAB
9  | Shaunzinski Gortman | G  |  United States | Charlotte Sting (traded to Minnesota)  | South Carolina
10  | Michelle Snow + | C  |  United States | Houston Comets | Tennessee
11  | Danielle Crockrom | F  |  United States | Utah Starzz | Baylor
12  | Hamchétou Maïga | G/F  |  Mali | Sacramento Monarchs | Old Dominion
13  | Tawana McDonald # | C  |  United States | Indiana Fever (from Miami via Phoenix)  | Georgia
14  | LaNeishea Caufield | G  |  United States | Utah Starzz (from New York)  | Oklahoma
15  | Tamara Moore | G/F  |  United States | Miami Sol (from Cleveland via Phoenix)  | Wisconsin
16  | Rosalind Ross # | G  |  United States | Los Angeles Sparks | Oklahoma

### Round 2

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Pick  | Player  | Position  | Nationality  | Team  | School / club team

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17  | Zuzi Klimešová | F  |  Czech Republic | Indiana Fever (from Washington)  | Vanderbilt
18  | Lenae Williams | G/F  |  United States | Detroit Shock | DePaul
19  | Lucienne Berthieu | F/C  |  France | Seattle Storm | Old Dominion
20  | Ayana Walker | F  |  United States | Detroit Shock (from Indiana)  | Louisiana Tech
21  | Jill Chapman | C  |  United States | Detroit Shock (from Portland)  | Indiana
22  | Kathy Wambe # | G  |  Belgium | Detroit Shock (from Minnesota)  | Dexia Namur (Belgium)
23  | Davalyn Cunningham | F  |  United States | Orlando Miracle | Rutgers
24  | Brandi McCain | G  |  United States | Cleveland Rockers (from Phoenix)  | Florida
25  | Tootie Shaw # | F  |  United States | Phoenix Mercury (from Charlotte)  | Wichita State
26  | Linda Fröhlich | F  |  Germany | New York Liberty (from Houston)  | UNLV
27  | Andrea Gardner | F/C  |  United States | Utah Starzz | Howard
28  | Felicia Ragland | G  |  United States | Seattle Storm (from Sacramento)  | Oregon State
29  | Lindsey Yamasaki | G/F  |  United States | Miami Sol | Stanford
30  | Gergana Slavcheva | G  |  Bulgaria | Los Angeles Sparks (from New York, traded to Portland)  | Florida International
31  | Angie Welle # | C  |  United States | Cleveland Rockers | Iowa State
32  | Jackie Higgins # | F/C  |  United States | Los Angeles Sparks | North Carolina

### Round 3

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Pick  | Player  | Position  | Nationality  | Team  | School / club team

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33  | LaNisha Cartwell # | C  |  United States | Washington Mystics | Alabama
34  | Kelly Komara # | G  |  United States | Indiana Fever (from Detroit)  | Purdue
35  | Takeisha Lewis | F/C  |  United States | Seattle Storm | Louisiana Tech
36  | Teresa Geter # | F/C  |  United States | Washington Mystics (from Indiana)  | South Carolina
37  | Mandy Nightingale # | G  |  United States | Portland Fire | Colorado
38  | Lindsey Meder # | G  |  United States | Minnesota Lynx | Iowa
39  | Saundra Jackson # | C  |  United States | Orlando Miracle | Ole Miss
40  | Kayte Christensen | F  |  United States | Phoenix Mercury | UC Santa Barbara
41  | Edniesha Curry | G  |  United States | Charlotte Sting | Oregon
42  | Shondra Johnson # | G  |  United States | Houston Comets | Alabama
43  | Edmarie Lumbsley # | C  |  United States | Utah Starzz | Mobile
44  | Alayne Ingram # | G  |  United States | Sacramento Monarchs | Michigan
45  | Jerica Watson # | F  |  United States | Miami Sol | Iowa
46  | Tracy Gahan # | G  |  United States | New York Liberty | Iowa State
47  | Ericka Haney # | G/F  |  United States | Detroit Shock (from Cleveland)  | Notre Dame
48  | Rashana Barnes # | F  |  United States | Los Angeles Sparks | Penn State

### Round 4

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Pick  | Player  | Position  | Nationality  | Team  | School / club team

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49  | LaKeisha Taylor # | C  |  United States | Indiana Fever (from Washington)  | Arizona
50  | Melody Johnson # | C  |  United States | Portland Fire (from Detroit)  | Arizona State
51  | Jermisha Dosty # | C  |  United States | Sacramento Monarchs (from Seattle)  | Saint Mary's
52  | Jillian Danker # | G/F  |  United States | Indiana Fever | Vanderbilt
53  | Monique Cardenas # | G  |  United States | Portland Fire | Florida
54  | Shárron Francis # | G  |  United States | Minnesota Lynx | Old Dominion
55  | Tomeka Brown # | G  |  United States | Orlando Miracle | Ohio State
56  | Amba Kongolo # | F/C  |  United States | Phoenix Mercury | North Carolina Central
57  | Jessie Stomski # | F  |  United States | Charlotte Sting | Wisconsin
58  | Cori Enghusen # | C  |  United States | Houston Comets | Stanford
59  | Jacklyn Winfield # | G  |  United States | Utah Starzz | Southern
60  | Elizabeth Pickney # | F  |  United States | Sacramento Monarchs | Arizona
61  | Jerkisha Dosty # | F  |  United States | Miami Sol | Saint Mary's
62  | Deedee Warley # | F  |  United States | New York Liberty | Maryland
63  | Marché Strickland # | G  |  United States | Cleveland Rockers | Maryland
64  | Tiffany Thompson # | F  |  United States | Los Angeles Sparks | Old Dominion

## UConn Fab Four

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Connecticut Huskies players Tamika Williams, Sue Bird, Asjha Jones and Swin Cash were all selected in the first round of the draft. Each player had immediate impacts with their 2002 WNBA Teams. Cash, Bird and Williams accounted for 21.3, 19.9 and 17.3 percent, respectively, of their teams’ total points, rebounds and assists. Jones, a reserve, posted 8.8 percent of the Mystics' total output in those three key categories.[2]

## See also

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* List of first overall WNBA draft picks

## References

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1. ^ "History of the WNBA Draft Lottery". wnba.com.
2. ^ "Connecticut's Fab Four Makes Pro Basketball History". wnba.com. Retrieved November 16, 2011.

* "All-Time WNBA Draft List". WNBA. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2008.
* WNBA Draft: Pick-by-pick at ESPN.com

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2002 WNBA draft

First round|

* Sue Bird
* Swin Cash
* Stacey Dales
* Asjha Jones
* Nikki Teasley
* Tamika Williams
* Sheila Lambert
* Deanna Jackson
* Shaunzinski Gortman
* Michelle Snow
* Danielle Crockrom
* Hamchétou Maïga
* Tawana McDonald
* LaNeishea Caufield
* Tamara Moore
* Rosalind Ross

Second round|

* Zuzi Klimesova
* Lenae Williams
* Lucienne Berthieu
* Ayana Walker
* Jill Chapman
* Kathy Wambe
* Davalyn Cunningham
* Brandi McCain
* Tootie Shaw
* Linda Fröhlich
* Andrea Gardner
* Felicia Ragland
* Lindsey Yamasaki
* Gergana Slavcheva
* Angie Welle
* Jackie Higgins

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2002 WNBA season by team

* Draft
* All-Star Game
* Playoffs
* Finals

Eastern|

* Charlotte Sting
* Cleveland Rockers
* Detroit Shock
* Indiana Fever
* Miami Sol
* New York Liberty
* Orlando Miracle
* Washington Mystics

Western|

* Houston Comets
* Los Angeles Sparks
* Minnesota Lynx
* Phoenix Mercury
* Portland Fire
* Sacramento Monarchs
* Seattle Storm
* Utah Starzz

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